English Heritage “Heritage Open Days”
Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th of September
“Wartime life in the Cotswolds”
Once again the Air Raid Shelter and the Old Hospital Cottages provided the setting for the LMHA’s contribution to Heritage Open Day’s. We had a good number of visitors over the two days. Many were from the local area but also others from further afield. Both “War Walks” on the Saturday and Sunday were well supported when visitors took the opportunity to see some of the wartime relics and places still visible around the centre of the town. It was good to see a number of families joining us on the walks.
This year’s exhibition was very successful with the number of visitors once again well over 2,000 during the five months. They were of all ages and came from all over Britain and from overseas. As well as passing on our information we received a great deal from our visitors along with as usual a number of donations of artefacts.
On 12th of September the week before the “Heritage Open Days”, Bill and Jane Irving took a selection of our World War 1 exhibits to support the BBC WW1 at Home event organise by BBC Radio Gloucestershire. This was held in Gloucester as part of the Gloucester History Festival. This large- scale event included the BBC‘s National touring exhibition. It was a great success and provided us also with useful publicity.