Cheshire West & Chester Council
Exhibi{ions &Even{s Grosvenor Museum I Chester History & Heritage I Stretton Watermill
JUNE – SEPTEMBER 2014
Exhibi{ions Exhibi{ions
COVER: Buildings, Battles and Bodies: A History of Heronbridge
Until 4 July
Until 27 July
Until 2 November
That’ll Be the Day: A Sense of Wonder: The 1950s in Chester Paintings by Lynette Chester History & Heritage Howells-Moore and Never had it so good? Most of us were better off in the 1950s as Sculpture by Liz Ellis
Buildings, Battles and Bodies: A History of Heronbridge
austerity was swept away. With stable employment, we began to enjoy the good life of holidays, televisions, and even a family car. This exhibition looks at Chester during this decade – the thriving streets, the dance halls, the parties, and the events which signified the dawning of a bright new age.
Grosvenor Museum, Exhibition Gallery One 85 years of excavations at Heronbridge have revealed some amazing secrets. This exhibition begins by exploring the Roman origins of Heronbridge, where a settlement was established on the edge of the River Dee close to the fortress at Chester. It then jumps forward to the 7th century and the Battle of Chester to investigate Heronbridge’s fortified enclosure and mass grave. Visitors can even come face to face with two Anglo-Saxon warriors who fought, died, and were buried on the site.
Grosvenor Museum, Exhibition Gallery Two
Until 4 July
An Ornament to the City: The Rows of Chester Chester History & Heritage This photographic exhibition focuses on Chester’s historic Rows. Medieval in origin, the Rows are a unique system of covered walkways on the city’s four main streets, running through the frontages of the buildings above the shops at street level. The exhibition traces how the Rows became one of Chester’s main tourist attractions and an ornament to the city.
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Liz Ellis, a sculptor, and Lynette Howells-Moore, a painter, live and work on either side of the River Dee in Chester. Their collaboration celebrates the ancient connection with the river as Deva, her wider landscape, and the earth as sacred mother of all; a natural participation in nature’s bounty and a quiet contemplation of deeper meaning in contrast to a world where speed, acceleration and achievement are worshipped as the ruling forces of our time.
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Exhibi{ions Exhibitions Until 2015
7 July – 19 December
7 July – 19 December
Motherhood
Dulce et Decorum Est
The Nurses’ Story
Grosvenor Museum, Costume Gallery This small exhibition explores the role of ‘motherhood’ between 1860 and 1960, with interpretation extending into the surrounding period rooms. Recognising that the role is not always fulfilled by the biological mother, the exhibition examines the themes of baby and child-care, home-making and ‘time out’. Through objects, costumes and ephemera, the exhibition considers the roles of ‘motherhood’, laboursaving equipment, and the implications of social developments during a century of enormous change.
Chester History & Heritage
Chester History & Heritage This exhibition, contributed by the Backford, Mollington and District Local History Society, looks at the experiences of two dedicated nurses during the Great War, drawing on their photographs, diaries and letters.
For many of the young men who volunteered to fight for their country in the Great War it was a great adventure – regular meals, good companionship and an outdoor life – which was sure to be ‘over by Christmas’. Neither they, nor those who so actively encouraged them to enlist, had any idea of the horrors that were in store. Using photographs drawn from both our own collection and those images and stories that were shared at our recent Roadshow, this exhibition looks at the local men – and their families – whose lives were irrevocably changed by ‘the war to end all wars’.
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Exhibi{ions Exhibitions 7 July – 19 December
7 July – 19 December
2 August – 12 October
For Those in Peril: HMS Chester
From Bombs to Bandages
Chester History & Heritage It was an exciting moment for the citizens of Chester when a ship was named after the city and launched in 1915. At the Battle of Jutland in June 1916 HMS Chester came under heavy fire and amongst the gun crew fatalities was 16 year old John Cornwall, who received the Victoria Cross for his dedication to duty despite being mortally wounded. This display commemorates his courage throughout that terrible battle and the ship and crew that he was so proud to be a part of.
