Blog Welcome to the Heritage Open Days blog! Here we’ll take you behind the scenes of running this amazing festival and introduce you to some friends and fascinating stories along the way. Page 1 of 10 pages 1 2 3 > Last › BLOG: Guest Posts Introducing… Waterloo Uncovered Posted on 10th May 2021 by Sarah Holloway So here's a question for you - 'How do you do archaeology remotely, if you can’t hop over the channel to your favourite battlefield?' This is the…. Read more ► Blog Take 5 with the Team Posted on 6th May 2021 by Sarah Holloway So May has arrived, with its bank holidays and bizarre weather (anyone else shivering in hailstorms?!). Much has been happening since we last ‘spoke’ but of…. Read more ► BLOG: Guest Posts Heritage Plants - on the origin of species Posted on 23rd April 2021 by Sarah Holloway A popular crossword clue is to name the spice more expensive than gold* but did you know that a favourite crumble pudding ingredient was also once…. Read more ► BLOG: Curious Collections Let’s Bake! A rummage through the National Trust’s collections Posted on 1st April 2021 by Sarah Holloway Check the cupboards and choose your weapon - will you go for a hollow glass rolling pin, a prickly baker's docker or this trim little creature?! Yes, we're…. Read more ► BLOG: Curious Collections Untapped Tales - whisky galore! Posted on 26th March 2021 by Sarah Holloway Who's the woman behind this iconic label and why might you order a drop of Foggie Moss? For these stories, and a thousand more, we're hopping across the…. Read more ► BLOG: Guest Posts International Travellers – pioneering women who worked at sea Posted on 5th March 2021 by Sarah Holloway From stewardesses who survived the Titanic, to the engineer who helped her ship out run an enemy plane. The remarkable lives of pioneering working women who went to sea…. Read more ► BLOG: Guest Posts Hidden Histories…a story of belonging Posted on 10th February 2021 by Sarah Holloway Digging into the past can be a muddy job, and not just for the archaeologists! Untangling the threads of who wrote what, and what each object means, how that may have…. Read more ► Blog Take 5 with the Team Posted on 26th January 2021 by Sarah Holloway Well here we are, back from the winter break, poised, catlike, on the festival path for 2021. Flexibility is the key word, so we can leap in whatever direction is needed…. Read more ► BLOG: Curious Collections 5 Fascinating Finds from East Surrey Museum Posted on 14th December 2020 by Sarah Holloway Did you know that a mysterious crocodile lurks in a corner of a museum in Caterham? Just one of nearly 10,000 curious treasures in a collection watched over by a merry…. Read more ► BLOG: Guest Posts Christmas in the Square Posted on 3rd December 2020 by Sarah Holloway "How to fill the void left by the absence of Mulled wine and Parched peas was our key dilemma" - Patricia Harrison, from Friends of Winckley Square, Preston introduces…. Read more ► Page 1 of 10 pages 1 2 3 > Last › Share this page: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn+
