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Monthly Roundup – 28th August to 24th September 2023

By September 22nd, 2024No Comments
A collage of three photos. These are of some tomatoes, some handmade birdfeeders and some children painting at Arts and Crafts club. Some text reads "Monthly Roundup 28th August to 24th September 2023."

A lot of things have happened at The Devil’s Porridge Museum since our last Weekly Roundup. Check out what’s happened since then in our latest Monthly Roundup below! There’s lots to read about, from school visits to the return of our term time Arts and Crafts Club. Our Cordite club for retired people has also returned this month.

Monday 28th August 2023

Today we had a large group visit us at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was great to have them and we were also pleased to provide afternoon tea for them all! It is essential for group visits to be booked in advance. We can provide catering for group visits, but it is essential for this to be booked in advance. Learn more about group visits here>

The Scotia Crafters were selling local, handmade produce in The Devil’s Porridge Museum all this week. It was great to have them at The Devil’s Porridge Museum! Sunday 3rd September 2023 was their last day in the museum.

Friday 1st September 2023

On this day in 1939, the first wave of evacuation of children, women and infants from towns and citys to rural locations took place. This was on the same day that Germany invaded Poland. Many evacuees were sent to the local area, including Barnardo’s evacuees that were sent to many local stately homes.
You can learn more about evacuees in this area in The Devil’s Porridge Museum and even have a go at packing your own evacuees suitcase on our touchscreen!

Saturday 2nd September 2023

On Satuday’s at The Devil’s Porridge Museum we have gardening club. A huge thank you to Wendy and all the young people who have joined us for this so far. Learn more about this here>

Monday 3rd September 2023

On the 3rd of September 1939 at 11.15am, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain took to the airwaves to annouce that Britian was at war with Germany. This followed an ultimatum given to Hilter to pull his troops out of Poland after Germany invaded Poland, which Germany failed to respond to. You can listen to this annoucement at The Devil’s Porridge Museum.

 

Saturday 9th September 2023

We had another large coach visit The Devil’s Porridge Museum today.  It was brilliant to have them. If you would like food or drinks for a group visit it is vital that this is booked in advance. Learn more about this and group visits here>

Our gardening club is also on Saturdays. Learn more here>

Monday 11st September 2023

Today we had not one, but two group visits at The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was nice to see them enjoying the museum. Learn more about group visits here>

It was certianly a very busy day today as Monday also marked the return of our term time arts and crafts club for young people. Today they made lovely wee picture frames and it was great to see the young people concentrating on their crafting! A huge thank you to Wendy for this!

Would you like to come along and join our arts and craft club? It’s perfect for 7- 11 year olds. Learn more about this here>

Wednesday 13th September 2023

We were delighted to welcome a school to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It was fantastic to have them here. Learn more about school visits here>

Thursday 14th September 2023

It’s been a very busy week for group visits. We had another one today. Learn more about this here>

Saturday 16th September 2023

Our gardening club for young people takes place on Saturdays. We’ve used tomatos, lettace, strawberries and more that have been grown in our garden in our café this year!

Read more about our gardening club here>

Monday 18th September 2023

Today marked the return of our Cordite club for retirees. This week they had a quiz to enjoy. You can read more about Cordite club here> 

A huge thank you to Eleanor and Sheila for making this happen!

Art and crafts club continued today. It was great to see the young people here crafting. This week they made bug houses! Take a look at these in the photos below. Learn more about art and craft club here>

Tuseday 19th September 2023

Tuseday 19th September marked another two group visits for The Devil’s Porridge Museum. It’s always nice to see groups enjoying their visit to the museum. Learn more about group visits here>

Wednesday 20th September 2023

Today marked two more group visit to The Devil’s Porridge Museum. You can learn more about group visits here>

Saturday 23rd September 2023

We had another group visit today. It’s brilliant to have welcomed so many groups to The Devil’s Porridge Museum! You can learn more about group visits here>

Gardening club continued again today. Take a look at some of the tomatos that the gardening club have grown this year below. Read more about gardening club here>

That’s it for our Monthly Roundup! Our next Roundup will be in October. In the meantime keep an eye on our events page and our social media platforms to learn more about what’s coming up at The Devil’s Porridge Museum.  You can also take a look at our previous Roundup here>

See you in October !

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