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What was your favourite sweet when you were little What was your favourite sweet when you were little? 🍬 We’d love to read your memories. Sweet rationing ended in 1953, it must have been a bit like shops opening after Covid-19 restrictions, there were even queues! What could you buy for a penny? What was your pocket money? Our normal reminiscence sessions within the community have had to cease during this period of shielding for our most vulnerable. We are keen to help and provide some activities that are safe to use and enjoy during this difficult time. ‘Somerset during World War Two’ is our first interactive DVD to encourage reminiscence with an image rich resource that is easy to use, just pop it in a DVD player. You can guess the object, listen to real oral archive recordings from other Somerset residents and take part in the evacuee journey from the city to the country. Learn, listen, see and talk about rationing, evacuees, the Home Guard and much more. Although this free DVD doesn’t provide the full experience of our usual sessions it is a great introduction to the history of Somerset and the type of experience, we can offer you when it is safe to do so. If you are a care home or shielding group and would like a copy, request yours on our website (search South West Heritage Trust Heritage Reminiscence in Somerset). #HBAHMemoryTimeTravel #Reminiscence #ReminiscencePhotograpy #MuseumofSomerset #SweetShop #Sweets #ChildhoodSweets #Somerset #Devon #MuseumFromHome #ChildhoodMemories #SweetieJars #SweetJars #PickandMix #PickandMixSweets IMAGE: From the S.W. Kenyon collection (South West Heritage Trust, SHC: A/DQN)
TICKETS ON SALE NOW (Link in the bio!) 🎟🎼🤩 We're very excited to be hosting As I Roved Out: Somerset Folk Songs presented by the very talented musical duo: GreenMatthews. This online concert will be brought to you LIVE via Zoom. Find out more on our website (Link in the bio) #OnlineEvent #MuseumAtHome #SomersetFolkMusic #FolkMusic #FolkMusicians #SomersetFolk #CecilSharp #FolkSong #TraditionalMusic #LiveMusic #linkinbio
From 1901, every 8 minutes, an electric tram servi From 1901, every 8 minutes, an electric tram service ran from the bottom of East Reach to the Taunton Railway Station. In 1909 the route was extended to terminate on Kingston Road, Rowbarton. The tramway was run by a private company, the Taunton Electric Traction Company, but was bedevilled with financial problems during its 20 years of operation. The 550 volts it required came from a new electricity generating station in St James Street but, in 1921, the council cut off the tram company's electricity supply for failure to pay for their bills following a dispute over the price. This marked the end of the Taunton tram service. Most tramways elsewhere were council run and lasted a lot longer. Some of the cast iron tram poles or 'standards' that carried the overhead line, were converted into lamp posts before eventually taken down. The last one being removed from its site on Greenway Avenue in 2015. #taunton #somerset #heritage #transport #localhistory #transporthistory #museumsinlockdown #volunteers #oldphotos @visit_taunton
We’re very much looking forward to welcoming you We’re very much looking forward to welcoming you back 👋 and are working on plans to make that possible.This month (July) our team is returning to site to make preparations. It’s expected that public reopening will follow in early August 🥳. We’re keen to make the right decisions for our visitors. It would greatly help our planning if you could complete the questionnaire on our website MUSEUMOFSOMERSET.ORG.UK / link in the bio. Thank you, and we hope to see you soon 😊 #museumofsomerset #visitorsurvey #reopening #somersetday365 #somerset #visitsomerset #togetheragain
Did you have a favourite book as a child? 📚 We Did you have a favourite book as a child? 📚 We’d love to hear your memories - comment below 👇! Books and puzzles have been best sellers during lockdown, and they don’t need charging or batteries! Did books help you to learn another language? Did you get books from the library? Our normal reminiscence sessions within the community have had to cease during this period of shielding for our most vulnerable. We are keen to help and provide some activities that are safe to use and enjoy during this difficult time. ‘Somerset during World War Two’ is our first interactive DVD to encourage reminiscence with an image rich resource that is easy to use, just pop it in a DVD player. You can guess the object, listen to real oral archive recordings from other Somerset residents and take part in the evacuee journey from the city to the country. Learn, listen, see and talk about rationing, evacuees, the Home Guard and much more. Although this free DVD doesn’t provide the full experience of our usual sessions it is a great introduction to the history of Somerset and the type of experience, we can offer you when it is safe to do so. If you are a Somerset-based care home or shielding group and would like a copy, request yours on our website (Link In the Bio) IMAGE: from the S.W. Kenyon collection (South West Heritage Trust, SHC: A/DQN) #HBAHMemoryTimeTravel #Reminiscence #ReminiscencePhotograpy #MuseumofSomerset #BookLoversOfInstagram #BookLovers #Somerset #Devon #MuseumFromHome #HBAHMemoryTimeTravel #childrensbooks #FavouriteChildhoodBooks #ChildhoodMemories