Chester History & Heritage
The Great War: Personal Responses by Cheshire Artists Network
The flow of casualties from the battlefields of the Great War overwhelmed the existing medical establishments at home, and many civilian buildings and houses were turned over to military use. Chester was no exception and these images, taken from a donated photograph album, show the young convalescent patients and nurses of the Voluntary Aid Detachment at Hoole Bank, their smiling faces shining out at us from that long ago sunny afternoon when the booming guns of the front line must have seemed a world away from those peaceful gardens.
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Grosvenor Museum, Exhibition Gallery Two Members of Cheshire Artists Network have produced work in a range of media which represent personal responses to the Great War, seen through collective recollection, documentary accounts, and family histories. Even though the subject matter cannot help but be emotional, and is often personal through the involvement of ancestors and their loved ones, the clouding of memories will increasingly be a threat. The artists involved hope to slow that process by means of their work, and in this way pay their respects to those who paid the price of our freedom.
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Events for Children & Families Saturday 28 June
Tuesday 29 July
Events
Minstrels’ Court
Human Skulls
St John’s Church, Chester (next to the amphitheatre) 10.30am-5pm Free. Discover an ancient tradition, where the minstrels of Cheshire were given their licenses to play for the year ahead; with music, dance, storytelling and lots of characters bringing medieval Chester to life.
Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 2-4pm Free drop in. Work with a forensic archeologist to see how a ‘picture’ of life in the past is developed from archeological ‘finds’. Bones, skulls, teeth and more.
You may have to book for some activities: contact details are given where needed
Wednesday 30 July
Saturday 26 & Sunday 27 July
Tudor Festival Stretton Watermill 12noon-5pm Free drop in. Step back in time to 1596 when the lease of Stretton Watermill was taken over by Ursula Leche of nearby Carden Hall. Take a tour with a costumed miller to see the ancient machinery turn wheat into flour. Learn how illnesses were kept away with herbs and country cures. Enjoy some Tudor tunes played on period instruments. But be careful to abide by the rules of the local militia or you could be placed in the stocks! Admission is free this weekend!
Stories from the Stones
Events for children and families Children’s activities are aimed at 4 to 12 years unless otherwise stated. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Group bookings: please contact the Museum Shop 01244 972112 and Chester History & Heritage 01244 972210.
Grosvenor Museum, Newstead & Webster Galleries Mythical story-telling: 10.30-11am, 11.30am-12noon, 2-2.45pm Make your own mythical mask: 11-11.30am, 12noon-12.30pm, 2.45-3.30pm Free. Listen to the mythical stories among the Roman stones with our legendary storyteller, then make a mythical mask and create your own story at home.
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Events for Children & Families Thursday 31 July
Wednesday 6 August
Tuesday 12 August
Make a First World War Toy
Discover the Romans with Roman Tours UK
Togas and Tableaux
Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 2-4pm Free drop in. Make a toy that children would have used during the Great War, and see who wins in a play-off.
Tuesday 5 August
Grosvenor Museum, Newstead & Webster Galleries 10.30am-4pm Free drop in. Explore the Roman settlement at Heronbridge in our fantastic exhibition. Meet the Romans who might have lived there. They will be ‘on guard’ with armour and equipment to bring camp life into the museum.
Medals and Meanings Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 2-4pm Free drop in. The commemoration of the Great War has prompted many of us to explore our family history, and many families have medals from this time. Our specialist will help interpret the information a medal can offer. Make your own medal to take away.
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Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 2-4pm Free drop in. Come and learn how to wear a toga. Make a fibula fastener and wreath, before posing on the banqueting bench for a photo.
Wednesday 13 August
Discover the AngloSaxons Grosvenor Museum, Newstead & Webster Galleries 10.30am-4pm Free drop in. Discover the Anglo-Saxons with Travellers Through Time. There will be lots to see and do including meeting a warrior, learning AngloSaxon words, and doing craft activities.
Thursday 7 August
Sundial Time Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 2-4pm Free drop in. Make a sundial and see how they were used in Roman and Saxon times, and during the Great War, and how they have often been used as memorials.
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Events for Children & Families Thursday 14 August
Tuesday 19 August
Thursday 21 August
White Feathers
Saxon Jewellery
Roman Buildings
Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 2-4pm Free drop in. White Feathers were a symbol of cowardice during the Great War. The exhibition by Cheshire Artists Network has been inspired by many symbols of the war. Explore how White Feathers impacted on people’s lives and make your own commemorative piece of art.
Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 2-4pm Free drop in. The Anglo Saxons wore jewellery as a status symbol to impress those they met. Come and make your own jewellery inspired by the beautifully crafted Saxon jewelry on display in our Heronbridge exhibition.
Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 2-4pm Free drop in. Come and make your very own Roman building, as seen in our exhibition Buildings, Battles and Bodies: A History of Heronbridge.
Mabel’s War
Saturday 16 August
Oh What a Lovely War! Chester History & Heritage 11am-5pm Free. Experience what it would have been like in Chester on 16 August 1916 with a flavour of life both at the front and for those left at home. Try a taste of trench tea, write a soldier’s letter, learn which item was most important to the boys on the front line, and much more. With a wartime wedding, music and songs, all brought to life with the re-enactment group, Cheshire Pals, this event is part of our Great War Commemoration programme.
Tuesday 26 August
Wednesday 20 August
Thinking of You
Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 2-4pm Free drop in. Come and discover more about the life of Mabel Earp, a volunteer nurse from Cheshire who collected stories, poems, letters and drawings in her scrapbooks from the soldiers she cared for during the Great War. See the pages from her scrapbook, learn about the role of a volunteer nurse, and make your own scrapbooks to take home.
Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 11am-12.30pm & 2-4pm Free drop in. Gifts tins were sent to the soldiers from women of the Empire and postcards were sent back to loved ones. Take this opportunity to talk to our expert and see the real gift tins and postcards. Make your own ‘gift to a loved one’.
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Events for Children & Families Wednesday 27 August
Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 September
Romans: Love Food, Heritage Open Days Hate Waste Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 11am-12.30pm & 2-4pm Free drop in. Come and smell some Roman food and find out what can we learn from their food packaging? Composting, sewage and archaeology are explained with ancient and modern objects and activities.
Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 September
Victorian Harvest Weekend Stretton Watermill 12noon-5pm Activities free, but charge for mill tour and horse-drawn cart. The final open weekend of the season celebrates the traditional harvest with activities including butter making, apple pressing and straw dolly making. Enjoy live performances of traditional music and a taste of some harvest time foods. All of the activities are free. Take a ride down the lanes on a horse-drawn cart and drift back into Victorian rural life.
Thursday 28 August
Anglo-Saxon Helmets and Shields Grosvenor Museum, Newstead Gallery 2-4pm Free drop in. Make you own helmet and shield like the ones used in the Battle of Chester 1,400 years ago.
Grosvenor Museum Gallery Tours 2–2.30pm & 3–3.30pm Free drop in. Stretton Watermill Mill Tours 1-5pm Free drop in.
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Even{s Events for Adults
Every Sunday, Monday & Tuesday, all year round
Secret Chester Tour Meet at Visitor Information Centre, Town Hall Square 2-3.30pm £7, £6 concession, tickets from Guide or online at www.visitchester.com. Discover some of Chester’s hidden glories with the Guild of Chester Tour Guides. Sunday: King Charles Tower, Water Tower and Shropshire Union Canal. Monday: Chester Castle, River Dee, Grosvenor Park and St. John’s Church. Tuesday: Racecourse, Chester Castle and St. Michael’s Church. Other afternoon tours: Wednesday & Friday, Curious Chester; Thursday & Saturday, Chester Walls Walk. Secret Chester Tour and Walls Walk include steps. Routes may vary subject to conditions.
Saturday 7 June
In Search of the Goddess: Clay Modelling Workshop with Liz Ellis Grosvenor Museum, Education Workroom 10am-4pm £50. To book contact Liz, 01244 678322, lizellis@live.co.uk.
Saturdays 7 June, 5 July & 2 August
A Soldier’s Cemetery: Tracing your Great War Ancestor Chester History & Heritage 12.30-3.30pm Free, but donations welcome to the Royal British Legion. Booking essential at Chester History & Heritage 01244 972210. Even if they survived the horrors of the trenches, our ancestors who fought in the Great War are long gone from us, often leaving little trace. Using online tools, our expert family history researchers will delve back in time to try to find the man behind the medals – their lives before 1914, service and pension records, and memorials to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Wednesday 11 June
Our city was originally named after a sacred river, and is the home of the only statue of a goddess in the country to remain in her original position – Minerva in Edgar's Field. Throughout human history the female figure has been honored as a votive form. Sometimes she is figurative, sometimes abstract and symbolic, but she is always relevant to her time. All materials will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch.
