Chertsey Museum
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The local history museum for the Borough of Runnymede
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#ThrowbackThursday – HRH Queen Elizabeth II meeting Kennedys at opening of Kennedy Memorial #Runnymede 14/5/1965 The land on which Kennedy Memorial Trust Memorial stands Runnymede NT was given to USA in his memory & inscribed with words from his 1961 inaugural address #HappyJuly4th
Lunch break Crown Hotel for this lovely group of former nurses from Ashford & St Peter's who have been at the museum today filming for our AIM #NewStoriesNewAudience project. The stories they've told us of student antics!
#ThrowbackThursday – Silverlands mansion, Lyne, 1910 Built c.1810-25 home to Sir Henry Hotham (1777–1833), then Sir John Tomlinson Brunner before becoming Actor’s Orphanage in 1938 & School of Nursing and the Nurses’ Living Quarters for Ashford & St Peter's until 1991
#ThrowbackThursday – Pupils at #Strode’s College Egham Windsor Forest Colleges Group on fire watch drill, 1941 Luckily no bombs fell on the college in #WW2 but over 8,000 fell across the Borough. Discover more at our new exhibition buff.ly/4cSn1OB
#ThrowbackThursday – crossroads, #Ottershaw, c.1910. Left is Otter pub opened 1803 In 1924 it was described as “being frequented by respectable classes”. Demolished 1927 when Rd widened & new pub built now @millerandcarter steakhouse Right is Roakes smithy now Trident Honda