| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | CATERING FACILITY / John Booker has undertaken the refurbishment of the Catering Facility which involved a complete refit of the interior and installation of glass doors. The work was finished just in time for Easter when Rachel and Guy Ellis moved in to offer a greatly improved service. |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | FORTHCOMING EVENTS / April 14-17 Friends Trip to Chester
April 25 Executive Board meeting in Crawley Hall at 9.20 a.m.
April 26 Teachers' Workshop
April 27 Ironbridge Institute Seminar
May 1 Sheepdog Trials
May 2 Portsmouth Parade
May 7 Dawn Chorus Walk
May 10 Fund Raising Reception |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | SHEEP / Lambing continues with today's total standing at 12.
Richard Pailthorpe, Alan Waters and Andrew Hodby recently visited the Wield Wood Sheep Farm at Alresford to watch the process of ewe milking on a commercial basis. |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | "ARTIST IN RESIDENCE" / The Artist in Residence scheme, organised by the County Art Adviser, Sylvia Kopecek with the co-operation of Elizabeth Newbery, took place a Goodwood recently with great success. The artist in residence was Zadok Ben-David, a sculptor, who often uses animals as starting points, and involved the shoeing of William at the Museum. Children from two Worthing schools worked alongside Mr Ben-David. |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | BUILDINGS / The repair and re-erection of Redvins has now been completed by Paul Russell and John Winterbottom.
Chalk floors have been laid in Redvins and Winkhurst, and a new exhibition panel will shortly be erected in Winkhurst explaining the changes. |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | EASTER / The best Easter since 1982 set the Museum off to a very encouraging start. 8000 visitors came to the Museum over the weekend, and witnessed the re-erection of Cowfold Barn by Roger and Heather Champion, Paul Russell, Andrew Hodby and Bob White. Their activities have been recorded on video. |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | REGENTS PARK PARADE / This event was attended by the Zeuner Family, the Bickmore Family, Andrew Hodby and Alan Waters. Bob Robinson provided two horses for the Sussex Waggon, and William pulled the Timber Carriage. The horses enjoyed flavour of Lords Cricket Pitch on which they were parked beforehand" |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | PUBLICITY / Start of season publicity was achieved for Easter in, amongst others, the following:
Daily Telegraph
Sunday Telegraph
Radio Sussex
Radio Solent
Ocean Sound
The local press also carried a number of articles in the run up to Easter, and also, following the holiday, reported the barn re-erection.
The Museum received excellent coverage, mainly from the air, in Channel Four's "Treasure Hunt". |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | STAFF / A warm welcome to our new Charcoal Burner, Eddy Hennessey, and to Mrs Hazel Bleach our new Cleaner.
Welcome back to Doreen, who, not surprisingly, has enjoyed her trip to Australia so much that she is looking forward to going again. |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | TOURISM / Over the winter months Richard Pailthorpe has attended a number of Tourism Workshops on behalf of the Museum, including the English Tourist Board's "Excursions" at Wembley and "Moot" at Brighton, as well as "A Day Out in Southern England" organised by the Southern Tourist Board in Portsmouth. He also assisted in the organisation of the Chichester Visitors' Group "Leaflet Exchange" at Goodwood House.
This year the Museum has featured in a special Exhibition entitled "The Pride of West Sussex", co-ordinated by Arun District Council. It has featured in a number of travel trade fairs in the North of England and on the Continent. |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | TRUSTEES' SEMINAR / This was a successful and enjoyable occasion, with presentations on "Rational Collecting or Collectamania" by Chris Zeuner, and "Two recent case histories - Walderton House and Ashtead Cottages" by Richard Harris. This was followed by a site visit, principally to the Bayleaf area. |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | MOTHERING SUNDAY / This was a successful day at the Museum. The practice of presenting daffodils to mothers coming to the Museum was continued and seems to have been well appreciated. |
| 1988/4 | Bulletin / April 1988 | STEWARDS' BRIEFING / This was so well attended that it was split into three sessions. |
| 1988/5 | Bulletin / May 1988 | "THE MOUNTAIN" - by Viscount Watkinson / Lord Watkinson, our President, has kindly donated the proceeds of 25 copies of his book - "The Mountain" - to the Development Fund. Copies, price |
| 1988/5 | Bulletin / May 1988 | SHEEP DOG TRIALS / 30 shepherds, both local and some travelling from as far afield as Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight, competed in the Trials. This is an indication of their increasing popularity. The winners of the two novice classes were Mrs J Marsh from Hassocks and Mr R Edwards from Horsham.
Despite very heavy rain early in the day, 2,150 visitors came and enjoyed both the Trials, including a demonstration of "dog and duck control", and a number of craft demonstrations.
We are most grateful to Roger Linley, Shepherd to Karova Farms, for all his work and assistance, John Mills for his commentary, and the support of Karova Farms, the Eastbourne Building Society, Summersdale Garage, and Carnation Foods. |
| 1988/5 | Bulletin / May 1988 | SEMINARS AND SYMPOSIUMS / Elizabeth Newbery and Chris Zeuner recently attended a one day Symposium at St Mary's College, Strawberry Hill at which Robert Hewison, author of the controversial "Heritage Industry" defended his comments and was responded to by a variety of people involved in heritage management. The Symposium launched the new Diploma in Heritage Interpretation with which the Museum will be involved.
On April 27th the Ironbridge Institute held a seminar on 'PAINT' at the Museum. They used Crawley Hall for the day and our caterers, and they seemed well satisfied by what the Museum could offer them. This very specialised seminar was well attended and the Museum hopes that it will be able to provide similar facilities in the future in co-operation with the Ironbridge Institute. |
| 1988/5 | Bulletin / May 1988 | FRIENDS' TRIP TO CHESTER / This trip, organised by Carol Hawkins, was extremely well supported. It was a great success and participants returned to Sussex having thoroughly enjoyed a very full programme. |
| 1988/5 | Bulletin / May 1988 | FORTHCOMING EVENTS / A DAWN CHORUS WALK takes place on Saturday 7th May. Anyone willing to arrive at the Museum by 5 a.m. will be most welcome! But please advise us of your intention to come as, whilst you are enjoying the sights and sounds of the countryside, Richard Pailthorpe will be slaving over a hot fire in North Cray cooking a hearty breakfast in time for your return from the walk!
Alan Waters is preparing for his SPONSORED BIKE RIDE on May 11-13. Anyone who has not yet sponsored him can do so by calling at the Museum Office, or by quick telephone call before the 11th.
Those of you who attended her previous concert at Petworth, will be interested to hear that AMANDA HURTON will be playing at Pallant House, Chichester with violinist Robert Gibbs, on Friday May 27th at 7.30 p.m.
MAY 23 Executive Board Meeting
JUNE 7 Goodwood Race Meeting
JUNE 12 Heavy Horses at Singleton
JUNE 15 Museum AGM |
| 1988/5 | Bulletin / May 1988 | A GOOD START TO THE SEASON! / At the end of April our running attendance total was 27,500 compared with 22,950 in 1987 and 15,146 in 1986. An excellent Easter and good publicity about the Cowfold barn have helped considerably in giving us this encouraging start, which was maintained over the May Bank Holiday. |
| 1988/5 | Bulletin / May 1988 | WALK TO SERGEANT'S TREE / 35 people enjoyed the walk to Sergeant's Tree in Charlton Forest on a glorious spring morning in April. |
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