AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING THE 40th ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF EDENBRIDGE
3rd February – 30th May 2010
Service Above Self, a new exhibition at the Eden Valley Museum, provides an insight into an organisation that has, in just over 100 years, grown from a group of four professionals meeting once a week, to an International organisation with over 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide, all with common aims - to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio - under the motto Service Above Self.
This exhibition charts the history of Rotary, from its origins in Chicago in 1905, to the formation of the first clubs in Britain and Ireland in 1912, the birth of the Edenbridge Club in 1969, and the acceptance of women into the organisation, as late as 1987! It features local and international charities the club has supported during the past 40 years, individual achievements by members, and the fun they’ve had on the way.
This exhibition isn’t just about Rotarians or just for Rotarians. If you have ever attended a Rotary function or sponsored event, from the Edenbridge Festival to the annual Strawberry Tea for senior citizens, your picture may well be on display. And what connections do an ITN newsreader, a 1950s pop star, and a cricket commentator have with the club – visit the exhibition to find out.
From Wednesday, 3rd February 2010
A History of the World in the Garden of England
10 objects of local and global significance in Kent Museum Collections
Throughout 2010 the Eden Valley Museum will be exhibiting one of the 'top ten' objects from Kent Museums: 10 objects of local and global significance in Kent Museum Collections
This object was chosen to join the other nine objects from Kent Museums because of its local and global significance.
John Topham, Memory Lane: the way we were 1933 to 1950
For every visitor to the Gallery, the museum will receive a donation of 50p so
please visit the gallery and encourage all your friends and visitors to do so as well.
Saturday, 27th June to Saturday 19th December, 2009 - The Great Migration
This exhibition is just the beginning. The Great Migration continues and there will be more stories to tell in the future. Since the 1960s there has been constant enlargement of the community with further areas of housing being built. It is hoped that a grant can be obtained to complete a plan to record the experiences of many more people who have come to live in Edenbridge.
Friday 5 June, 2009 -
KNICKERS AND THINGS!
BURNS NIGHT DINNER
Situation Vacant
Honorary Secretary to the Executive Committee
The Secretary is one of the three elected officers on the Executive and a charity trustee, so has the opportunity to get fully involved with the success of the museum by contributing to its leadership, policies and activities. If you are interested in knowing more, please contact the Chairman, Alan Smith 01732 863939.
Bob Ogley,
Local Historian and Author of 22 books
Heritage Open Days at the Eden Valley Museum
Sat 13th Sept 10 am–4.30 pm : Sun 14th Sept 11 am–4.30 pm
On the Saturday there will be a Michaelmas Fayre with a variety of stalls including: cakes, bric-a-brac, books, toys, plants and much more. A Guided Walk at 2pm during which we hope to be able to visit Taylour House, and an opportunity to have photographs taken in a Tudor costume (bring your own camera). Morning Coffee, Lunches and Afternoon Teas will be served in Rickards Hall on Saturday, and light refreshments on Sunday. This year we are sharing Rickards Hall with the Edenbridge Painting for Pleasure Group who will be exhibiting their artwork on both days.
Edenbridge - New Research Tool
Copies of the following DVD are now available in the museum. Price £10
Wednesday 5th March 2008 - Bamber Gascoigne visits Eden Valley Museum
Hot on the heels of the best visitor numbers ever, and receiving Accreditation from the Museum, Libraries and Archives Council, the Eden Valley Museum welcomed a visit by Bamber Gascoigne on Wednesday 5 March.
For more information on this and Bamber Gascoigne's new website click here
Friday, 22nd February 2008, the Rt. Hon. Sir John Stanley, MP presented the
MLA Accreditation Award to the Eden Valley Museum.
The MLA's Accreditation Scheme sets nationally agreed standards for UK museums. To meet the requirements of the scheme, museums demonstrate that they achieve clearly defined standards relating to governance and management, services for users, visitor facilities and collections management.
