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Welcome to Spelthorne
Museum
Special Event
Saturday 19th
October, 10am to 4pm,
at Staines Methodist Church, Thames Street
The Surrey Heritage Showcase is an annual event organised
in partnership with the Surrey History Centre, focussing
on a town and its heritage. This year Spelthorne Museum
and SALHG are teaming up with the Surrey History Centre
to mark the 50th anniversary of the first major excavations
in Staines.
Join us for a day of free talks, activities and exhibitions
for all the family to discover more about our local heritage
and meet the people who make it happen. A series of talks
will detail the history of archaeology in Staines and the
interesting finds which digs in the town have uncovered.
The talks Programme is as follows:
| 11am |
'Staines &
the Saxons: Swords, Settlements & Saints'
by Rob Poulton
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| 12pm |
'Excavations in
Staines-the Early Years'
by David Barker
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| 1pm |
'The Story of
Staines Linoleum'
by Nick Pollard
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| 2pm |
'Excavations
in Staines - Uncovering the Roman Town'
by Sue Shanks & James Crouch
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The
talks are only a small part of the day's celebrations.
Other highlights include:
• Free children's activities including mini archaeology
digs, historic dress up and arts and crafts fun.
• Family history advice and help with dating old photos.
• Discover Surrey's 43 museums and galleries.
• The Finds Liaison Officer will be on hand to identify
any ancient objects you may have found, whilst metal detecting
or just out walking.
Local
heritage groups will have stalls, and the Museum will be
open from 11 am to 4:30pm. Please use the Elmsleigh Rd
entrance, opposite the Church.
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NOTICE
12th September 2019.
Updated 1st October, 2019
We are having to close down due to the Library ceiling leaking
again. We will open each Wednesday, Friday and Saturday afternoon
using the back door on Elmsleigh Road. When we are open the
sign and board will be on show outside and on the corner of
Elmsleigh Rd/Thames St. (Please check the Open page on the
site for better details.)
1/10/19:
We have been told that the Library roof will get fixed but
not for a while, so the above days will be the only time we
will be open until then.
We are
sorry for any inconvenience caused.
More news
as it comes in.
Clocks go back on October
27th
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Latest Talk
New Exhibit
Everyone is invited. Always Free.
This Exhibit
is located in the Thames Room of the Museum. Opening Times can be
found HERE
Our recent publication ‘Spelthorne
Remembered: World War One’ tells the story of the Spelthorne area
in the First World War, as described in the pages of the local newspapers
of the time. It also brings together for the first time the stories
of every person with a Spelthorne connection who served in the war,
but did not survive to return home. 110 pages, price £10 + P&P.
Please see the shop page for details.
At the May 2019
AGM the following members were elected on to the Committee:
Chair - Pam Cole
Vice-Chair - Sheila Montague
Treasurer -Julia Gibbs
Secretary/Editor - D Woolley
Committee - D. Hallé, C Mitchell, M Taylor
Volunteer Representative/Web-master - G Hazell
Museum Mentor - R Ferneley
Curator - Nick Pollard
We have just
revamped the website adding some brand new pages, do please take
a look at the Queen's
Award page, the Accessibility
page and the Lino page and another of photos of Staines.
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.
Spelthorne
Archaeology and Local History Group
SALHG are the trustees of Spelthorne Museum. By becoming a member
you can enjoy previews of museum exhibitions, social events and
have the opportunity to help in the work of the museum.
During winter
months there are talks on archaeological or social history items.
A quarterly newsletter keeps members up to date.
Members of SALHG
receive a quarterly magazine called 'The Museum' which contains
museum news, forthcoming events and articles written by members.
The SALHG Board members after receiving the Queen's Award for Voluntary
Service in 2016
Left side: Rowena (SPARKS), Sheila, Nick, Pam,
Right side: Peter, Jenny (Secretary), Christine (SPARCS), Julia
(Chair), Jackie (Curator),
Gloria (Vol Co-ordinator/ Website Manager). Missing from photo Derick,
Sue,
Remember
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
Spelthorne Museum
is divided into two rooms. The Elmsleigh Room is opened by
Staines Library staff and has the history of Spelthorne from the
Ice Age to Modern Times. To provide visitors with something different
there are two display areas which are changed frequently.
Window on Spelthorne
Is a small display case near the Fire Exit and changes roughly every
month.
Big Blue Board
The second area in the Elmsleigh Room to have a varying subject
is a display board (sadly called 'The Big Blue Board', because that
is what it is!).
Temporary Exhibition Area
The second of Spelthorne Museum's two rooms is the Thames Room.
This is opened when volunteers are on duty and as well as further
displays and the Museum Shop it has the Temporary Exhibition area.
The Museum aims to have two temporary exhibitions a year. The Thames
Room is open Wednesdays and Fridays 2pm - 4pm and Saturdays 1:30pm
- 4:30pm (First Saturday of the month only is early opening at 11
am)
Photos
of the Museum
Spelthorne
Museum needs Volunteers
Can you spare 2-3 hours a month? Interested in the Spelthorne
history? Like the Romans? Happy to talk with people? Over 18? Then
maybe you would enjoy being one of our Volunteers. No experience
necessary training is given.
Volunteers receive
a monthly newletter called 'Treasures' to keep them up-to-date with
what is happening at the museum and locally.
Our wonderful
Volunteers won the Queen's
Award for Voluntary Service, in June 2016, for up to 36 years
of dedication to the Spelthorne Museum. All are very proud of that
accolade.
Won't you join
us?
e-mail: gloria_hazell@spelthornemuseum.org.uk
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