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Chertsey Museum The borough museum for Runnymede, Chertsey, Addlestone, Egham, Thorpe, Ottershaw & villages

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We were spoilt for choice for today's It could have been one of the 3 schools we have delivered sessions at, but instea...
13/10/2026

We were spoilt for choice for today's
It could have been one of the 3 schools we have delivered sessions at, but instead it's one of the 3 history talks given today! Here is Spelthorne U3A Local History group getting ready for a talk about St Peter's Hospital this afternoon. If you missed it you can always catch it this evening at the Sunbury and Shepperton Local History Society, 7.30pm at Halliford School!

Working on the underpinnings for our 'Robe de Style' dress. Attributed to Jeanne Lanvin who popularised this fashion in ...
12/10/2026

Working on the underpinnings for our 'Robe de Style' dress. Attributed to Jeanne Lanvin who popularised this fashion in the 1920s. It is made from black silk taffeta with a fitted bodice, a dropped or natural waist, and a full, bell-shaped skirt. This dress is decorated with ribbonwork embroidery of roses and green leaves, with gold vermicular embroidery outlined in black cord and dates to 1924 - 1926. It will be on display in the next Olive Matthews Collection exhibition, Silhouettes, but not until September 2027.

This morning Dr Ben Spencer MP visited to see what we've been up to and met with Douglas Kurn, photographer for a tour o...
10/10/2026

This morning Dr Ben Spencer MP visited to see what we've been up to and met with Douglas Kurn, photographer for a tour of his Runnymede: Photographic Memory exhibition

Friday is a day of volunteers, and Margaret has volunteered here for over a quarter of a century! Today she is checking ...
09/10/2026

Friday is a day of volunteers, and Margaret has volunteered here for over a quarter of a century! Today she is checking database records. One volunteer catalogues new items, one volunteer enters the card record onto the database, and one volunteer double checks for missed info or typos. So a HUGE thank you to Kaye, Jocelyn and Margaret for all their hard work. Without an accurate database we wouldn't know what we had or where it was!

Friday Frocks – This evening gown, c.1818 - 1824 is made from semi-transparent silk gauze woven with figured silk satin ...
09/10/2026

Friday Frocks – This evening gown, c.1818 - 1824 is made from semi-transparent silk gauze woven with figured silk satin stripes. A contrasting coloured (replica) silk petticoat shimmers through the gown. A fashionable style, this was particularly effective when seen by candlelight. The width of the neckline is emphasised by the puffed sleeves, embellished with rouleaux, or long, narrow tubes of silk cut on the cross. The skirt has a padded hem, which flares out to an A-line shape with three-dimensional decoration, including further rouleaux. The late 1810s were a period of transition when it came to waistlines. They were still above the natural level, but beginning to descend. Garments were also gaining more structure with the employment of stiffer fabrics.

Meet Reggie a rather elderly wind-up teddy who visited a school today (together with his friend Heidi!) to help tell all...
08/10/2026

Meet Reggie a rather elderly wind-up teddy who visited a school today (together with his friend Heidi!) to help tell all the children about toys in the past

Throwback Thursday - Sunbury Leather Co. factory, 1930sOnce the premises for the Addlestone Linoleum Company in the late...
08/10/2026

Throwback Thursday - Sunbury Leather Co. factory, 1930s
Once the premises for the Addlestone Linoleum Company in the late 1870s, by 1904 the Alexandra Road site had been converted to the manufacture of leather products. The following year, Kelly’s Directory of Surrey lists the company as ‘manufacturers of hides, Moroccos, roans, pigskins, skivers etc’. The factory remained here, under various ownership, until the end of the Second World War.

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