Talks
The Hardy Sisters, Salisbury, Wessex & Beyond
An illustrated talk on Friday 13th June at 7.30pm in aid of Museum funds. Mary and Kate Hardy Salisbury, Wessex & Beyond A talk on the Sisters of Renowned Wessex Poet & Novelist Thomas Hardy By Anne Johns & Jenny Head
To be held at Fordingbridge Town Hall 7.30pm. Tickets £10 to include light refreshments. Tickets available from www.ticketsource.co.uk Fordingbridge Museum & Tina at Timothy’s Fordingbridge High Street
Fordingbridge Museum’s 25th Anniversary Celebrations
Proceedings will begin at the Museum on Friday evening with the opening ceremony. The special guest is confirmed as Phil Harding. The evening will include the unveiling of a first Green Plaque to mark Fordingbridge buildings of historic interest, a procession to the Victoria Rooms for drinks, the cutting of a celebration cake and the launch of a book on the history of Fordingbridge Museum compiled by Wendy Cracknell.
The Museum will be open over the weekend. A new Town Trail will lead visitors between the Museum and the Victoria Rooms where there will be silent films from Wessex Film Archive as well as from the Museum’s collection, a regatta display and a display of the Museum’s history and that of the Shering Collection.
At the recreation ground, on Saturday 2nd, Salisbury Punting will be operating on the river. There will be reconstructions of regatta floats, built by Avon Valley Shed and local Scouts, there will also be rustic sports, morris dancers, maypole dancing and a miniature steam train. The day will finish with the Rotary duck race and a model raft race.
On Sunday the exhibitions will continue at the Victoria Rooms and the Museum.
Please put the weekend in your diary. It will be a weekend not to be missed.
Social Activities
Barbecue Saturday 16th August.
This fundraising event event is for the Friends of Fordingbridge Museum and their guests.