Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Crawley Museum and Goffs Park.
How long have we been waiting for today's successfully completed task?
Over 50 years!!!!
It was in 1958 that I went with my Dad to clear stuff from the house of a spinster who had just died. We were not house clearance merchants....that would have been another life for me.....we were hunting out anything connected with the history of our town. The spinster's father and grand father had been post masters for the town.
At that time there was no museum, but it was felt that when a museum was begun the things we found would be of interest.
The museum was founded years ago - but somehow the stuff remained in the loft.
Today, at last, the bits that I had have been handed over.
There may still be more in Dad's house.
We had an interesting afternoon of chatting and looking round at the exhibits. It is well laid out and looks very professional. One day, the museum will move to a larger building in the town centre.
Here are some pictures of both the museum and also some taken on our walk round the park.
Museums all round the country are creating displays connected with their locality and the reign of our Queen.
Ye Olde Punch Bowle.
In The High Street.
In my youth, both the name and the place were filled with mystery - it was just not the sort of place my family would have ever gone to. Couldn't afford to.
In the kitchen.
A shoe repairer's shop - from the cobbler in Three Bridges.
Laundry drying by the fire.
A sampler by Emily gates, aged 10.
I can remember this item being taken from Dad's loft and passed to the museum.
Our family didn't want the responsibility for the care of it!
Ron Shaw's veteran car.
Ron Shaw owned a garage in the town - originally in The High Street. I went to school with his son.
Every year he drove the car in the Old Crocks Rally (as we used to call it) from London to Brighton.
His passenger, who sat in a sort of bucket seat at the front was my maths teacher, John Aubertin.
The photo to the left of the old bike shows them arriving in Brighton.
Goffs Park House.
The museum is housed in the wing to the left hand side.
Tree reflections in Goffs Park pond.
A short while later a duck swam across, disturbing the ripples and reflection to great effect.
The museum is open on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock.
It is well worth a visit.
There are also very reasonably priced booklets about many aspects of Crawley history.
Over 50 years!!!!
It was in 1958 that I went with my Dad to clear stuff from the house of a spinster who had just died. We were not house clearance merchants....that would have been another life for me.....we were hunting out anything connected with the history of our town. The spinster's father and grand father had been post masters for the town.
At that time there was no museum, but it was felt that when a museum was begun the things we found would be of interest.
The museum was founded years ago - but somehow the stuff remained in the loft.
Today, at last, the bits that I had have been handed over.
There may still be more in Dad's house.
We had an interesting afternoon of chatting and looking round at the exhibits. It is well laid out and looks very professional. One day, the museum will move to a larger building in the town centre.
Here are some pictures of both the museum and also some taken on our walk round the park.
Museums all round the country are creating displays connected with their locality and the reign of our Queen.
In The High Street.
In my youth, both the name and the place were filled with mystery - it was just not the sort of place my family would have ever gone to. Couldn't afford to.
In the kitchen.
A shoe repairer's shop - from the cobbler in Three Bridges.
Laundry drying by the fire.
A sampler by Emily gates, aged 10.
I can remember this item being taken from Dad's loft and passed to the museum.
Our family didn't want the responsibility for the care of it!
Ron Shaw's veteran car.
Ron Shaw owned a garage in the town - originally in The High Street. I went to school with his son.
Every year he drove the car in the Old Crocks Rally (as we used to call it) from London to Brighton.
His passenger, who sat in a sort of bucket seat at the front was my maths teacher, John Aubertin.
The photo to the left of the old bike shows them arriving in Brighton.
The museum is housed in the wing to the left hand side.
Tree reflections in Goffs Park pond.
A short while later a duck swam across, disturbing the ripples and reflection to great effect.
The museum is open on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock.
It is well worth a visit.
There are also very reasonably priced booklets about many aspects of Crawley history.