This week's Town Tour highlight begins early one m This week's Town Tour highlight begins early one morning in 1879, when the guests of the White Hart Inn, East Reach were woken by a man who had no clothing other than a rug wrapped round his waist. Strips of blankets were subsequently found in Gaol Lane and eight constables set off in pursuit. They discovered Thomas Bevan in hiding at Lambrook Farm, having escaped from Wilton Gaol. The House of Correction at Wilton was completed by March 1756 and subsequently enlarged in 1815 and again in 1843 when it was given the status of County Gaol. On average, the gaol housed 100 prisoners at any one time, who would be expected to rise at 5.45 am each day and work from 6.30-7.30am, 9am-1pm, 2-6pm and 7-8pm with breaks in between for chapel and rest. No drinking, smoking or gaming was permitted, nor were books or printed papers without prior permission. Silence was the order of the day; any prisoner found talking or even making signals lost the right to visitors. Many of the prisoners died of disease and old age and are buried nearby at Wilton church. #taunton #somerset #tauntonsomerset #history #heritage #historicbuildings #heritagetrail #crimeandpunishment #socialhistory #prisonbreak #prisonhistory #museum ##museumsinlockdown
Free school milk, remember that? We’d love to r Free school milk, remember that? We’d love to read your memories. With free school meals vouchers back in the news, did you enjoy your daily bottle of milk when you were small? Was it cold to drink in the winter? Were you a milk monitor? Our normal reminiscence sessions within the community have had to cease during this period of shielding for our most vulnerable. We are keen to help and provide some activities that are safe to use and enjoy during this difficult time. ‘Somerset during World War Two’ is our first interactive DVD to encourage reminiscence with an image rich resource that is easy to use, just pop it in a DVD player. You can guess the object, listen to real oral archive recordings from other Somerset residents and take part in the evacuee journey from the city to the country. Learn, listen, see and talk about rationing, evacuees, the Home Guard and much more. Although this free DVD doesn’t provide the full experience of our usual sessions it is a great introduction to the history of Somerset and the type of experience, we can offer you when it is safe to do so. If you are a Somerset-based care home or shielding group and would like a copy, request yours here on our website (Link In the Bio) IMAGE: from the S.W. Kenyon collection (South West Heritage Trust, SHC: A/DQN) #Reminiscence #ReminiscencePhotograpy #MuseumofSomerset #FreeSchoolMilk #Somerset #Devon #CareHomesUK #MuseumFromHome #HBAHMemoryTimeTravel
Our long-serving volunteer Jacqui has been using t Our long-serving volunteer Jacqui has been using the lockdown to indulge her passion for photography. "I've been a keen amateur photographer since I got my first camera as a teenager", she explains. "I got my first digital camera, which I loved, in 2004 and now it's so easy with a phone. I enjoy taking pics on holidays and also of our beautiful county". Here are just a small selection of the images Jacqui has captured during lockdown. "These are, of course, of our local area, mostly while out with our dogs or cycling. A couple are in our garden and a sneaky one of a very empty M5 a while ago, which I guess will be a memory of these strange times". #museum #museumsinlockdown #volunteers #taunton #somerset #tauntonsomerset #photographylovers #photography
Today's Town Tour highlight takes us back to Monda Today's Town Tour highlight takes us back to Monday 01 August 1903, the day that the legendary Col. W.F. Cody 'Buffalo Bill' brought his Wild West Show to Taunton's Poor Grounds (now Victoria Park), East Reach. The weather was described as 'glorious' by the County Gazette which also described the scenes as "Train after train poured its load of excursionists into the GWR station. Special trains were run from the principal towns of Somerset, Gloucestershire, and Devonshire, ... while very numerous contingents came from South Wales. ... The highways for miles around were thick with all kinds of vehicles." Two shows were put on that day, both seating 15,000 people. The County Herald stated, "The program consisted of twenty items. The opening portion was a grand revue of the rough riders of the world, led by Colonel Cody. This was followed by 'exhibitions of feats in the saddle', a recreation of the attack on the Deadwood Mail Coach, and then 'Colonel Cody exhibits his deadly prowess as a shot, by shattering glass balls, thrown up in the air, even when the horse is at full pace. ... There was also a Red Indian war dance...." The show had been opened by the overture "Star Spangled Banner" by the Cowboy Band and also included artillery drills by a Battery of the U.S. Artillery and Caucasian Cossacks. #museum #museumsinlockdown #taunton #tauntonsomerset #somerset #heritage #heritagetrail #BuffaloBill #wildwest #cowboys #socialhistory
