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I Was Born In The High Street Wasn't I? Preface The local people have realised the Museum is a fitting place to preserve the past life of the village and enliven the present. They have given generously many personal items, as well as remains found in the fields and tools and implements of trades no longer practised. On 28th November 1 980 the Friends of the Ashwell Village Museum organised a party to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Museum. The hail of the Ashwell Primary School overflowed with friends who wanted to celebrate what was a very special occasion. The Chairman of the Trustees, Gurney Sheppard, chaired the evening. After messages of goodwill were read, the Church Choir sang and gifts were presented to the Museum from the Merchant Taylor’s Company and the Ashwell Field Studies Centre. The evening ended with a tribute to the two founders, Albert Sheldrick and John Bray, who were presented with mementoes acknowledging their achievement. Albert Sheldrick was also given a gift to commemorate his 50 years as Honorary Curator. This was followed by six people’s memories of Ashwell in the 1920’s and i930~s; they had been asked by Susan Morris to talk on specific aspects of village life. In putting these recollections on record we have tried to capture the special feeling of the evening. We have kept as close as possible to the idiom of the speakers and we present a document of Ashwell’s past which is both informative and amusing. The Editors would like to thank Daphne and Janice Collins for so carefully transcribing the tape of the evening and typing the script; lain Bain for his advice and assistance with the printing; Ian Walters for photographs; Michael Erlebach for recording the evening. Peter Greener Ashwell, July 1981 |
