DISPLAYS RE-UNITE OLD FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS FROM LOCAL VILLAGES

A series of photographic displays at the Eden Valley Museum continue to draw in visitors and re-unite friends and neighbours from local villages. Visitors are also adding to the information in the museum archives by adding names and dates to those images with such details missing.

Recent displays have shed light on the buildings that were lost during the construction of Bough Beech Reservoir including Bough Beech Place, or Ivy House as it was formerly known, Bayleaf - a Wealden Hall House, and Winkhurst Farmhouse, both of which were reconstructed at the Weald and Downland Museum in Singleton, West Sussex. Two serious crimes in Four Elms, 170 years apart, have also been brought to light.

During October the focus will turn to Hever, both the village and the castle. Can you help us identify four musicians, members of the Hever Ensemble in 1920; or some of the hop-pickers at New House Farm during the 1950s?

Chiddingstone, “...the most charming and untouched village in England…”, will be featured in November, followed by Chiddingstone Causeway and Charcott in December. A Photographic Journey Around the Eden Valley will continue in 2012 with displays on Penshurst, Chiddingstone Hoath, Markbeech, Cowden and Marsh Green.