On This Day: In 1729 Somerset still had 180 annual On This Day: In 1729 Somerset still had 180 annual fairs, most of which dated from the Middle Ages. Among them was Taunton Fair, which began each year on 17 June, St Botolph’s Day. It was one of the town’s two fairs. During Taunton Fair in the 1800s Bridge Street and North Street were lined with cattle and sheep, while the road towards Staplegrove was filled with horses for sale. Boats from Bridgwater brought produce for the garlic fair, held on the bridge each morning at six. The last two days of Taunton Fair were given over to games. Donkey races, wheelbarrow races and climbing the greasy pole for a leg of mutton were among the favourites. Respectable inhabitants bitterly complained that the fair left Taunton filthy for days afterwards. But attempts to abolish it in 1882 didn’t succeed. Instead it vanished quietly at an unknown date early in the 1900s. Photos: The Market Place, Taunton c. 1865 & Tone Bridge, Taunton, c. 1810 @visit_taunton #museumofsomerset #taunton #otd #customs #somerset #fairs #somerset365 #tauntonsomerset #somersethistory #visittaunton #MuseumfromHome #MuseumatHome
This portrait of James, Duke of Monmouth was paint This portrait of James, Duke of Monmouth was painted in about 1680. Born in 1649, the Duke of Monmouth was the illegitimate son of Charles II. He was a charismatic and brave young man. When his father died in February 1685, Monmouth was in exile. Many people thought that he should now become king rather than his Catholic uncle, James. Plans for a rebellion were quickly made, and on 11 June 1685 Monmouth landed at Lyme Regis. The Duke of Monmouth was a popular figure in the West Country and he hoped that many people would flock to join him. Many did but his attempt to take the English throne from James II ended in disaster on 6 July 1685 with the Battle of Sedgemoor. The last of the battle was still being fought as Monmouth made his escape from Sedgemoor. He travelled towards the south coast hoping to escape to Europe. Though disguised in country clothes, he was soon captured near Ringwood in Dorset. His fate was inevitable, and on 15 July he was beheaded on Tower Hill, London. #BattleofSedgemoor #DukeofMonmouth #BritishHistory #SomersetHistory #Bridgwater #Sedgemoor #Westonzoyland #17thCentury #Somerset #EnglishHistory #MonmouthRebellion #MuseumFromHome
Located in the upstairs gallery at the museum the Located in the upstairs gallery at the museum the Somerset Military Museum tells the story of Somerset’s army regiments. The museum is run by volunteers with the assistance of the South West Heritage Trust. We wanted to celebrate the work of these volunteers by getting them to describe how they care for the collections. #museumvolunteer #MoS
For today's Town Tour highlight we are visiting No For today's Town Tour highlight we are visiting No.1 High Street, Taunton, now the site of the Clarks Shoe Shop. Built in 1975, the design of this modern building was intended to give a flavour of the box-like shape, dark timbers and plain plaster walls of the building that it replaced. For well over 100 years this building was the home of the much-loved Somerset and Devon Stores where, it was said, that you could buy just about anything. Prior to this the building was, for about 250 years, the White Hart Inn. An archaeological excavation of the site, carried ahead of the 1975 construction, made some surprising discoveries. A number of filled holes were found, which would have held massive posts in the medieval period. It is proposed that they were the supports for an original wooden market house, known to exist in the 13th century. However, evidence was then found of activity in the later Iron Age, approximately 3000 years ago. The items found were flints, a piece of smelted iron, post holes and curved gully, cut by the runoff from a round roof. This would be the earliest evidence of human habitation in the town of Taunton. @visit_taunton #history #historicbuildings #taunton #tauntonsomerset #somerset #museum #museumfromhome #museumsinlockdown #heritage #walkingtour #heritagetrail #oldbuildings #tudorhouse #oldsomerset #oldtaunton #dontvisittaunton #medieval #ironage #archaeology #excavations
