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Egypt on your doorstep

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Mar 1, 2011

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With the eyes of the world’s media currently focussed on the momentous events unfolding in Egypt I thought it would be interesting to see how this country is represented in Wiltshire’s museum collections.

 

Museums across the county exist to preserve and display the history of Wiltshire and its people as seen through objects, images and documents.

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Award winning Wiltshire Museums project

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Nov 2, 2010

 I am delighted to be able to share with you the news that ‘Photographing Wiltshire’s Treasures’, a collaborative project between ten independent museums and a local further education college, has won two awards at an event to celebrate the work of the voluntary and community sector in Wiltshire.

 The Voluntary and Community Sector Award
The Voluntary and Community Sector Award



The project, funded by a Renaissance South West Museum Development Fund grant, saw photography and media students from New College Swindon complete placements at museums across Wiltshire, most of which are run entirely by volunteers. During their placements the students received training in object handling and photographic techniques and were then able to work with staff and volunteers to select and professionally photograph items from the collections.









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Campaign! Make an Impact

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Jun 17, 2010

Tagged in: “You tell us not to judge a race , “Think Twice , “Take off your cover” , “Hoodies can be Goodies” , youth groups , young people , www.bl.uk/campaign , winner , Wiltshire , website , vandals , Think Positive” , The Ridgeway School , teenagers , Swindon young carers , Swindon , Suffragettes , students , stereotype , Stan Pajak , staff , St Joseph’s Catholic College , so why would you judge a younger face?” , shopmobility programme , schools , school governor , record interviews , rap , Public Health , proper sewers , presentations , posters , poems , photographs , national programme , Museum and Heritage Awards best Education Initiati , modern day campaigning techniques , media , Make an Impact , magazine photos , local press , learned , leaflets , judging , inspired , History Centre , History , funded , film , environment issues , developing , DCMS/DfE Strategic Commissioning Programme , created , Create Studios , clean water , celebration event , campaigns , campaign slogans , Campaign , Campaign , British Library website , British Library and MLA Council working partnershi , Big Screen , appalling conditions , Anti-slavery , air brushing , active citizenship , 1850s

“Hoodies can be Goodies”, “Think Twice, Think Positive”, “Take off your cover”, were just some of the campaign slogans created by Swindon students developing their own campaigns having been inspired by the example of the Suffragettes, Anti-slavery campaign or the campaign to improve Public Health.


At work on the project 

At work on the project

Students at St Joseph’s Catholic College learned about the appalling conditions in Swindon in the 1850s and how public health campaigns helped to bring clean water and proper sewers. They then investigated modern day campaigning techniques before developing their own campaigns challenging the media stereotype of teenagers as vandals and criminals. Staff from the History Centre and school governor, Stan Pajak, had the difficult job of judging a winner from the excellent presentations. The students used rap, poems, posters, leaflets and some great slogans to get their message across. The winning slogan was “You tell us not to judge a race, so why would you judge a younger face?”. To find out more, please 'read more'..






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Wiltshire's Sports Stars

Posted by: Blog Administrator on Mar 20, 2010

Tagged in: WWII , World War I , World Record , Wisden , Winter Olympics , winner , Wiltshire League , Wiltshire Historic Photographic Collection , Wiltshire , wickets , white horse , Walter George , Victorian , victor , training , three mile , The Oval , test cricketers , Swindon Town , Swindon Museum and Art Gallery , superstar , Sunday Graphic , Stars , St. Vitus’ dance , sports , smoking , silver medal , Shelley Rudman , Septimus Kinneir , running , runner , Queen Alexandra , Purton Museum , Purton , pub , Prittie , Prince and Princess of Wales , pioneering sportswomen , pharmacist , Pewsey , past , Old Trafford , newspaper cuttings , munitions factories , Morgan’s Hill , miracle mile , memorabilia , media , MCC , Lords , London , Lillie Bridge , Lansdowne Monument , ladies football , King Edward , Jim Smith , James Kibblewhite , innings , injuries , home ground , GWR works , Football Association , fastest mile , Fanny Williams , era , English Record , English Ladies Football Association , England , croup , Cricketer , Corsham Cricket Club , Corsham , cigarette cards , child , Cherhill , Challenge Cup , Cedric Ivan James Smith , carried his bat , caricatured him , career , Calne , brine baths , bowls , bowling , beer drinking , bats , athletics , asthma , Ashes , amateur , 2006 , 100-up exercise

After the success of the local(ish) Amy Williams and the continued determination and perseverance from Pewsey’s 2006 silver medal winner Shelley Rudman in this year’s Winter Olympics, I thought I would bring to light another of Wiltshire’s pioneering sportswomen. Fanny Williams played for Swindon Town ladies football team in the 1920s. Ladies football developed during World War I when the employees of munitions factories formed teams to play each other. The Football Association banned ladies football on their grounds but the English Ladies Football Association was formed in 1921. A national Challenge Cup competition was begun in 1925. Fanny’s boots are kept at the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery.

Wiltshire can also be said to possess famous athletics stars of the past. Purton produced a famous athlete in James Kibblewhite, born in 1866.
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James Kiblewhite running for Spartan Harriers in the two mile NCAA Championship, Manchester, 1890 Ref: P18380 Wiltshire Historic Photographic Collection, reproduced with kind permission from Purton Museum 

He began his athletics career in 1884 and enjoyed great success for over 10 years. In 1890 he was selected to run in London in front of King Edward and Queen Alexandra (then the Prince and Princess of Wales). He won many medals but one of his greatest achievements was breaking the three mile English Record and World Record in London. He was employed by the GWR works in Swindon by 1916 and had a son who was also a promising athlete.  Purton Museum holds many items of memorabilia relating to James Kibblewhite, including trophies, medals, gold chain and watch, and newspaper cuttings of his career which are well worth having a look at.








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