The Heritage Park - Pitstone Green Museum
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The Pitstone & Ivinghoe Museum Society, registered charity No. 273931, is the body responsible for managing and operating The Heritage Park - Pitstone Green Museum.
The Society is always looking for volunteers to join our dedicated team who work at the museum on a regular basis.
We are always looking for help in the following areas: -
General maintenance, museum management, financial control, cleaning, painting, building, carpentry, display creation, visitor guides, information technology, landscape / gardening, museum storage and documentation, catering and reception. This list is not in any order or necessarily complete, we may have opportunities for everyone.
If you would like to become involved and create new skills or update old ones. Make new friends have fun in a great atmosphere then please contact the Museum Manager: - manager@pitstonemuseum.co.uk Please note that to volunteer you do not need to be a member of the Society.
Membership of the Society is available at £12.00 for single members and £18.00 for joint membership.
Society members also receive the following benefits: -
If you are interested in joining the Society, you can view and print our Membership Form here. For any further information please contact the membership secretary at: - membership@pitstonemuseum.co.uk
The Pitstone & Ivinghoe Museum Society holds meetings and talks, usually every month (October to March). The talks take place in the Meeting / Exhibition Room. The cost is £2 for members and £3 for non-members. Light refreshments are provided at the end of the event, providing an opportunity to meet and talk informally to our speaker and meet and chat to fellow members and volunteers.
We look forward to welcoming everyone to our 2024/25 season talks.
2.30 PM Thursday 24th October 2024
We have invited Michael Hazell, an enthusiastic visitor to one of our Open Days to give his talk, Food rationing & What did I get to eat. Food rationing started in January 1940 find out about the Ministry of Food and the mechanism of food rationing. Learn about wartime recipes and taste samples of cake. The ways the government increased food production and what it was like to eat outside the home
2.30pm Thursday 28th November 2024
We are grateful to our member Geoff Travis for stepping into the breach to talk about his often amusing time as a youth taking on responsibilities in the RAF during National Service
2.30pm Thursday 19th December 2024
A presentation by Sarah-Jayne O'Kane and Clare Carlaw of the Canal and River Trust giving an overview of the proposed Grand Union Transfer Scheme followed by a Q and A session, as well as the usual drinks and biscuits.
The Grand Union Canal Transfer is a joint scheme between Severn Trent Water, Affinity Water and the Canal & River Trust, and proposes to take water from Severn Trent’s supply in the Birmingham area, where there is a surplus of water, and transfer this to Affinity Water’s supply area around Luton which faces a shortfall of supply in the future. It will use a combination of new pipelines, water treatment plants and the canals themselves to transfer water from one region to another. The scheme should enable a more resilient supply of drinking water in our area.
Canals were built as a means of transport though at least as far back as 1792 the Trent and Mersey Canal Company made agreements with mill owners for them to extract water for industrial use.
Since the 1960s Bristols' drinking water supply has depended on River Seven water being diverted along the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal, currently 245 million liters a day. Grove Lock, Linslade. Close to where water will be extracted for our drinking supply.
2.30pm 23rd January 2025
An afternoon of vintage English documentary films from the 1930s and onwards selected from their private archives by our local film specialists, Frank Banfield and Colin Woodley. Detailing up to the minute views and developments of their day and underlining how much our lives have changed in a few short years.
2.30pm Thursday 27th February 2025
A talk by Tony Woodhouse of the Dunstable Town Guides who have promoted interest in the heritage of Dunstable and surrounding area for the past twenty years - Tony will relate stories of our chalk, how it has been quarried, processed and used, and provided employment and community for local people.
Do come along and share your thoughts and memories.
The last of our seasons' talks is presented by Evan Williston based on his thirty years experience at Woburn Sale Room with an emphasis on the unusual and comical. Evan welcomes participation and items brought along, though is unable to offer valuations. A light hearted quiz is included.
Highly recommended by Ronnie Farrar.
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