Exhibition

Timeline banner

Betty and Stewart Bussell on reception

'Accessioning'. Scanning items brought by visitors (Denys Ryder, Sue Zirps, Simon Mortimore) and indexing (Diana Rix and Rosemary Ryder).

General view of Hall with displays and visitors

House History panels, History Group member Tony Norman viewing.

Small children trying historic costumes

Mediaeval spinning (with costumes on stage behind).

Who do you think they were - visitors helping identify people in old photographs

Children were invited to complete a quiz with questions based on the Historic Houses display.

Visitors

David and Hilary Hopkins demonstrating mediaeval spinning.

Ladies discussing the photos they have brought for archiving.

Visitors examining the House History screens.

General view with visitors signing in.

At the Open Day, a variety of displays and activities were available to visitors, free of charge. These included an exhibition of House History panels, three displays describing the Saxons in the Meon Valley project, scanners on which the memorabilia brought by villagers were recorded, historical costumes for young children to try on, an exhibition of old dairy equipment provided by local farmer Richard Jones, ’Who Do You Think They Were?’ – old photographs featuring people whose identity were not known – a timeline banner showing key dates, events and buildings in East Meon History, a demonstration of mediaeval spinning, and free tea and refreshments.

Almost 200 people signed the register, and more came to see their children participate in the Saxon re-enactment.

Date of creation

2013

Date of coverage

2013, September 28th

Place

East Meon, Village hall

Contributor

Michael Blakstad

Reference number

EM/0068/0002

Accession number

2014-01-027

Storage location

Press reports LIbrary E 20

Downloads

Post 25th Sept (2 MB Adobe Acrobat document, opens in a new window)

Petersfield Post preview of Open Day, 25th September.

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