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Bede and the Battle of Chester Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre 1-2pm Free. The Venerable Bede’s Ecclesiastical History contains the earliest account of the Battle of Chester, and is quite possibly the source on which all other early writers drew. However, the battle was not his central interest, nor was he even near contemporary.
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Even{s Events for Adults Rather, he used it as an opportunity to demonstrate God's disapproval of heretical British Christianity and to show his own Northumbrian people in a good light. This lecture by Nicholas Higham will explore what Bede said about the battle, explain why he said what he did, and place that into the wider context of his work.
Saturday 14 June
Drawing Workshop with Lynette HowellsMoore Grosvenor Museum, Education Workroom 10am-4pm £50. To book contact Lynette, 07742 365623, lynettehowellsmoore@icloud.com. The act of drawing can facilitate access to the inner world – the domain of the creative where true spontaneity may be found. A costumed model, music, a range of drawing instruments, and a highly structured drawing environment will encourage a maximum of ten participants to enter this domain. All materials will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch.
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Saturday 21 June
Wednesday 25 June
Egg Tempera Painting Master Class with Lynette HowellsMoore
The Battle of Chester in Welsh and Irish Tradition
Grosvenor Museum, Education Workroom 10am-4pm £50. To book contact Lynette, 07742 365623, lynettehowellsmoore@icloud.com.
Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre 2.30-3.30pm Free. Writing a century after the event, the Venerable Bede gives a lurid account of the Battle of Chester in which the British defeat was divine punishment for their sins. Subsequent writers through the Middle Ages and beyond have based their interpretations of the battle on Bede's version of events. Yet there are other accounts from the British point of view, preserved in histories and other texts from medieval Wales. This talk by Mark Zumbuhl will examine the battle from the 'Celtic' point of view, from the oldest surviving chronicles down to local traditions preserved among the monastic communities of northeast Wales.
A maximum of ten participants will each create a small panel painting using the ancient egg tempera technique. An ink drawing on the panel establishes the image, after which pigments ground in an egg yolk medium are applied as coloured layers to the gessoed panel surface. All materials will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch.
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Even{s Events for Adults Saturday 28 June
A Sense of Wonder: Exhibition Tour Grosvenor Museum, Exhibition Gallery Two 2-3pm Free. Join painter Lynette Howells-Moore and sculptor Liz Ellis for a guided tour of their exhibition inspired by the River Dee in Chester. Their art celebrates the ancient connection with the river as Deva, her wider landscape, and the earth as sacred mother of all; a natural participation in nature’s bounty and a quiet contemplation of deeper meaning.
Wednesdays 9 July, 13 August & 17 September
Wednesday 23 July
Chester History & Heritage 2-3.30pm 9 July & 17 September, 6-7.30pm 13 August, refreshments included Free, but donations welcome to The Royal British Legion. Booking essential at Chester History & Heritage 01244 972210.
Lecture Theatre 1-2pm Free. The archaeology of the early Middle Ages has revealed some breath-taking treasures. When long-lost human remains from Heronbridge turned up in the archaeology collection at Manchester Museum few could have anticipated just how important they would turn out to be. Drawing on comparative material from the same site, Bryan Sitch makes a case for dating these remains to the early 7th century. If true, they may well be casualties of the Battle of Chester, recorded by the Venerable Bede. Detailed study of the remains is revealing a horrifying picture of the nature of warfare in this period.
Rediscovering the Some Corner of a Lost Casualties of Foreign Field: The the Battle of Chester Poetry of the Great War Grosvenor Museum,
Tuesday 8 July
The Heronbridge ‘Skeletons’: Victims of a 7th Century Battle Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre 1-2pm Free. This lecture by Bob Stoddart will summarise the circumstances of the initial discovery, rediscovery and subsequent investigation of an assemblage of bones found at Heronbridge. It then considers the pathological findings, their implications for warfare in the early 7th century, and the probable relationship of the bones to the Battle of Chester.
The Great War brought carnage and horror to millions and, for many, this senseless destruction was exemplified by the war poets. In the midst of cruelty and suffering they created some of the most beautiful verse ever written. Join Gerry Tighe as he reads aloud from our favourite poems, including well-known verse from such writers as Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon, together with lesser known but equally poignant and thought provoking words from almost a century ago.
