Daughters launch Percival Edward Norman display
We were delighted to welcome Elizabeth and Ginny, daughters of Percival Edward Norman to launch the display about him
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100th Anniversary of the General Strike
Read more: 100th Anniversary of the General StrikeAshford’s role in Trade Union History Nine days that stopped Britain Ashford.
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Annie Oakley rifle goes to auction
Read more: Annie Oakley rifle goes to auctionToday 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…
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2025 Annual General Meeting
Read more: 2025 Annual General MeetingThe 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…
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New Signs mark New Start
Read more: New Signs mark New StartNew 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…
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Museum opens for 2025
Read more: Museum opens for 2025The 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
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Ashford’s Railway Legacy
Read more: Ashford’s Railway LegacyThe 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.
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Weald of Kent Steam Rally
Read more: Weald of Kent Steam RallyWe 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…
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Highworth names building after Verena Holmes
Read more: Highworth names building after Verena HolmesYesterday, 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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Annual General Meeting 2024
Read more: Annual General Meeting 2024The 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Ashford Borough Museum Society will be held at 2.00 pm for tea and coffee 2.30 pm meeting start on Monday 8th July at The Consevation Annexe 57 High Street, Ashford.
