2021
Welcome
to Spelthorne Museum
Everyone
is invited. Always Free.
Latest
news
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April
10th, 2021
Yesterday,
just a few miles away from the Museum, in Windsor Castle,
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, passed away
at the age of 99.
1921
- 2021
The Duke of Edinburgh became the longest-serving consort
in the history of the British monarchy on 17 April 2009.
Hardly ever did he leave the Queen's side. He has been
a real asset to Queen Elizabeth ll, during her Reign.
They were married for over 73 years.
He was a 'forward thinker', doing things way beyond
everyone else. After visiting Antarctica and the South
Atlantic between 1956 and 1957, Prince Philip devoted
himself to raising public awareness of the relationship
of humanity with the environment. He was working on
the issues dealing with the Environment long before
it was a popular topic. Prince Philip was the first
President of World Wildlife Fund - UK (WWF) from its
formation in 1961 to 1982, and International President
of WWF (later the World Wide Fund for Nature) from 1981
to 1996, and then President Emeritus of WWF until his
death.
The
pilot of the Duke of Edinbugh Awards scheme launched
in February 1956 for boys (girls 1957, both merging
in 1980) and was initially composed of four parts: Rescue
and Public Service, Expeditions, Pursuits and Projects,
and fitness.
Over its 65 year history, the award has helped millions
of young people in over 140 countries to develop skills
to help them prepare for adulthood, and has been lauded
as improving the lives of generations.
(Author: Sophie Parsons)
His
Royal Highness was associated with 992 organisations,
served as Chancellor of four universities: Wales from
1948 to 1976, Edinburgh from 1952 to 2015 , Salford
from 1967 to 1991 and Cambridge from 1976 to 2015. He
was also a Life Governor of King's College, London and
Patron of London Guildhall University. President of
the Central Council of Physical Recreation (CCPR), Admiral
of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and twice served as President
of the Marylebone Cricket Club (the MCC). He was also
Patron of the Honourable Company of Air Pilots, and
Master of Trinity House.
Facts
found on the listed websites below:
www.royal.uk
guinnessworldrecords.com
dofe.org/
Rest
in Eternal Peace, Your Royal Highness
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March
25th, 2021
Roman
Staines in 10 Objects
This
is Spelthorne Museum’s Oculists’ stamp, one of ten
objects chosen by the Education Team to illustrate what it was
like to live in Pontes, Roman Staines. You will find eating
and drinking, trades and buildings, superstition and belief,
and staying healthy. Just like the 21st century really! Download
the pdf from http://bit.ly/3v6Hee4
where you will also find a School’s Powerpoint version.
March
1st, 2021
We
hope that you are all managing to get your Covid vaccine easily.
Stay safe.
January
3rd, 2021.
The
Spelthorne area has been put into Tier 4 for Covid, which means
that we cannot open. The Library will also be closed and so
our doors are closed for now.
More updates as soon as we get them. Stay safe.
December
10th, 2020
We
are happy to announce that the Staines Library is now open for
browsing and they have agreed to open up the Elmsleigh room
of the Museum in the normal way. The Thames Room will still
be closed, as Volunteers need to work in there. Stay safe!
December
1st, 2020
Following the announcement that
Spelthorne will be in Tier 2 after the current lockdown ends
on the 2nd of December, the Trustees of Spelthorne Museum have
taken the reluctant decision to postpone re-opening the Museum
for the time being. Our archive store will also be closed.
We
look forward to normal service being resumed in 2021.....
Have
a wonderful December!
Continue
to stay safe.
Latest
News: November 1st
The Museum will be closed again at least during November, due
to the latest Shut in.
Please check in again to see the latest news.
Thanks
In
October the Museum will be open on 2 Saturdays.
(10th October) and (17th
October) from 1:30 to 4:30 pm.
Covid protection will be adhered to, with a one way system,
and the recommended space needed. Also our Volunteers will be
wearing face coverings. We did a trial run a couple of weeks
ago and have used the comments from the Volunteers that day
to add to our protection for visitors. There is a NHS QR poster
there that will allow those with smart phones to scan in to
'Test and Trace' as well. Others will have to sign in.
You do not have to register before coming but we are only allowed
6 people in at a time.
Our current Exhibit in the Thames Room is '40 years of Spelthorne
Museum'.
A number of our volunteers are not ready to come in to the Museum
yet, but in the coming weeks we hope to have more opening days,
with a full schedule running by January as long as everything
goes well with Covid.
We look forward to seeing you soon. Please stay safe.'
We thank our visitors and volunteers for their
patience!
2021
Talks
Although
no actual talks can be presented due to the Covid Pandemic,
a couple of talks were presented via Zoom and recorded to add
to the website.
Those below have been submitted to YouTube. Just click on the
link:
Each
talk is available for a limited time only
14th March
2021
Laleham
in Old Photos By Nick Pollard
1st
April 2021
NEW Stanwell
in Old Photos by Nick Pollard
Please
check in regularly to see if there are any new talks listed.
