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WE ARE VERY SAD TO ANNOUNCE ![]() the death of one of our founding volunteers, Mr Ken Cooke, an artist, true gentleman and Great Friend to this museum. Please see our tribute here . . |
LOCKDOWN
NEWS IS NOW FURTHER
DOWN ON THIS SAME
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BOOKINGS
FOR TALKS, SPEAKERS, etc, at outside venues, church halls, schools, etc. Please see info posted below, nearer to the end of this page |
Site
Last Updated:
17:30
April 20th ... next
hoped for
opening,
Friday 25 June
2021 ... ?!? If then. If all goes well. It will if the majority of folk behave and stop spreading Covid about. There is an explanation of this background map further below, scroll right down, and use F11 for full screen WELCOME TO ALL OUR WEBSITE VISITORS A very warm welcome to all our visitors, and especially to all those ex-Sutton & Wawne folk who may have long since left these 'gentle climes' for other abodes in the far corners of this globe. With special greetings for those of you now settled in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa or the USA, or even anywhere within our Commonwealth and this great world-wide family of English-speaking peoples. For all of you who were born, worshipped ![]() ![]() or have loved ones resting here - to you all, wherever in the world you live now, an especially warm welcome indeed. We're pleased you have discovered us - do enjoy. If you or your kin were ever married or worshipped at Sutton or Wawne, you will love our 'online-DVD' for just £5. It features both churches ... see EVENTS button below for more details. Photos of all 14 CWGC War Graves in St James' churchyard were posted on the appropriate page, added for Armistice Day back in 2009. Photos of the further 5 Family War Graves and Memorials were added in time for Armistice Day in 2014. A database of the 420+ men on all of our memorial plaques was started in 2014, and completed in time for the 2018 anniversaries. The new plaques can be seen on the War Memorial ~ The vases of daffodils are to cheer all ex-pat Sutton & Wawne folk who are in need of some cheering up right now. Clicking the buttons further below will start or stop a short peal of Sutton's bells. They were added at Christmas, 2003. May you all enjoy your visit and brief stay with us. We hope you will call again. And of course, if you have a Family History query we can help with . . . we're here to help !
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The background map shown here has a full explanation right at the bottom of this page; scroll right down, and use F11 for full effect. The Background map of The Groves that was here on this page, along with a lengthy explanation of the history of this former Sutton parish area, is now on a dedicated page of its own. It can be accessed by clicking . . . The Groves This Old School was already a venue for local organisations; bcv! eg: the Sutton Branch of the W.I. met here on Wednesday evenings, |
the 2 school photos above are historic postcards of 1910 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A lot of family names & contacts are already in our Guestbook ... Why not add yours too .. ? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Founded by Merrill Rhodes, and husband Peter, we are a local Folk Museum & Family History Centre inside this Grade II listed school building of 1859; the oldest former council school in Hull still used for educational purposes: staffed entirely by Volunteers and supported by visitor donations; Press F11 to view this site Full Screen - without toolbars! You can also drag the menu out of the way to the left. |
Click Here also to enter Our Museum Pages A Map to Find Us at HU7 4TL The little dead-end side road is a free car park Our area covers the historic parishes of both Sutton and Wawne villages. Sutton parish also included Stoneferry, Wilmington, St Marks and The Groves, all the way down to the north side of Witham, until the 1880s when new churches were built. |
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WE OFFER HELP
WITH FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH every Friday 10 till 2 not just Sutton & Wawne; ALL areas of the UK ! Donations Always Welcome! ![]() |
We can take a photo of your child for you in our re-creation of a Victorian School photo ? Even using one of these Victorian iPads! ![]() ![]() Click these Chalkboards for More Details! |
WE
FIND CENSUS
RECORDS & interpretation of Service Records ships, regiments & squadrons found; both Royal & Merchant Navy; Troopships & Convoys; lost trawlers, etc ![]() |
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We are proud to be supported by: several local schools and the Sutton in Holderness Conservation Society and many individual generous donors. A full list of all our existing Friends and Supporters appears on our Friends Page
G.D.P.R. Data Protection and What we do our website is hosted by Free Virtual Servers ![]() |
![]() which leads to our 'Friends Page' . . G.D.P.R. Data Protection Declaration We can also be found on our Google Business Website |
![]() School Visits from All Schools very Welcome; if you can get here, we'll entertain you ! We can also host arranged visits by Church Groups, Townswomens' Guilds, Womens' Institutes, Clubs & Societies. Click the railway station sign to see our restored station seat ![]() You can contact us at: admin@suttonandwawnemuseum.org.uk ![]() |
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This website, and all its associated pages, is brought to you by the Sutton & Wawne Museum, a Free Museum inside the Old School, Sutton on Hull. Sutton & Wawne Museum ~ inside The Old School ~ 25 Church St ~ Sutton on Hull ~ HU7 4TL ~~ www.suttonandwawnemuseum.org.uk ~~ admin@suttonandwawnemuseum.org.uk |
Sutton
& Wawne
Museum
Lockdown News Work
is now in hand
getting
estimates for
some serious
repair work to
the end gable
wall of the
museum room
itself.
