A surprise awaited Sam and I at Thame Museum last week. We had received a list of about 25 relevant objects some time ago. There were a couple of things that had caught our eye, particularly an Elizabethan shoe, a … Continue reading
Sam and I had a jolly morning at the Didcot Railway Museum looking at hats. There was surprisingly quite a range; different shaped peaks, soft crowns, hard crowns, various embroidery techniques and colours but each hat unmistakeably belonged to a … Continue reading
I went to visit the Museum for the Soldiers of Oxfordshire (SOFO) this morning, completely ignorant about military history and uniforms and not knowing what to expect. It is currently located in a large room in Woodstock which was probably … Continue reading
Yesterday Sam, Carol and I visited the Lightbox in Woking. What a lovely gallery! The exhibition we went to see displayed the most incredible shoes and bags, truly beautiful, from the collections at Northampton Museums and Art Gallery and Museum … Continue reading
