Call for items for Display
PRESS RELEASE
Call for Items for Loan and Display – Heritage Centre
Stone Town Council is preparing to tell the history of Stone at the Heritage Centre.
Can you help?
We would be grateful to those people of Stone who could offer an item for loan so that we may display them for the benefit of the community and beyond.
We are looking for items to be displayed that are related to the following:
Stone before Stone, the story of Anglo-Saxon Stone and surrounding areas. There are many local Anglo-Saxon placenames: Chebsey, Eccleshall, Walton, and Moddershall among them.
Medieval Stone, from Walton’s mentioning in the Domesday Book in 1086 to William Crompton’s purchase of Stone Park in 1538.
Communications, the coach road, canal and the railway mean so much to the story of Stone.
Keeping Order, from pillories, stocks, magistrates court, police stations, councils, Stone Territorials, and the American airmen billeted at Yarnfield during World War II, all helped maintain order.
Trade and Industry, brewing industry, shoe making, flour mills, flint mills, glass instrument making, local shops provided jobs and services.
Religion, St. Dominic’s Church, St. Michael and St. Wulfad’s Church, Christ Church, St, John’s Church, St. Saviour’s Church support the community.
Items can range from Coins, Maps & Plans, Ceramics, Documents, Local Shop Signs, Uniforms, Memorabilia or any other interesting local Artefacts.
Please don’t be offended if sometimes we are unable to take offered items. Reasons we may not accept an item can be seen on the following webpage. www.stonetowncouncil.gov.uk/heritage-centre/
To get in touch, call the Heritage Centre Manager on 01785 594767 or email HeritageCentre@stonetowncouncil.gov.uk.
Councillor Rob Kenney, Chairman of the Council’s General Purposes Committee, Said “The Town Council are excited to showcase our town and it’s rich history to the residents and visitors of our community. If you have anything that you think would be of interest to heritage centre visitors, please get in touch so we can arrange to display them”.
ENDS
05 December 2024
Les Trigg
Town Clerk
Stone Town Council
Telephone: 01785-619740
Email: clerk@stonetowncouncil.gov.uk
