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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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The H Factor

Posted on 23rd November 2020 by Sarah Holloway

From the buildings around us and the paths we walk to the food we eat, the crafts we practise and the stories we share, heritage is an intrinsic part of our lives. It….

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Curious Tales from Weird Norfolk

Posted on 27th October 2020 by Sarah Holloway

A silent sentinel, a cursed goat's head and a whispering witch.... yes, the nights are drawing in and soon it will be All Hallow’s Eve - a perfect….

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Medway Queen – a heroine of Dunkirk

Posted on 26th May 2020 by Sarah Holloway

Built for summer day cruises in the the jazz age, Medway Queen showed her real metal during the Second World War, making no less than 7 trips as part of the unique Dunkirk….

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Take to the Skies - Introducing The Shuttleworth Collection

Posted on 8th May 2020 by Sarah Holloway

From ‘sticks and a bit of cloth’, to a symbol of hope and stars of the silver screen - aircraft have given us wings, and changed the way we see and travel….

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