Today (11 June) is St Barnabas’s Day, when in ce Today (11 June) is St Barnabas’s Day, when in centuries past the thoughts of West Country people turned to haymaking. As the old rhyme said, ‘On St Barnabas, Put a scythe to the grass’. Of course it all depended on the weather. The farmer would consult his barometer to make sure ‘the glass was steady’ and also checked that the grass was ‘just right’. If it was fully ripe the seeds would fall from the plants and rob the hay of goodness. But if the signs were favourable, a gang of mowers gathered in the morning meadow with their scythes, then with long rhythmic sweeps laid out the grass in swathes. Later, men, boys and women would turn the grass while it dried in the field, then gather it into ‘pooks’ before it was pitchforked on to farm waggons. This great moment of the farming year traditionally ended with the haymaking supper. Photos: Haymaking, Seavington, 1908 and The Old Grasscutter, Selworthy Green #SRLM #somersetrurallifemuseum #somersetrurallife #haymaking #customs #traditions #ruralcalendar #somerset #somersetday365 #museumofsomerset
As baking has become a big part of people's daily As baking has become a big part of people's daily lives during lockdown, we thought we would celebrate the Alzheimer's Society's Cupcake Day by sharing some of the goodies that our staff and volunteers have been creating over recent weeks. The Alzheimer's society have become a valued partner of the museum over the last two years. Many of our staff and volunteers have undergone training to become Dementia Friends, helping to make our sites more accessible to those living with dementia. To find out how you can get involved in Cupcake Day and learn more about the work the Alzheimer's Society visit: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/cupcake-day
Pause for a moment to reflect on the life of Willi Pause for a moment to reflect on the life of William Kingston William Kingston was a farmer who was born without arms in the parish of Ditcheat. Using only his teeth and feet he worked in the fields, fed his animals and saddled his horse. He could lift a sack of beans and throw a sledge hammer further than other men. He was also an excellent wrestler. In 1790 he met John Wesley who described him using his feet to drink tea and eat toast. From John Wesley's Journal referring to a visit to Ditcheat: Tuesday, 31 August 1790: ‘William Kingston, the man born without arms, came to see me of his own accord... He is of middling height and size, has a pleasing look and voice, and an easy, agreeable behaviour. At breakfast he shook off his shoes, which are made on purpose, took the tea-cup between his toes, and the toast with his other foot. He likewise writes a fair hand and does most things with his feet which we do with our hands.’ William died in April 1831 aged 66. He was buried at Ditcheat. A large block of stone was placed on his coffin to prevent grave robbers removing him. Sadly, his grave is no longer identifiable. The remarkable portrait of William Kingston was acquired by Somerset Museums Service in 1996 and was subsequently restored. The painting is displayed at the @somersetrurallifemuseum, Glastonbury. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗺 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻 (𝟭𝟳𝟲𝟱–𝟭𝟴𝟯𝟭) Artist Unknown #Somerset #SomersetPeople #Ditcheat #DisabillityHistory #SomersetStories #Glastonbury #MuseumFromHome #DiscoverSWHT #DiscoverSomerset #SomersetHistory
Our volunteer Jane has used the lockdown as an opp Our volunteer Jane has used the lockdown as an opportunity to transcribe some old family letters. “There was a bundle of letters that my mother, aged 17, wrote to her family while on an exchange visit to Germany in August/September 1938”, Jane explains. “She mentions Hitler a few times, mostly as a figure of fun, but there is no suggestion that she was aware of the events that were going on politically between our two countries.” Now Jane is copying letters sent by her grandmother in the 1960s. “She was worried about her failing memory and didn't want to repeat herself, so she wrote all her letters in a duplicate book, so she could keep carbon copies. Mostly she talks about the weather, her various aches and pains, and which of her contemporaries have recently died. But what really took me aback was a mention, in a letter to her cousin in Canada, of her own grandfather, who when she was a little girl used to tell her about his childhood and how bad things were ‘before the repeal of the Corn Laws’! It seems like ancient history, but only two degrees of separation...” #museum #museumsinlockdown #volunteers #taunton #somerset #tauntonsomerset #familyhistory
