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One thing leads to another…

St Agnes Museum Museum news

The Editor Mandy Kimmins very kindly printed an article in the October edition of The Bolster about recent donations to the Museum collection which included a photo of the crested china from Three Burrows Primitive Methodist Chapel.

Crested china from Blackwater Methodist Church
Crested china from Blackwater Methodist Church

To our delight the photo was seen by a Blackwater lady who immediately contacted the Museum to offer some similar crested china from Blackwater Methodist Church, together with a photocopy of the Order of Service for the final service in 1985. This time the china consists of a cup, saucer and plate, all in pristine condition. Of course, the Museum was delighted to accept her offer and I enjoyed an hour reminiscing when the gift was brought to the Museum.

New gifts for the Museum include crested china set

St Agnes Museum Museum news

St Agnes Museum has just acquired three items for its collection – all very different, but equally appreciated.

Set of crested china from Three Burrows Primitive Methodist Church
Set of crested china from Three Burrows Primitive Methodist Church

Firstly, we were given this set of crested china from Three Burrows Primitive Methodist Church, together with a photo of the china in use at a Tea Treat. Three Burrows Methodist Church was built just outside St Agnes Parish boundary, but as many of its worshippers came from Blackwater, this gift fitted our criteria for accepting it into our collection.

Our second donation is a lovely original painting of Rocky Lane by one of the village’s best loved artists, the late Gwen Clay.

The third item, which we bought at auction, is a set of three keys, each impressed with “GWR”, tied together with an old luggage label with St Agnes Station written in spidery handwriting.

Parish Council visit

St Agnes Museum Museum news

Ten newly-elected members of St Agnes Parish Council – the Museum’s landlord – enjoyed a glass of wine or apple juice as part of their private evening visit to the Museum. They asked many questions and concluded that the Museum was a credit to the Parish.

Surfing Soirée makes a splash

St Agnes Museum Museum news

The Museum Committee held a very happy and enjoyable “Surfing Soirée” at the Museum to thank all those who had contributed to their vibrant, new exhibition on surfing and surfboard manufacture in the Parish. Some of those attending had never visited the Museum before, but were very impressed by what they discovered.

Surfing soirée
Surfing soirée

Social media has led other surfers through our door for the first time – a man from California has called in especially to see the surfboards, and an Australian living in Bali has written in our Visitors’ Book that he especially liked the surfing display.

St Agnes Turtle tweets #MuseumWeek 2017

St Agnes Museum Museum news

It’s #MuseumWeek 2017 and once again our turtle is joining museums big and small for the international online event which celebrates all things from cultural institutions. Every day of the week has been given its own hashtag (with a week-long theme of Women and Culture) but it’s up to the turtle how he interprets it!

All week: #WomenMW

Monday: #FoodMW

Tuesday: #SportsMW

Wednesday: #MusicMW

Thursday: #StoriesMW

Friday: #BooksMW

Saturday: #TravelMW

Sunday: #HeritageMW

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