We have
suffered from
flaking paint
and plaster
for some time,
and the period
of lockdown,
with the place
never getting
warm during
the winter has
not helped
matters.
We hope to have had the work done by late May, to give us time to do a good clean up, dust down, and a bit of re-arrangement of our displays. We will keep you posted as to progress, but we really are hoping to open on June 25th, which is the first Friday after the legal lockdown ends. In
the meantime,
the interest
in Sutton's
past continues
to grow. There
has been a
considerable
amount of
interest, and
several 'new'
school class
photos have
'come to
light', along
with several
names of
previously
unknown faces,
identified by
their former
classmates.
Memories are failing, some folks recall the faces, but not the names, and others know many names but can't put a face to them. A very mixed picture, and amongst our dozens of class photos in the museum, there are many, many blank spaces still to be filled in. This is where I think, with the help of Facebook, many of you who still reside in the area could help. Click the EVENTS button in the menu to find out more. Also, the DVD which so many of you have heard about, 'Merrill's Book' plus extra photos of both villages/churches, is now available to view online as a download. Email your order, send £5 to the account number we send you, and it's as good as done. Usually, the same day. Details on FRIENDS page or EVENTS. It works on PC/laptop/iPad, and some phones. We hope that folks will view this as a form of 'Crowd-Funding' for our museum. You send us a Fiver, we send you something worthwhile. Sorry,
cannot take
cards, VISA,
etc, just
direct online
banking.
We
are now
looking
forward to
welcoming
visitors back
in June ...
perhaps Friday
the
25th.
We have hopes, but nothing is a given .. .. .. ![]() ![]() We
wish all our
many friends,
supporters and
well-wishers,
wherever in
the world they
are, all the
very
best.
Chin Up !!
We
have a new
facility for
the purchasing
of our online
DVD for £5,
with online
payment taken
and access
codes to the
DVD sent,
usually now
the same
day. See
the EVENTS
button in the
menu, to go to
the Museum
Page
HERE'S
AN INTERESTING
THOUGHT
Perhaps a "Quote For The Day", one might say. HISTORY IS NOT THERE FOR YOU TO LIKE OR DISLIKE. It is there for you to learn from it. And if it offends you, even better. Because then you are less likely to repeat it. It's not yours or ours to erase, amend or re-write. It
belongs to all
of us. And
I would add,
'and we belong
to it.' And if you would like to browse an ![]()
Click the
album, or
EVENTS button
in the menu to
view.
You can look at this one for FREE!
LOCKDOWN
ECHOES
It is very quiet in the Old School Museum Even the mice have gone to sleep Nothing moves, and all is still .. .. No sounds, no laughter, not even a peep. But hark, is that a creak .. ? Of a squeaky floor or a wooden door ... ... a softly closing desk lid enhancing the echos of children, long, long, past - in gentle laughter and the joys of dancing. For if we stand, and listen, so very quietly We can hear in those very rafters their joyful songs, and a glee that lasts and will still be sensed by those who come here in years long after ... long after we all have long since passed. © 2020 . . . Sutton & Wawne Museum
The images
below were
taken by Eric
Johnson for
the Dominoes
series
of teaching books. Our own collection of the series is incomplete, and so these have been supplied from scans done by Amanda Denwood who now lives in Cumbria. Amanda visited the museum last year, and noted which books were missing, and offered to scan some missing ones for us from her own collection. ![]() ![]() ![]()
For folks
longing for a
semblance of
the past,
even the distant past in that far off childhood country called Nostalgialand, we have a few copies of a new book to offer, by former Sutton resident and long-time friend of our museum, Andrew Suddaby. ![]() More general to Britain, but with nods to some Hull memories that are not specific to Sutton, this short book in a nice sized font for easy reading is a general tour of what we did, watched, and listened to in the UK years ago. Priced
at £7.00
including UK
postage only
it will be on offer inside the museum for £5 when we re-open. Sorry, overseas postage cannot be offered right now, and in anycase, the cost would probably exceed the book. ______________________________________________
![]() Online-DVD, which is a special edition attached to our website for Worldwide Access, and costs £5. Email us your order, pay by Online Banking (BACS), and you will be sent the user ID and password by private message, either by email, or FaceBook Messenger, whichever you choose.
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PRESENTATIONS - TALKS - SPEAKERS for Clubs and Societies S&W MUSEUM Bookings for Talks at Outside Venues, other churches, halls, etc.
In view of
so many
uncertainties,
it seems more
prudent not to
resume our
offers of
speakers for
outside venues
for this year,
2021, even if
and when the
museum is
again opens to
visitors.
Nothing could resume before September anyway, and there will be more certainty by 2022 about what is legally allowed, and what is considered wise to do even if strictly legal. So for this year, we will not be offering to do talks and slide presentations, other than those we may book to take place within the Old School hall itself, where we are more in control of arrangements within our own volunteer staff. We regret any disappointment this decision may cause, but we feel sure that interest groups will have had similar discussions and misgivings about whether should be wary of resuming previously normal activities too soon. Hopefully, we can say that by next year, 2022, 'normal service' will be resumed.
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