Send and Ripley HISTORY SOCIETY
The exhibition will run from now until early in the New Year and is open every Saturday from 10 -12.30. Come to see the wonderful models of the mill and a charming Victorian watercolour, which is on loan.
The new exhibition at the museum is about the HOMEFRONT in World War II. The thinking behind this is both to acknowledge the 70th anniversary of the end of the war and to launch the Society’s little bomb shelter as an ‘experience’.
The Society borrowed some interesting panels from the archaeological service and displayed locally found flints. We were also fortunate to have the loan of finds from one of our members as well as some of his remarkable reproduction tools and weapons.
An exhibition that concentrated on the tradition of market gardening in Send and Ripley. It looked at the role of seasonal gypsy labour before the war and the contribution of the land girls in World War II.
This was a fun exhibition as it looked at many of the famous people who have come to Send and Ripley over the years. It was an exhibition that ‘grew’ as it went along, with many stories emerging as it went along.
This exhibition featured two local medical ‘celebrities’ – Dr Richard Stoughton, who is buried in Send and invented a cordial Elixir and Kenneth White, the Ripley pharmacist during the last war. He was probably the first man to produce penicillin for civilian use.
This exhibition was part of the Surrey Museums’ trail which had a theme of food. In conjunction with Ripley Farmers’ Market, the Society took this exhibition ‘al fresco’ and ran children’s workshops –making muesli and bread rolls.
This exhibition was held in conjunction with the launch of the Society’s latest publication about Newark Priory. We were delighted to have on loan a few of the finds that are in the archives of Guildford Museum.
The village smithy was a key focus in both Send and Ripley and the society owns many artefacts from both smithies. This exhibition allowed us to show off many of these artefacts .
Anywhere in Send and Ripley where there is or was a pond or hollow should be regarded as a possible site of earlier mineral extraction.