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Posted on February 6, 2018
To honour the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act 1918, we delve into the lives of the women who campaigned for #suffrage with a snapshot of one homes visitor book
Short hair for girls in the Clark family – can you solve the mystery?
Posted on May 19, 2015 1 Comment
Can you help with a mystery which has been bugging the Trust staff for some time? We have a large collection of photographs relating to the Clark and related families in Street, Somerset. Several of the young girls in the family wore their hair very short in late 19th century, and we have always been curious as […]
The Trust Waves Goodbye to Eureka
Posted on February 2, 2015
Last Thursday, Neil Bollen (metal conservator), Neil’s son Rupert and Alma Rahat (University of Exeter) came to Street and took the Eureka machine away to be conserved and given lots of TLC in an AHRC project. Moving the machine proved rather a challenge. As shelving had been installed in the storeroom around the machine, it […]
The Trust Waves Goodbye to Eureka
Posted on February 2, 2015
Last Thursday, Neil Bollen (metal conservator), Neil’s son Rupert and Alma Rahat (University of Exeter) came to Street and took the Eureka machine away to be conserved and given lots of TLC in an AHRC project. Moving the machine proved rather a challenge. As shelving had been installed in the storeroom around the machine, it […]
Eureka Preparing First Trip For 150 years…
Posted on January 24, 2015
Eureka is preparing to go on the move for the first time in 150 years… Neil Bollen and the Latin Verse MachineThis week, metal conservator Neil Bollen came to The Grange, Street, to view the Latin Verse Machine in situ and to start getting it ready to transport down to a temporary workshop at the […]
History of Greenbank Pool, Street goes on display
Posted on July 1, 2014
A series of exhibition panels demonstrating the history of one of Somerset’s few remaining lidos, Greenbank Pool in Street, have recently gone on permanent display. Created using a combination of records and photographs held in the Alfred Gillett Trust Archive and images generously donated by members of the public the panels highlight the history of […]
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