For more information on this and video of the presentation speech by Sir John Stanley click here
Picture Perfect – Museum Awarded MDS Grant
Following a successful bid to the Kent & Medway Museum Development Service (MDS) Grants programme, volunteers at the museum, in conjunction with TopFoto (Edenbridge), have embarked upon a project to create a digital archive of the museum’s collections of postcards, photographs and slides.
Eden Valley Museum – Visitor Numbers Reach All Time High
2007 saw the highest number of visitors to the Eden Valley Museum since it opened in 2000.
Art Competition and Exhibition July 2005
The Theme for 2005's Art Exhibition is The Art of Travel. The
competition is open to local school children and adults and will be on
display at the museum from Saturday 23rd - Sunday 24th July 2005. Artists are
encouraged to enter a piece of work in any medium and to let their
imagination take them on a journey of discovery.
Visitors will be invited to vote for their favourite work of art. For
further details and an entrance form please pick a leaflet up from the
museum.
This competition and exhibition was sponsored by Lloyds TSB.
Churchill Exhibition is
a great success A new, temporary exhibition opened during the summer of 2004 at the museum giving
a new insight to our most famous country neighbour - Sir Winston Churchill.
The exhibition of photographs illustrated Churchill's life as a Family Man,
Statesman, War-time Leader & Hero, Countryman & Sportsman, Darling of The
Crowds and also showed what his life was like at Chartwell. The exhibition
continued in other rooms of the museum where personal mementoes of local
residents show the close relationship the Churchill family had with local
people.
There are C.D's and booklets still available for purchase in the Museum Shop.
This exhibition was sponsored by
www.topfoto.co.uk and entrance to the
museum was free during the run of the exhibition.
Were You Being Served?
The Celebrity Coffee morning held on Saturday 14th February 2003 was a massive
success. Actors from the 70's sitcom Are You Being Served lent their support
to the museum and attracted a huge crowd to the event. The steady stream of
visitors meant that Mollie Sugden (Mrs Slocombe), Frank Thornton (Captain
Peacock) and Trevor Bannister (Mr Lucas) were kept busy handing out cups of
tea and signing autographs.
Photograph courtesy of Chronicle Newspapers
Mr Thornton, father of honorary curator Jane Higgs, joked, "I am here
because my daughter ordered me to be. Things like this allow people to get
to know their neighbours. When I was young everybody lived around the
corner, but now with the car, everybody is spread out and that sense of
local community is in danger of being diluted."
Mr Bannister, surrounded by a keen throng of people added, "It is lovely to
see such good support for the museum. Not every place is going to have one
because not everywhere has the artefacts and history around it."
The event was a huge success and raised in excess of £1000.
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Land Army girl.
Made by a German prisoner of war called Christoph who was working at Brookers Farm, now known as Stonewall Home Farm, Chiddingstone Hoath. It was made for Peggy Chapman, a land girl, as a Christmas present.
Christoph
Lennox Cato discusses the box with Peggy
Peggy with her needlework box
The museum collection is made up of objects that have been donated by local people to tell the story of the land and people of the Eden Valley in West Kent.
The object that has been chosen from our collection for A History of the World is one of several beautiful objects we hold made by prisoners of war and given as gifts to local people. We welcome this opportunity to explore the stories behind these objects in more depth.
Many objects from our WW2 collection, including the material from ‘Doing Our Bit’ Memories of WW2, our extensive 2005 exhibition, are on display in the galleries.
If anyone has any further gifts of this kind in our collecting area, TN8 and TN11, we would be delighted to hear from them.
Drinks in the Museum followed by a three course Scottish dinner in Rickards Hall. Licensed bar.
Tickets £20 from The Edenbridge Bookshop, Tel: 862180
In aid of the Eden Valley Museum Trust - Charity No. 1065466
Costume Historian, Jean Bruce, returns to the Eden Valley Museum in November to give a talk on:
Knickers and Thongs!
A light hearted look at underwear from the 1930s to the 21st century.
