What a summer! Thank you to everyone who visited the Museum and trained as secret agents in our summer spy school. Each week we had a range of activities and crafts based around a different skill, including codes breaking, disguises, surveillance and field work. Our secret agent trainees each earnt a special badge on which […]
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021). Arthur Whydale – E. Hertbert Whydale, known to his friends as Bert, was the gifted painter and etcher whose work is loved by Royston people. Many of his pictures are held
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021). The Coombes Hole underpass, which runs from Melbourn Road past the Town Council’s Green Street allotments through to Burns Road, opened in 2012 thanks to funding from Sustrans, North Herts Council,
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During July, we welcomed six students from King James Academy on work experience. Over the course of the week, the students discovered how we care for the Museum’s collection, including hands-on experience of photographing and cataloguing objects. They helped us prepare for the summer holidays and worked together to create their own mini-exhibition which is
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Thank you to everyone who visited our Green Festival last month. Organised in partnership with Royston Environmental Group, we were joined by 7 other local organisations to explore how we can tackle climate change, protect nature and make little swaps for good. We also opened two new exhibitions last month including the ‘Our World’ Young
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021). Fish Hill Square is based at the north end of Market Hill and Fish Hill, where those two streets and John Street, Church Lane and Jepps Lane meet. Until shortly after
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The Society was delighted that so many invitees were there in The Old Bull to celebrate this milestone celebration with them on 1st May. Many of our esteemed members have been part of this journey from the very beginning, and some can trace their involvement to the inaugural meeting in January 1965. Their contributions were
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The start of June marks the countdown to two of our biggest events of this year! Our Green Festival on Saturday 14th June & Anglo-Saxon Day on Sunday 6th July. For our Green Festival we’ve teamed up with Royston Environmental Group and are welcoming a host of local groups and organisations to explore how we can
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Continuing our republished series, “A Question of Royston”, covering the little-known history of Royston, as written by the late Councillor F John Smith (1932-2021). They go under different names in different parts of the country and the spelling is probably variable but what do you understand by “Twitchells”? There are plenty of them in the
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The ministry of John the Baptist reached its peak when Jesus came to him to be baptised in the Jordan River. John’s outspoken condemnation of Herod Antipas for marrying his brother’s wife, led to his imprisonment. After Herod’s stepdaughter, Salome, danced for him on his birthday, he promised to give her whatever she asked for.
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We’re gearing up for a busy May at Royston Museum, with a month jammed packed with events and activities for all ages to enjoy. We have all our usual monthly events, including Museum Babies and Museum Tots on Wednesday 7th May, Spark! Art Club on Thursday 8th May, and our next evening talk, This was
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Royston has such a wonderful history, and of course, one of the most unique caves in the country; however, we have noticed that sometimes when families come into the cave, the children are not always as excited as we are! This May half term, there will be age-appropriate tours aimed at those children under the
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