The tanks nobody really wanted On 3rd June, BBC Radio Kent’s Steve Ladner visited the Museum to talk with Curator, John Worger, about Ashford’s Tank. The episode of Secret Kent was aired on 12 June. John revealed that many towns weren’t that keen on the tanks that had been presented; some refused to take tanks…
We were delighted to welcome Elizabeth and Ginny, daughters of Percival Edward Norman to launch the display about him
Ashford’s role in Trade Union History Nine days that stopped Britain Ashford.
Today a presentation rifle owned by Annie Oakley is being auctioned in Battle by Burstow and Hewett. We know Annie Oakley as a show woman with incredible gun skills but, from a start that could have resulted in her remaining in poverty and hunger for all of her life, she carved a trailblazing career that…
The 2025 Annual General Meeting of he Ashford Borough Museum Society will be held: at 2:00 pm for 2:30 start on 18th July 2025 at The Parish RoomsChurch Yard, Ashford, TN23 1QG The Agenda will be posted here shortly All are welcome but please Contact Us if you are likely to attend (so that we…
New signs outside Ashford Museum and hung round the Church Yard when the Museum is open herald a new start for the Museum. The Museum is now moving the functions undertaken in its Conservation Annexe at 57 High Street into the Museum as the lease for the High Street premises comes to an end. The funds used…
The Museum opens today for the 2025 season. The hours will as normal be 11am to 2 pm, Tuesday to Saturday A number of our displays have been refreshed and in our new temporary exhibition space we are showingAshford West,Ashford’s Forgotten Station,photographs fromThe Peter Green ArchiveandEarly 1960sAerial Views of Ashford Works
The Mayor of Ashford, Cllr. Lyn Suddards, and Fred Garner of Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre (AIMREC), launched the Ashford’s Railway Legacy Exhibition at Ashford Gateway Plus today. The exhibition runs from today until 30th April as part of the Ashford Model Railway Festival being held on 12th and 13th April.
We had a great weekend at Weald of Kent Steam and Country Show. There was a lot of interest in the story of Fowler Ploughing Engines, Linkey and Sevington, which were brought together at the Show for the first time in quarter of a century. Relatives of our volunteer (a descendent of the Links) current…
Yesterday, the day after her 135th birthday, Highworth Grammar School named its new building after Verena Holmes. It is the first Highworth building to be named in honour of a woman. Verena Holmes was an engineer, inventor and ardent promoter for women in engineering. She joined the Women’s Engineering Society in its founding year and…
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