Heritage open days & London Open House

[ppppenguin]

Went to the Upminster museum and there was a notice on the door saying it was closed today. Nothing ont he website, nothng on the answerphone message. So we drove across a lot of London with heavy traffic all for nothing At least we met up with Dave (Unrealdave) and his wife so there was some reward for the journey.

[unrealdave]

At least we met up with Dave (Unrealdave) and his wife so there was some reward for the journey.

Productive as well

[ppppenguin]

A good day out today. The organ place in Chesham was lovely. Then across to Welwyn where a very pleasant afternoon with friends and Murphys was just the ticket for a sunny Sunday. Not forgetting the scones baked from flour ground at the mill itself.

A big thank you to all the staff and volunteers at the Mill. Also to Mike and Jim for providing an excellent Murphy display.

Next weekend is TV day at Dulwich. And Harpenden in 2 weeks time.

[pamphonica]

Brilliant suggestion, Jeffrey. (and I'm glad you're firing on most if not all cylinders again).
We went to the Cecil Hepworth Playhouse Theatre in Walton yesterday and had a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of the theatre, which was the generator house for the original film studios.
The generators, no longer there, were from a captured WWI U-boat!
Thanks for the hint.
Jeremy

[Murphyv310]

Brilliant suggestion, Jeffrey.  (and I'm glad you're firing on most if not all cylinders again).
We went to the Cecil Hepworth Playhouse Theatre in Walton yesterday and had a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of the theatre, which was the generator house for the original film studios.
The generators, no longer there, were from a captured WWI U-boat!
Thanks for the hint.
Jeremy

Nice..... Walton on Thames.... My birthplace.

[ppppenguin]

London Open House and Heritage Open Days are a cornucopia (I like that word) of fascinating places. In Chesham alone we saw a local map of about a dozen that were open. These included the mosque that was adjacent to the organ builders; we would have gone if we'd had more time. Oddly the pub opposite the mosque was open. I say oddly as although it had an interesting interior it's open to the public every day.

I'm going to suggest that the Vintage Wireless Museum opens as part of London Open House. It would certainly raise awareness of the place. Need to be a little careful about a clash with Harpenden. This year LOH is the same weekend as Harpenden.

PS: HOD looks more appropriate than LOH for the Museum. LOH seems to be more about architecture while HOD is more wide ranging. Contrary to what I thought HOD does cover London, though not a huge number of venues yet. I will raise it with the trustees and see what they think.

[Terry]

Jeffrey, you keep referring to London Open Days, but it isn't just London! For example, Chesham most definitely is not in London (even if it is served by the London Underground!) and neither is Walton.

Our daughter came up to visit for the weekend and we took her to some of the buildings in Lincoln.

I took her to the Museum of Lincolnshire Life on Saturday and yesterday we took her to the Lincolnshire Road Transport Museum. We then did a tour of the  City by vintage bus (of course!), stopping off en route so that she could explore Lincoln Cathedral,  the Castle grounds and the surrounding area before catching the bus back to the museum.

[ppppenguin]

Terry, I've been referring to both London Open House and Heritage Open Days.

London Open House is purely in the London boroughs. Heritage Open Days are UK wide. I think they are actually EU wide. LOH concentrates mainly on architecture and unusual interiors of buildings. HOD has a much wider brief. For example the organ place in Chesham would be unlikely to qualify for LOH, even if it was in London. That's why I suggested that the Vintage Wireless Museum would be more suited to HOD than LOH.