2024 Celebrating the Centenary of Margaret Bondfield becoming the first female Government Minister
Leader of the Opposition, the Rt Hon Keir Starmer, KC, MP has confirmed that he plans to acknowledge and celebrate the contribution of...
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Howard Bailey
- Apr 18
- 4 min
Recommended New Trustees
Since the AGM in March 2022 Museum Trustees have invited three further individuals to join the Trustee Board. Each has specialist skills...
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Howard Bailey
- May 24, 2022
- 1 min
PLAQUE UNVEILING TO CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY TREASURE
The first phase of 50 Years and Beyond is complete. To celebrate taking over ownership of the buildings from South Somerset District...
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Howard Bailey
- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
Draw or paint your way through the history of Chard
Every Tuesday for 5 weeks you can draw and paint to your hearts content with tuition or advice from local artist Claire Jeanes. Enjoy...
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Howard Bailey
- Apr 20, 2022
- 1 min
Share in our new Community Asset. An Open Invitation .....
On March 31st the Trustees successfully completed the purchase of the Chard and District Museum from South Somerset District Council....
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Howard Bailey
- Feb 26, 2022
- 1 min
Opening 2022
Just over a month away and Chard Museum will open for the walk-in visitor. Here are our opening times.
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Howard Bailey
- Jan 26, 2022
- 1 min
What's in a name?
One of our priorities in 2022 is to make the Museum more accessible to families and the children. We are creating a 'kid' friendly...
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Howard Bailey
- Jan 26, 2022
- 2 min
Doug's History Spot Archaeology 101 Part 2
In my first Archaeology101 I said that in part 2 I would look at the Preliminary Archaeology Investigations process. I am also going to...
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Howard Bailey
- Jan 26, 2022
- 2 min
Lowering Stringfellows Triplane
In 1994 the Science Museum loaned Chard a scale model of the Triplane designed by John Stringfellow Every five years it has had to be...
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Howard Bailey
- Jan 26, 2022
- 4 min
Holyrood School - the Final Instalment
AUTHOR's NOTE - the Museum Continues to research all stories from local schools. At the end of this instalment we have uploaded school...
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Howard Bailey
- Jan 26, 2022
- 2 min
Huge Loss to our local Community
Many of you will already have heard that Dave Orchard and Jacqui Wheatley passed away recently. Both were Members of the Museum, but more...
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Howard Bailey
- Jan 26, 2022
- 2 min
Joyrider Killed Over Chard in 1933 Crash
Following the end of the First World War in 1918 the British Government needed to dispose of huge amounts of military equipment. Biplanes...
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Howard Bailey
- Jan 26, 2022
- 3 min
Where does this Object Lesson sit in the National Curriculum
Object Lessons - The Rabbit Gerrie told us .... I was reading the Log Book of the Chard Municipal Girls Board School a few months ago and...
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Howard Bailey
- Oct 27, 2021
- 1 min
Cash for Charities
Chard Museum has been identified as one of 8 local charities to receive a share £20000 being donated by the Gannett Foundation under...
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Howard Bailey
- Sep 12, 2021
- 1 min
Tracking down former Holyrood students who created our murals in the Cidar Room exhibit
One result of the pandemic is that Museum has made only minor tweaks to its displays since closing in 2019. We are starting to plan for...
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Howard Bailey
- Sep 6, 2021
- 3 min
Full Steam ahead at Chard Museum
It looks like being full steam ahead for Chard Museum when at an Extraordinary General Meeting held this week, those members who attended...
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Howard Bailey
- Aug 16, 2021
- 2 min
Celebrating the life of Roger Carter - Saturday 4th September
The Museum is starting its Autumn events with a tribute from the history and wider Chard community for our former Curator, author, local...
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Howard Bailey
- Aug 16, 2021
- 3 min
Dougs History Spot - Archaeology 101 Part 1
As lockdown is changing I have been asked to alter the emphasis of my History Spot and concentrate on matters nearer home and to provide...
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Howard Bailey
- Aug 14, 2021
- 2 min
Donyatt Halt and the statue of Doreen Ash
Patricia Minson, who edits the Chard Chimes, received an enquiry from a reader who had read an article about the old railway line, what...
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Howard Bailey
- Aug 14, 2021
- 3 min
James Hawker: another Chard man ahead of his time
It has long been acknowledged that if John Stringfellow had had access to a light petrol engine instead of a heavy steam engine that he...
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