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Latest books on sale in the museum shop
Last October, a Book Launch was held for a new Thornbury book: Tony Cherry and Meg Wise's "Thornbury Through Time". Since that time, it's been selling fast! It made a wonderful Christmas present. It could be a terrific birthday present too! Solve your present-buying problems and help the museum at the same time. Tony and Meg are generously donating profits from the book to the museum.
Our Rolling Pins exhibition (Jan-March 2011) was so popular that Reg King has supplied the museum with another selection from his collection of over 400 rolling pins, to display over the summer. His beautifully produced Rolling Pins book, full of fantastic photographs and masses of fascinating historical detail, is on sale in the Museum shop for £15.
Following our Scouting exhibition, the museum shop is selling George Sinclair's new book: The 1st Thornbury Scout Group: 100 Years of Scouting, 1911 - 2011, on sale for £5.
And - hot off the press - the latest in the series of Thornbury Museum Books - is Reflections of World War II Experiences by John Ovens of Rangeworthy - One man's reflections of life as a prisoner of war of the Japanese, 1942-45. £5 from the museum shop.
Volunteer at the museum - you'll make lots of new friends!
Here is the museum's stand at a Volunteers Fair in the St. Mary Centre, Thornbury. The Museum is entirely staffed by volunteers and there are always a wide range of ways in which local people can get involved with their local museum. Timewise, volunteers give anything from an hour a month to several days a week!
There are lots of jobs that need doing and people are encouraged to do what they are interested in and feel comfortable with. That might be: sitting in the reception area and welcoming people to the museum; making sure items in the collection are kept in the appropriate conditions; creating and maintaining records of objects, documents and photographs in the collection; helping to publicise museum activities in the local press; carrying out risk assessments for health and safety purposes; painting, carpentry and repairs; dusting and cleaning; transcribing and checking documents; working in the small courtyard garden; helping with exhibitions; contributing to research publications; and anything else that needs doing!
Volunteering in the museum is a great way of making new friends and learning new skills. It's a happy place to be involved with. Regular supplies of tea and biscuits keep us all going and we don't need much excuse to have a celebratory cake now and then... If you'd like to get involved, give us a ring or just come in and have a chat.
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