Every summer since 2014, a dedicated group of our Every summer since 2014, a dedicated group of our volunteers have researched and delivered walking tours of Taunton on a range of themes. As we are currently unable to offer these tours, over the coming weeks, we will instead be sharing some of the highlights from previous years. We begin with one of the most recognisable buildings in the town, now home to Cafe Nero, but still known by many as The Tudor Tavern. The three storey timber-fronted building with its late medieval hall and open trussed roof is the oldest private building in Taunton, and is Grade I listed. In the cellars there is evidence of a well and a blocked culvert or tunnel. In the 1550’s the house was rebuilt by Sir William Portman under the tenancy of Thomas Trowbridge, a clothier. It is his initials and those of his wife which appear on the front with the date 1578. Previously it was owned by the Marchaunt family and the oldest parts date to the middle of the fourteenth century. In the seventeenth century it was owned by a grocer, Thomas Baker, father of two of the ‘Maids of Taunton’ who welcomed the Duke of Monmouth to Taunton in 1685. It was also used as the location of one of the Monmouth Rebellion Privy Councils. From 1871 - 1906 the building housed the West Somerset Stores and from 1909 – 1946 it was Halliday’s Antiques Shop. After the Second World War it became a restaurant and then a pub ‘The Tudor Tavern’. In 2003 it was leased by Cafe Nero who carried out redecoration and restoration. #VolunteersWeek #Volunteers #taunton #tauntonsomerset #somerset #history #historicbuildings #heritage #CafeNero #tudorhouse #heritagetrail #museum #museumsinlockdown
Last Sunday was Whit Sunday, and in the traditiona Last Sunday was Whit Sunday, and in the traditional calendar the week that followed was a time for celebration. In many Somerset villages one highlight was the Friendly Society club walk. Members of the village benefit club would attend a special service in the parish church, then parade behind a colourful banner while carrying wooden staves with distinctive brass finials. After dinner at the local inn, sports and games would continue until nightfall. Most club walks ceased at the First World War, but a few continued. Long Sutton’s, first held in 1818, survives to this day. Somerset Museums Service has a wonderful collection of banners and brasses. Some are on display at @SomersetRuralLifeMuseum. #WhitSunday #CustomsandTraditions #SomersetTraditions #Somerset #LongSutton #FriendlySociety #MuseumAtHome #MuseumofSomerset
Our volunteers have been finding all sorts of ways Our volunteers have been finding all sorts of ways to keep themselves busy during the lockdown period. Linda, for example, along with researching her family history and cutting her husband's hair, has taken the opportunity to complete this needlepoint. The observant amongst you might notice that it commemorates a Royal Wedding – of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer! Linda began work on the piece almost 40 years ago and continued working on it throughout the eighties until life, as it has a habit of doing, began to get in the way. “It was originally intended as a church kneeler", Linda explain. "But now that it’s finally complete, we've decided to frame it ourselves and it is now hanging on a wall in our house”. We are sure you’ll agree, that it deserves pride of place.
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What was your favourite sweet when you were little?

We’d love to read your memories. Sweet rationing ended in 1953, it must have been a bit like shops opening after Covid-19 restrictions, there were even queues! What could you buy for a penny? What was your pocket money?

Our normal reminiscence sessions within the community have had to cease during this period of shielding for our most vulnerable.

We are keen to help and provide some activities that are safe to use and enjoy during this difficult time.

‘Somerset during World War Two’ is our first interactive DVD to encourage reminiscence with an image rich resource that is easy to use, just pop it in a DVD player. You can guess the object, listen to real oral archive recordings from other Somerset residents and take part in the evacuee journey from the city to the country. Learn, listen, see and talk about rationing, evacuees, the Home Guard and much more.

Although this free DVD doesn’t provide the full experience of our usual sessions it is a great introduction to the history of Somerset and the type of experience, we can offer you when it is safe to do so.

If you are a care home or shielding group and would like a copy, request yours here. swheritage.org.uk/our-services/heritage-reminiscence-in-somerset-devon/

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#Taunton Town Tour #5 From 1901, every 8 minutes, an electric tram service ran from the bottom of East Reach to the Railway Station and later to Rowbarton. The service ended in 1921 when the electric supply was cut-off following a dispute over the bill #Somerset @visit_taunton

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Early one morning in 1879, guests at the White Hart Inn were woken by a man, naked but for a rug wrapped round his waist. Constables set off in pursuit and later found Thomas Bevan hiding at Lambrook Farm, having escaped from Wilton Gaol
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