Thanks
We now have three new Exhibits on line for you to see. The latest one is being added today (August 7th 2020)and is about VJ Day.
We hope
to add more later. Enjoy!
Another online Exhibit
for VJ Day 75th Anniversary (August 2020)
Our
site for those
visually impaired
This
is the new mural, as you come up to the Museum on the Library
side.
This
is the mural that has been added to the side of the Museum on
Thames St.
It should attract visitors to the Museum
At
the 2020 Virtual AGM in July, the following members were elected
on to the Committee:
Chair - Sheila Montague
Vice-Chair - Mike Taylor
Treasurer - Julia Gibbs
Secretary/Editor - vacant
Committee - C Mitchell (Newsletter Editor, SPARCS), Sue
Rhodes, Sara Collins
Curator - Nick Pollard
Facilities Manager, Volunteer Coordinator, Webmistress - Gloria
Hazell (Co-opted)
Store Manager - Jackie Browne (Co-opted)
Museum Mentor, SPARCS, Education Team - Rowena Ferneley
(Co-opted)
Julia Gibbs remains the Chair of the Trustees
Latest
News on the Museum reopening.
This
month the Museum will be open on 2 Saturdays.
This week (10th October) and next
week (17th October) from 1:30 to
4:30 pm.
Covid protection will be adhered to, with a one way system,
and the recommended space needed. Also our Volunteers will be
wearing face coverings. We did a trial run a couple of weeks
ago and have used the comments from the Volunteers that day
to add to our protection for visitors. There is a NHS QR poster
there that will allow those with smart phones to scan in to
'Test and Trace' as well. Others will have to sign in.
You do not have to register before coming but we are only allowed
6 people in at a time.
Our current Exhibit in the Thames Room is '40 years of Spelthorne
Museum'.
A number of our volunteers are not ready to come in to the Museum
yet, but in the coming weeks we hope to have more opening days,
with a full schedule running by January as long as everything
goes well with Covid.
We look forward to seeing you soon. Please stay safe.'
Middlesex
Day 16th May
Watch out
for exciting news that will be happening on Middlesex Day!
May
1st:
A new online Exhibit put together by Nick is now available
for V E Day
Victory
in Europe Day
Our
Latest Exhibit
40
Year Anniversary of the Spelthorne Museum
April
3rd, 2020:
During
the Covid 19 close down of many interesting places, are you
looking for some home schooling history resources? Perhaps
you are interested in the heritage of Spelthorne and the Roman
origin of Staines. You can now explore some of our museum
collection in full 3D and investigate objects from any angle
at:
https://sketchfab.com/spelthornemuseum
A small example of one of the 3D photos
Here
you can investigate what people ate and how food was prepared
and stored, understand Roman building materials and look at
Roman funerary practices. There is also a fake and some dodgy
restoration to find! My favourite model is the fragment of
painted wall plaster. It is a very modest piece but tells
us how the Roman plasterer and painter went about their work.
What is your favourite model? Leave us a ‘like’
or a comment to let us know what you think.
21st
March, 2020: CORONAVIRUS:
Latest news - As expected Staines Library has now closed down
for the duration, and so that means that our Museum is fully
closed now, both the Thames Room and the Elmsleigh Room. Keep
watching for any updates both on here and on our Facebook page
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/190760607732257/)
Thanks for your continued support. Stay safe.
17th March 2020: CORONAVIRUS: SPELTHORNE MUSEUM
IN THE LIGHT OF GOVERNMENT ADVICE, THE THAMES ROOM WILL BE CLOSED
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC AND OUR VOLUNTEERS,
SADLY OUR MEETINGS, PUBLIC TALKS AND ACTIVITY DAYS ARE ALSO
SUSPENDED FOR THE TIME BEING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.
WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
The Trustees of Spelthorne Museum 17.3.2020
Latest Talk
Our talks are being suspended until the
present Coronavirus emergency is over
Our Latest Exhibit
If
you don't wish to visit the Museum you can see our Exhibit online
Details at the top of the page.
Everyone
is invited. Always Free.
Once
the Museum is re-opened this Exhibit will be located in the
Thames Room.
Opening Times can be found HERE
Remember
Once Reopened out of hours group visits to the Museum can be
arranged.
Also members can visit your group to give illustrated talks
on various local history subjects.
See 'Education' for further details
We have again revamped the website for the 40th Anniversary
of the Museum. Please take a look at the Queen's Award page,
the Accessibility page, the photos of Staines page and the Lino
page. There is also a map page showing how to get to us, people
are always saying to us that they didn't know that we are located
through the Library, on the map page we show photos of our building
related to everywhere else around us.
We also have
NEW pages showing the Exhibits that are supposed to be in the
Thames Room, however they can be seen on here while we are closed,
due to the Coronavirus.
The
Story of Spelthorne Museum
V.E.
Day
Page
Backgrounds:
Outer: 4,000 year old lady
Inner: Lino Design