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Even{s Events for Adults Monday 1 September
Wednesday 3 September
Tuesday 16 September
The Great War: Exhibition Tour
Heronbridge in its Local and Regional Historic Setting
From Tonks to Today: One Hundred Years of drawing Medicine and Conflict
Grosvenor Museum, Exhibition Gallery Two 2-3pm Free.
Join artist Sandra Christie for a guided tour of this exhibition, for which members of Cheshire Artists Network have produced a diverse range of often emotional work, offering personal responses to the Great War. Seen through collective recollection, documentary accounts, and family histories, the artists pay their respects to those who paid the price of our freedom.
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Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre 1-2pm Free. Ray Jones’s lecture will focus on several key questions. How has the physical environment of this part of the Dee valley changed since Roman times? What was the function of the Roman site, and how did this relate to other Roman sites in the region? Are the battlefield casualties from the Battle of Chester in c.616, and why was the battle fought at this location? Has the origin of the crescent-shaped earthwork finally been agreed?
Saturday 6 September
Interpreting the Light and the Dark: Drawing Workshop Grosvenor Museum, Education Workroom 2-4pm £7. To book contact Derek & Anne Johnson, 01606 557803, djthemount@gmail.com. Join Cheshire artists Derek and Anne Johnson to make art inspired by the Great War. Using graphite and rubbers, you will learn how to produce tonal drawings based on models of figures and horses in conflict. All materials will be provided.
Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre 7.30-9.00pm Grosvenor Museum Society members free, non-members £4, students £2. Cheshire-based artist Julia Midgley has a particular interest in the practice of war artists and medicine. She will look briefly at the work of official war artists from the First and Second World Wars, as well as artists who have focused on medicine, military and civilian, during the 20th and 21st centuries. She will then present her current project, War, Art & Surgery, the subject of an exhibition at the Royal College of Surgeons in October 2014, in which her drawings will be juxtaposed with the Great War pastels of Henry Tonks. Lecture organised by the Grosvenor Museum Society
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Even{s Events for Adults Thursday 18 September
Saturday 25 October
Beyond Heronbridge: Town, Country, People and Livelihoods in Roman Cheshire
The Secret Life of a Recorder
Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre 1-2pm Free. It is easy to regard Heronbridge in isolation. This talk by Dr Peter Carrington will try to put the site in its context by looking at other towns and rural settlements in Roman Cheshire, exploring what we know of their inhabitants and their fortunes in the second and third centuries AD.
Saturday 27 September
Interpretation through Paper: Paper Craft Workshop Grosvenor Museum, Education Workroom 2-4pm £7. To book contact Sue Sutherland, 01244 682769, susanna100@gmail.com. Join Cheshire artist Sue Sutherland to create two- and three-dimensional origami, kusadama, and simpler kaleidoscope folding. Be inspired by John McCrae’s 1915 poem ‘In Flanders Fields’, and the image of the poppy, to learn a new skill. All materials will be provided. This event is suitable for adults of any ability, plus older children if accompanied.
Wednesday 1 October
The Art of War Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre 1.30-3pm £3, pay at the door. Adrian Sumner’s lecture will examine the memorable and moving images created by British artists in the First and Second World Wars, as well as those by artists from other countries. He will also explore how artists have recorded and remembered conflict down the ages, together with posters, propaganda, and political cartoons.
Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre 2-3pm £3, or £2 if carrying a ticket for the evening Piva concert. Pay on the door. Nationally celebrated Renaissance music group Piva will take you on a musical history tour from early medieval times through to the Baroque.
Saturday 25 October Saturday 4 October
Heronbridge: From Romans to Roundheads with a battle in between Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre 1-2pm Free. Project director Dr David Mason discusses the most recent excavations at Heronbridge and looks at the wider history of this multi-period and nationally significant site.
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Measure for Measure: Music from Shakespeare’s Time Grosvenor Museum, Lecture Theatre 7.30-9.30pm Tickets £8, includes a complimentary glass of wine. To book call 01244 972112. Nationally celebrated and multiinstrumentalist music group Piva will be playing a concert of traditional ballads and dance on a wide range of period instruments.
