HERITAGE NETWORK
The fourth Heritage Network event was held online on Saturday 20th February 2020 and, building on the success of the earlier events, there were 23 people participating from 15 different organisations. This included two new organisations; Thorney Museum and the Welland Rivers Trust.
As the pandemic is coming towards the end organisations are starting to think about coming out of lockdown and planning to reopen and recommence events and this was the focus of much of the discussion. Many activities have been moved online with remote talks and lectures to maintain interest and these have attracted large audiences. One of the challenges will be to combine the ‘real’and the ‘virtual’worlds as we start to return to something approaching normality.
Some of the updates and possible ideas discussed at the meeting are shown below, if there is anything important that I have missed please let me know.
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National Lottery Heritage Fund Grant Application: An application has been made to support the work of the Heritage Network and includes; • Development of a shared website and ‘virtual museum’,
• Website development and social media training, and
• Support for museum training and engagement.
An announcement on the success of the application has been delayed until March 2021. |
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Website and Social Media Training: An outline was given of the type of training that could be provided through the network including website development and maintainence as well as the use of social media to promote activities and projects. The emphasis was on the different platforms for communication that are available and how they can be linked. |
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Welland Rivers Trust: Perry from Welland Rivers Trust explained the role of the trust and some of the projects in which they are involved. In particular they are looking for history and storys from the Welland. If anybody has any information they would like to share then please email Perry on perry@wellandriverstrust.org.uk. |
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Projects: Chain Bridge Forge Museum are working on a number of projects including memories of the Spalding Flower Parade. If anybody has any photographs or other material please visit the CBFM website or contact them on chainbridgeforge@gmail.com.
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Volunteering: A number of organisations are having difficulties in attracting and retaining volunteers, particularly during the current coronavirus pandemic. If anybody has any ideas or strategies that have been effective please get in touch.
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Below are some of the websites discussed during the meeting and which may be of interest/use to members.
www.heritagetrustnetwork.org.uk
www.charitydigital.org.uk/heritage-digital
www.subbrit.org.uk (Subterranea Britannica)
www.waterways.org.uk/waterways/discover-the-waterways/boston-to-peterborough-wetlands-corridor
www.historicengland.org.uk/images-books/archive/collections/aerial-photos
www.cambridgeairphotos.com/map
The date for the next online networking event is Saturday 17th April 2021, details to follow. If you know of other groups or individuals to include in the network, please let me have their contact details and I will send them an invitation. If there any other topics you would particularly like to talk about at the next session let me know and I will include them on the programme.
This note and the contact list will also be available on the SGS website (www.sgsoc.org).
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FENLAND HERITAGE NETWORK
The table below shows the contact information for the organisations involved in the Local History Network sponsored by Spalding Gentlemen’s Society. If any of the details are incorrect or you would like to provide more information then please email outreach@sgsoc.org. If there are any other group who would like to be added to the list thenplease get in touch.
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Ayscoughfee Hall
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Medieval merchant’shouse and local history museum. |
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Boston Hanse Group
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History of the Hanseatic League in Boston |
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Chain Bridge Forge Museum
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Blacksmith’s museum and local history archive. |
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Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum |
Aviation and local history. |
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DeepingsHeritage
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Local history of the Deepings. |
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Fane Road Archaeology Group (FRAG) |
Archaeology of Peterborough. |
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FenArch |
Archaeology of the Fenlands. |
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Fleet Delvers |
Local history of Fleet and surroundingarea. |
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Gosberton Local History Group |
History of Gosberton and South Holland. |
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Heritage Lincolnshire |
History and heritage of Lincolnshire. |
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Organisation
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Holbeach Cemetery Chapels
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Local history. |
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Louth Museum
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History of Louth and surrounding area. |
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PeakirkArchaeological Survey Team(PAST) |
Local history and archaeology of Peakirk. |
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Peterborough Archive Services
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Archive of Peterborough records. |
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Pinchbeck Engine Museum
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Industrial Archaeology. |
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Red Barn Creative
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Heritage, creativity, craft and digital skills. |
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Sleaford Civic Trust
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Heritage and history of Sleaford. |
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Sleaford Museum |
Local history.
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Spalding Cemetery (Friends Of) |
Local History |
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Spalding Gentlemen’s Society |
Museum, archive and research hub for general/local history. |
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Spalding U3A History Group |
General and local history.
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Strawberry Glass
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Stained glass crafts. |
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Thorney Museum
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Local history and heritage museum. |
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Trigge Library
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Sixteenth century library. |
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Welland Rivers Trust
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Conservation, restoration and education. |
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West Deepings Heritage Group
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Local historyand heritage. |
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Wisbech and Fenland Museum
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Local history of Wisbech and the Fenland |
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If there are any errors in the above information or any other organisations that should be included please let me know so the list can be amended.
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