Ryedale Folk Museum

(Image found at:  http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/10/9/1318179164551/boy-listening-to-wireless-007.jpg , accessed 12/9/13. Just to remind everyone we now have downloadable podcasts to listen to on our Ryedale Folk Museum Radio page. Our most recent additions are from Meriel about the clothing collection and from Dorothy talking about her wartime experiences in the Women's Land Army. The podcasts can be found on the Ryedale Folk Museum Radio Page - just click on it or by this link: http://ryedalefolkmuseum.blogspot.co.uk/p/ryedale-folk-museum-radio.html Jonathan Severs

Queen Victoria was Britain's longest reigning monarch, here Meriel is showing us a nice handkerchief that was a souvenir of Victoria's Golden Jubilee. The handkerchief shows Queen Victoria's sons and daughters and also the Prime Ministers during her reign. Jonathan S