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Harrison Collection Exhibition OPEN !

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On a glorious summer's afternoon Eric Knowles of the Antiques Roadshow opened the Harrison Building and the Highlights of the Harrison Collection exhibition. Everyone was entertained by the guest of honour's speech and the exhibition got off to a great start ! The Highlights of the Harrison Collection exhibition is open daily - entry is included in the museum admission ticket.

Games in the Park

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Last weekend we held our Games in the Park event with some wonderful demonstrations of skipping, drumming, morris dancing, maypole dancing, horse riding, rope making, Cajun dancing, scouting games, childrens crafts, poetry, printing and much much more!     'Informative & fun'   'Loads to do for all the family, a great day out'   'I loved the drummers, I didn't want to leave'   As part of the weekend we also had some poetry workshops here are a couple of examples of the work some of the children did written about Max - the resident Clydesdale horse:   I fly to heaven, a rich paradise, a golden sky, a thousand stars touched never by human hands, instead by hoof, carried over land, far into the blue. Upon a deep, warm horseback. Security, high above, serenity, deep below. A foreign love.   A first draft from Meave and Charlotte, both aged 13. Max Whipping his hair proudly back, trouting gracefully without lack, His body moving ch...