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Diary Diary JUNE Saturday 7 Saturday 7
AUGUST Clay Modelling Workshop with Liz Ellis Great War Ancestor
Wednesday 11 Bede and the Battle of Chester Saturday 14 Drawing Workshop with Lynette Howells-Moore
Saturday 21
Saturday 2
A Soldier’s Cemetery: Tracing your
Egg Tempera Painting Master Class with Lynette Howells-Moore
Great War Ancestor
Tuesday 5 Wednesday 6 Thursday 7 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 13 Wednesday 13
Wednesday 25 The Battle of Chester in Welsh and Irish Tradition
Saturday 28 Saturday 28
A Soldier’s Cemetery: Tracing your Medals and Meanings Discover the Romans Sundial Time Togas and Tableaux Discover the Anglo-Saxons Some Corner of a Foreign Field: The Poetry of the Great War
Thursday 14
White Feathers
Saturday 16 Tuesday 19 Wednesday 20 Thursday 21 Tuesday 26 Wednesday 27 Thursday 28
Oh What a Lovely War!
Minstrels’ Court A Sense of Wonder: Exhibition Tour
JULY Saturday 5
A Soldier’s Cemetery: Tracing your Great War Ancestor
Tuesday 8
The Heronbridge ‘Skeletons’: Victims of a 7th Century Battle
Wednesday 9 Some Corner of a Foreign Field: The Poetry of the Great War
Wednesday 23 Rediscovering the Lost Casualties of the Battle of Chester
Saturday 26 Sunday 27 Tuesday 29 Wednesday 30 Thursday 31
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Tudor Festival Tudor Festival Human Skulls Stories from the Stones Make a First World War Toy
Saxon Jewellery Thinking of You Roman Buildings Mabel’s War Romans: Love Food, Hate Waste Anglo-Saxon Helmets and Shields
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SEPTEMBER Monday 1 The Great War: Exhibition Tour Wednesday 3 Heronbridge in its Local and Regional Historic Setting
Saturday 6 Saturday 13 Sunday 14 Tuesday 16
Interpreting the Light and the Dark:
Chester History & Heritage
Heritage Open Days
St Michael’s Church, Bridge Street Row East, Chester Admission free Monday – Friday 10am-12noon & 1-4pm Extra Summer Saturday opening: 7June, 5 July & 2 August 12noon-4pm; 16 August 11am-5pm; 13 September 11am-4pm Closed Bank Holiday Monday 25 August 01244 972210 www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/visiting
Heritage Open Days One Hundred Years of drawing Medicine and Conflict The Poetry of the Great War Town, Country, People and Livelihoods in Roman Cheshire
Saturday 27
Interpretation through Paper: Paper Craft Workshop
Saturday 27 Sunday 28
Victorian Harvest Weekend Victorian Harvest Weekend
Stretton Watermill Mill Lane, Stretton, Farndon Adult £3, child £1.50, family of four £8 May – August: Tuesday – Sunday & Bank Holiday Mondays 1-5pm. September: Saturday & Sunday 1-5pm 01606 271640 or 01829 250276 www.cheshirewestmuseums.org Grosvenor Museum Society Ring Ruth Marshall on 01244 972109
OCTOBER Wednesday 1 The Art of War Saturday 4 Heronbridge: From Romans to Roundheads with a battle in between
Saturday 25 Saturday 25
27 Grosvenor Street, Chester Admission free Monday – Saturday 10.30am–5pm, Sunday 1–4pm 01244 972197 www.cheshirewestmuseums.org
Drawing Workshop
Wednesday 17 Some Corner of a Foreign Field: Thursday 18
Grosvenor Museum
The Secret Life of a Recorder Measure for Measure: Music from Shakespeare’s Time
Access Issues People with disabilities may experience problems with some venues. Grosvenor Museum. Full independent access to the ground floor, including Exhibition Gallery One, Lecture Theatre and accessible toilet. Art Gallery, Costume Gallery and Exhibition Gallery Two on 1st floor; Education Workroom on 2nd floor: no lift. Chester History & Heritage. Stairs at entrance, no wheelchair access.
Cover image by courtesy of Travellers Through Time.
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Stretton Watermill. Accessible toilet, ramp to first floor of mill.
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