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CBA Festival of Archaeology

Posted on 15th July 2021 by Sarah Holloway

Fancy learning how to become a knight, doing some cave painting or maybe even have a go at digging? Well you don't have to wait for Heritage Open Days to start….

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Queer the Pier – the brilliance of community curation

Posted on 9th June 2021 by Sarah Holloway

You might want to grab an ice cream for this one as we're headed to the seaside for the story behind an exhibition with a difference. Staff from Brighton's Royal….

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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….

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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….

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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….

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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….

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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….

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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….

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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….

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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….

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