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 .
This exhibition carried on from where The Last Summer finished. It examined the numbers who went to war and those who perished, including Robin Skene the first casualty of the war.
This was an exhibition that focused on life in Send and Ripley in 1914 before the outbreak of war. It was put on as part of the History Centre’s museum trail to encourage people to visit Surrey museums.
Seasons and Storms As part of the Society’s work with local schools, we have mounted an exhibition focusing on the seasons. It has given us a chance to focus on the Tulip festival at Dunsborough Park, local market gardening and the unique agriculture that used to exist on the Broadmead, as well as to show off some of the Society’s photographic collection.
It is a brief Pathe News clip of a helicopter party at Dunsborough Park in the 1960s and features the then owners Charles Hughesdon and his wife Florence Desmond.
This re-edited footage with a new sound track shows how the old Nat West Bank was moved up the road in Ripley High Street to its final resting place where it is now – our museum.