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…
The 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.
We are excited by the find of two of our collections care volunteers, while cleaning our model Humphries threshing machine, in preparation for it to be displayed on the Wheels of Time stand at the Kent County Show. They discovered a label showing it had been exhibited at the Show 74 years ago, just a…
This Big Help Out Weekend at the end of Volunteers’ Week 2024, join our team of volunteers passionate about the Museum and the history and heritage of Ashford as Secretary. Benefits Museum volunteers are motivated by a wide range of factors. Here are some of the common ones but it is not an exclusive list!…
On the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day Normandy Landings, hear what it was like to take part and for those they left at home by listening to the memories of Cpl. Les Boulding, of Ashford, and his fiancee Dorothy, from a BBC Radio Kent series, Wartime Kent, on our touch screen media unit.
The Museums’ library of books and papers is now available for research, by appointment
We are excited to be part of Kent Big Weekend 2024! Visit the website to bid for your free tickets for a guided tour of the heritage of Ashford Town Centre. Learn about the history of some of Ashford’s buildings. we’ll see you on 20th April! Good luck! https://www.kentbigweekend.co.uk/
Drop in to learn about volunteering at the Museum Volunteering Open Day Conservation Annexe57 High Street, Ashford 9th March 202411am to 2 pm We are always looking out for new people with a variety of skills. and are currently advertising for: Read more and apply
Volunteer to compile a library of oral histories of Ashfordians. Ashford’s Peoples Library is a project to build a lasting collection of oral histories of the lives of Ashfordians and Ashford’s industries and businesses. Official records are often unable to tell the whole story Through Ashford People’s Library we aim to: Ashford People’s Library…
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