Friday 13th November, 7.30pm in Rickards Hall. Light Refreshments available.
Tickets £5, EVMT Members £4.50, available from the museum and the Edenbridge Bookshop.
Raising funds for the Eden Valley Museum Trust.
Tickets now on sale in the museum and the Edenbridge Bookshop.
In aid of the Eden Valley Museum Trust.
The first exhibition at the new Topfoto Gallery.
House of Jaques, 1 Fircroft Way, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 6EL
Open: Mon-Fri 9.30 am – 5.00 pm, Sat 10.00 am – 1.00 pm,
Sundays by appointment. Free Parking. Entrance: Free.
This exhibition is about the development of the Stangrove and Spitals Cross Estates in Edenbridge in the 1950s and 1960s respectively. It takes a brief look back at the land use before these two estates were built and relates the stories of some of the men and women who arrived from various London boroughs to take up residence in a very different kind of community from the one they had left. A huge change was experienced by all concerned. Those arriving from ‘the smoke’ had to adjust to their new circumstances and that adjustment took many forms. Some people slipped into rural life easily and others found it more difficult. Those already living in Edenbridge at the time ‘the locals’ had to get used to a sudden jump in the population and the arrival of ‘townies’ in their midst.
Coffee Morning, 10am – 12pm and Exhibition Opening. Edenbridge Town Band will be playing in the Courtyard
Underwear from 1850-1930s. - A talk by Jean Bruce
7.30pm, Rickards Hall. Refreshments Available
Tickets £5, EVMT Members £4.50 from the museum or Edenbridge Bookshop.
Drinks in the Museum followed by a three
course Scottish dinner and entertainment in Rickards Hall. Licensed bar
Eden Valley Museum & Rickards Hall, Saturday 24th January, 7.30pm
Tickets £20 available from
The Edenbridge Book Shop, 79 High Street, Edenbridge
In aid of the Eden Valley Museum Trust
Friday 21st November, 7.30 pm in Rickards Hall
Tickets £8.50 (£7.50 EVMT Members)
Tickets include a Private View of the ‘Our River’ Exhibition - remembering
the floods of 1958 and 1968.
Tickets will be on sale at the museum and the Edenbridge Bookshop from 1st November.
“Edenbridge – An Index of People and Places 1200 – 1851”
Researched and compiled by Lionel Cole
Published by the North West Kent Family History Society (NWKFHS).
Bamber Gascoigne is best known for his television role as chairman of University Challenge for twenty-five years (1962-1987) before handing over to Jeremy Paxman. Bamber Gascoigne was in Edenbridge at the invitation of local businessman Alan Smith, Chair of the Eden Valley Museum Trust and Managing Partner of TopFoto, the Edenbridge-based photograph library working with Bamber Gascoigne to test his major new search tool for the web, combining timelines from his HistoryWorld with text and image search. TimeSearch is a major new asset for students, researchers, writers, academics – and museums! – to search the web through time. He demonstrated TimeSearch to the museum curators and volunteers.
Hon. Curator, Jane Higgs, and Hon. Secretary to the Executive Committee, Helen Jackman, worked tirelessly towards implementing the standards necessary, which could not have been achieved without the support and enthusiasm of their wonderful team of volunteers.
The project, led by Deputy Hon. Curator Joan Varley, started on 1st February and is due to complete on 31st July, by which time several thousand images will have been scanned and stored, creating a digital archive that will safeguard the collections for future generations and which can also be drawn upon for future exhibitions.
More than 4500 people were attracted by exhibitions such as ‘All Good Sports’ and ‘Hurricane Havoc’. Forthcoming exhibitions in 2008 will include Edenbridge High Street History (now showing) a special exhibition created in recognition of the Edenbridge 2008 Project which draws to its conclusion at the end of March; A Tudor Drama (Mar–Sep); Schooldays (Jun–Dec); and Our River / The Great Floods (Sep– Dec) remembering the floods of 1958 and 1968.
