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Newsletter
The Exhibitions The Restoration
Our Collections
Callington
Heritage Centre is situated in the chapel on Liskeard Road,
Callington. It opened on 2nd June 1994 and was modernised and re-launched on
22nd July 2006. On the 4th of March 2007 it suffered a disastrous fire, when an
electrical fault meant that the entire roof of the chapel was lost. Miraculously we were able to save 98% of the artefacts and
archive material. However this meant that for the 2007 season the Heritage
Centre did not open.
The Heritage Centre will re-open
on 12th April
2008
and will be open Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank
Holidays 10.00-16.00hrs until the end of October
Our latest newsletter
April
2008
This is only available to members who should have received
the password by e-mail. If you have not received it please e-mail heritage [at
sign] callington.uk.net
Articles in this months newsletter:-
South Hill Rectory
South Hill Church
Our
opening exhibition
Tithe Maps
The Dingle Family
A Peek at the Papers 1838
Overseers Accounts
A Family of Distinction
Selina Cooper,
Callington’s Suffragette
If you wish to become
a member please go to the bottom of the Publications page [link on right]
December 2007
For photographs of the fire and details of the restoration
work click on the Fire Updates below:-
Fire Update 23rd March 2007
Fire
Update 31st May 2007
Fire
update 30 June 2007
Fire Update
10th September 2007
OUR 2008 EXHIBITIONS
12th April to 14th July
The Phoenix Arises
The story of the Heritage Centre Arising from the
Ashes
Fires in Callington and the History of the
Callington Fire Brigade
Our first exhibition this year is a tribute to
those brave and skilled men and women of the fire brigade. Without their swift
action on the 4th March we would not have a heritage to restore.
With the help of Les Pierce, an ex-fireman, we
have studied the history of the Callington fire brigade since the earliest
records. We have tales of the local tradesmen’s horses being borrowed to pull
the fire appliance, of the onlookers being roped in to pump the appliance, or
the Council dustcart which pulled the pump at a top speed of 8.mph.
The story of our local brigade is also looked
at through the major events in the area starting with the serious church fire of
1895 to the time the fire station caught on fire and they couldn’t get in to get
to the fire fighting equipment, to the more recent great Kelly Bray fire and our
own chapel fire. The fires featured cover several parishes as the brigade covers
a wide area. Of course the fire service do more than fight fires, there are
stories of dogs being rescued from mines and even the call about a cow that was
stuck in a tree which everyone was certain was a hoax until they got there.
As well as the exhibition on the fire service
there are small exhibitions on the Saltash Road School, the railway, Old
Cornwall and the brassière.
18th
July to 26th October
Kelly
Bray and the Mines Beneath
A look at the three mines around Kelly Bray, Holmbush,
Redmoor and Kelly Bray mine. The influence these mines had on the growth of
Kelly Bray and of Callington. A history in words, maps and photographs.
PLEASE HELP US RESTORE THE COLLECTION
Thanks to many financial donations and to all the dozens of
volunteers who gave their time, all the collection has been cleaned,
re-organised and relocated. There is just some final checking to do and then we
will rearrange all the thousands of photographs. We now need to raise:-
£2500 for the restoration of our Victorian books
£5000 for the restoration of one box of porcelain
How can you help?
v
Please look at our publications, if there is anything you
wish to purchase this will help to give us the income we need to maintain our
archive and to pay for specialist restoration of
damaged items.
v If you wish to request research, we can still do this. Our Family
History page outlines some of the material we have.
v If you would like to make a
donation, please visit the
publications page
Become a 'Friend of the Heritage Centre'. For a small
subscription you will receive a quarterly newsletters giving you the latest
updates, research articles, information, details of our latest acquisitions etc. Go to the
Publications page.
Thank you for any support you can give us
The Heritage Centre's interests span all aspects of the
social and economic history of Callington and the surrounding
parishes. The
Heritage Centre aims to provide a resource for those interested in
family history or our local history, whether professional or
enthusiast.
THE COLLECTIONS
A collection of Chapel
china, samples from many of those now shut down [undamaged apart from one box
which will need professional repair]
There are 650 posters
relating to the events in Callington between 1900-1920.
There are 1000's of photographs dating from
the 1880's to the present time
A collection of framed school photographs
from the 1940's upwards.
[some smoke damaged]
A costume collection of everyday ladies
dresses and underwear from 1850-1950
Artefacts and documents concerning the town, prehistory, the mines and other
industries
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