The Pewsey Heritage Centre has been awarded the sum of £2098.27 towards a CCTV System upgrade, replacement windows, for the ones vandalised last year and an office PC for museum administration and CCTV monitoring. We'd like to say a heartfelt thankyou to the Pewsey Area Board for their generosity.
The Pewsey Heritage Centre is open for the 2024 season, with an exhibition on the Agriculture of the Pewsey Vale, with information about AJ Hosier (left) inventor and entrepreneur who created a way of milking that was more hygienic and efficient, JH Maggs (right) a farmer at Rushall who became the Chairman of United Dairies, there are also details of Organic Farming in the Vale, the mechanisation of farming, and much more.
A catalogue of the Pewsey Heritage Centre collection of over 10,000 objects is now on line, and available to search, please click here: Collection - Pewsey Heritage Centre (pewsey-heritage-centre.org.uk) to go to our Collections page.
The Accreditation scheme sets out nationally-agreed standards of good practice and enables museums to assess their current performance, as well as supporting them to plan and develop their services.
I can confirm that an email has been received confirming our accreditation. There are a few tasks we need to do, we also have to acknowledge this award.
It is incumbent on me to now thank those that have made this possible. Firstly all the trustees who have worked together on this project, Catherine Wellings for coordinating the process, Mike Asbury for the work he has done over the decades with out which we would not be here, Tim Burge for professional guidance also over decades and Heather Perry for your continual support for our cause, Pewsey Heritage Centre.
I would also like to thank the many stewards and volunteers who help on a daily bases, the Hirers of the Education Room, they all play a valuable part in our sustainability.
The wider community also needs recognition, Pewsey Parish Council, Pewsey Carnival, The Pewsey Hasbeens, Friends of Pewsey Heritage Centre, The Co-op Charitable funds, and the many donors who over the years have very generously invested in us. Thank you all.
Finally it must be remembered the invaluable help we received through lockdown from WCC who distributed the Government assistance that kept us afloat.
Thank you all
The 2023 display features Pewsey's sporting history, with items on show from Shelley Rudman, a skeleton bobsleigh athlete. She was the 2013 world champion, won an Olympic silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games and is a former World Cup and European champion.
Also we have the story of Bill Amor a local policeman, who played amateur football for Reading FC and competed in the England Team at the 1948 Olympics, where England came 4th. Bill scored in the 3rd/4th place playoff match.
We also celebrate the 100th birthday of the Pewsey Vale Bowling Club, and have displays covering Football, and Tennis in the Vale, plus there is a display outlining the history of the Pewsey Hospital.
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