TODAY 9TH SEPTEMBER I WENT UP FOR A TALK AS HAVE APPLIED TO BE A VOLUNTEER, HAD A NICE CHAT AND A CUP OF TEA.SO I THOUGHT I WOULD PASS ON SOME INFORMATION ON ABOUT THEM TO YOU DEAR READER. THIS MUSEUM IS BASED IN HOLSWORTHY, DEVON AND IS HOUSED IN PART OF ORIGINAL 17TH CENTURY PARSONAGE.REFURBISED IN 1991 IT FEATURES THEMED DISPLAYS AMONG THEM ARE THE ORIGINAL 17TH CENTURY KITCHEN WITH ITS OPEN FIREPLACE, COBBLED FLOORS.LIKE MOST MUSEUM, S IT GIVES AN INSIGHT TO LOCAL HERITAGE AND CUSTOMS OF THE TOWN.YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT THE LOCAL RAILWAY THAT AMONG MANY DR BEECHING IN 1966 AXED,THE BUDE TO HOLSWORTHY CANAL.AGICULTURE TO DR.STUART CRADDOCK WHO HELPED RESEARCH ALONG SIDE ALEXANDER FLEMING TO DISCOVER PENICILLIN. LOTS OFTHING TO LOOK AT AND DISCOVER TO JOG OLD MEMORIES AND EXCITE NEW ONES .THIER ARE COMPUTER SLIDESHOWS WERE YOU CAN SEE THOUSANDS OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND IF YOU PRESS THE WHITE BUTTONS YOU GET SOUND EFFECTS RELATING TO THEMED DISPLAYS. IT ALSO CONTAINS LOCAL ARCHIVES CONTAINING PHOTOGRAPHS, DOCUMENTS AND IS APPOINTED SERVICE FOR DEVON RECORDS WHICH I WAS TOLD IS WELL USED BY LOCALS AND VISTORS A LIKE. THE MUSEUM IS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS AND IS A REGISTERED ACCREDITED MUSEUM AND CHARITY. LOOK FOR MORE INFORMATION ON WEBSITE...WWW DEVON MUSEUMS.NET / HOLSWORTHY.AND TO PARAPHARSE A CERTAIN HAIR ADVERT THIER WORTH IT,SO IF IN DEVON AND WISH TO TRY SOMETHING NEW WHY NOT THIS,PS HOPEFULLY THIS IN PART HELPS PROMOTE THEM MORE,THANK YOU FROM MARK AKA GHOSTMAN
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