Douglas Ashby, a much-respected local historian and one of the Society’s founder members, assembled a collection of 900 photographs, which he left to the County Record Office in his will. The CRO kindly allowed the Society to continue to copy these photographs and, using a specialised computer program and equipment bought in 2002 with an ‘Awards for All’ lottery grant, they are being dated and annotated for the benefit of future generations.
The Society was granted charitable status in 2002 and has an executive committee of twelve trustees. The 2008-9 officers are: John Cutmore, chairman; John Meads, secretary; Ian Watson, treasurer. Other trustees are: John and Judy Clipstone, Trevor Cooper, Ivan Cox, Ian Hebden, Anita Marks, Janet Meads and John Peck. Councillors Peter Bettles and Ruth Groome are Town Council representatives.
The
Heritage
Room
Museum
is open on Thursdays and Saturdays from
10am
to
1pm
, except when exhibitions are being changed. Out-of-town visitors should phone the secretary on 01536 722722 before travelling any distance to check if this is taking place. The museum can be opened at other times by arrangement.
Questionnaire
Later this year Burton Latimer Heritage Society will be moving its museum to new ground floor premises in the former Health Centre in High Street. This will be far more convenient and accessible for some elderly or disabled people and parents with young families who are unable to negotiate the stairs to reach the present museum.
We would be interested in your views on what we could provide in our new premises so that we can consider any suitable suggestions and incorporate them in our future plans. To that end, we have prepared a questionnaire for you to have a say in the future role of the Society.
Click here to download the questionnaire. It is in rtf format, which should be readable and usable by all systems. Complete your replies and return the form as an e-mail attachment to John Meads at johnandjan.meads@btopenworld.com
Exhibition
The Society's first exhibition of 2010 opens on Saturday March 6th and is entitled "At Your (Public) Service". The theme is local government and the services it has provided for the town since the Parish Council started its work in 1895. The display cabinets show reminders of slum clearnaces, road widening schemes, council house building and elections, as well as an assortment of nearly a hundred photographs showing other aspects of the work done on the town's behalf by local authorities. The exhibition is open from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm on Saturdays and Thursdays until early summer.
Other arrangements for opening the museum for visitors from afar can be made by phoning the secretary John Meads on 01536 722722 or emailing him at johnandjan.meads@btopenworld.com
For those wishing to join, membership of the Society costs £3.00 per year. The treasurer’s address is
9
Church View
,
Burton
Latimer
,
NN15 5
LG
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