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Victorian
School founded
1859
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This
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Merrill's Museum
founded 1999
 ~ ancient villages linked by our two churches & family histories ~ |
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A
100-mile walk for our Museum! by former pupil, Rosemary Webb (neé Roberts), is going to walk 100 miles for us in August, which will be registered at "Race At Your Pace". SPONSORSHIP is INVITED !! Donations can be made either through our new JUST-GIVING page, or by clicking the DONATIONS board to the left to take you to our bank details to pay directly by PAYPAL, BACS, etc. |
 Lockdown
News is Now
Further Down ,
on this Same
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Bookings for
Talks, Speakers,
re Sam Allon
Collection, etc
.. at outside venues, church halls, schools, etc, are suspended for the rest of this year. Please see info posted below, nearer to the end of this page |
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Site
Last
Updated:
00:20 July
25th ... will
now partially
re-open for
Heritage
Weekends 2021 ~~~ news on repairs, plus two pics, are further below. ~~~ There is an explanation of this background map further below, scroll right down, and also leads to an "ImageMap" showing some 30 places of historic Sutton interest. Loads full size, use F11 for full screen there's been a museum in the Old School in Sutton for over 20 years! 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 anywhere within our Commonwealth and this great world-wide family of English-speaking peoples. For all of you who were born, worshipped 
or were
married here
in Sutton or
Wawne,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. Photos of all 14 CWGC War Graves in St James' churchyard were added for Armistice Day back in 2009. Photos of a 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, includes over 240 men who were previously not remembered. The new plaques can be seen on the War Memorial ~ We are the holders of a huge photo archive, possibly the largest 'village archive' in the East Riding. The Sutton collection alone comprises some 3,500 images, and the Wawne collection a further 500; well over 4,000 photos of the area and its people. There are many more in smaller individual donated collections too, including those of a famous former headmaster, from the 1960s, plus a further 2,000 images of gravestones, memorials and plaques. The vases of flowers 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. If you or your kin were ever married or worshipped at Sutton or Wawne, you will love access to our 'online-DVD' - for just £5. It features both historic medieval churches ... see EVENTS button below for details. 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 !
or
the
churchbells
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 formerly on this page, along with a lengthy explanation of the history of that 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, and
the local
Tai-Chi club
on Monday
evenings.
Details of how to Hire THE OLD SCHOOL are here, and more photos showing the venue are here.
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 A lot of family names & contacts are already in our Guestbook ... Why not add yours too .. ? 
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Founded by Merrill Rhodes, and husband Peter, we are a local Folk Museum & Family History Centre inside this Grade II listed Victorian school building of 1859; the oldest former council school in Hull still used for educational purposes: staffed by Volunteers and supported entirely 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 Free 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 for thoss areas 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! 
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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 & interprete 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 We can also be found on our Google Business Website  |
We are a
self-funded
private museum. Entry is always free ... but we do depend entirely on donations
which leads to our 'Friends Page' . . A £5 donation gives access to our online version of our DVD, containing Merrill's book and many extra old photos, plus many modern images of both churches, St Peter's and St James'. G.D.P.R. Data Protection Declaration |
School Visits from All Schools very Welcome; if you can get here, we will 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 |
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OUR
CROWDFUNDING
APPEAL
through JUST-GIVING is now live! ALSO,
SEE NEWS JUST
BELOW of
ROSEMARY
WEBB (ne�
ROBERTS) and
her
SPONSORED 100-MILE WALK for us in AUGUST We WILL re-open, but only partially, and to start with, only for the two HERITAGE WEEKENDS in September. The museum room itself is unlikely to be finished, but we will open the Old School and try to have an event of sorts. It is thought that we should be back to normal Friday openings at least by late autumn. After which, we have more plans in hand to regularly open on Saturdays too, on the same hours, something visitors have told us they have wanted to see for years. Please note: When this will start hasn't been decided yet, no rotas devised. More volunteers will allow us to do that. If none come forward to swell our numbers, we can only carry on with Fridays.  The
first Heritage
Weekend, we
will open on
Fri 10th AND Sat 11th, 10am to 3.30pm. On the second weekend, we will just open on the Friday, 17th, same hours. That
will give
folks a chance
to come and
see us and
express
support.
The full range
of the
museum's
normal
displays will
not be
available, but
we will
attempt to
have the photo
albums
available and
make some
attempt at
family history
research if a
visitor would
require
that.
Also, we will
be able to
offer teas and
biscuits to
help our
funds, but on
this occasion,
sorry, no
cream teas -
More than we
can cope with
just
now. The
main hall will
be used only,
plus normal
toilet
facilities.
If the weather
is good, we
may even set
up our small
'tent' on the
front lawn
with some
display
inside.
If wet ... ...
ah, let's hope
for the best!
CLEANING
!!!
Between now and then, volunteers will be doing a great deal of cleaning and tidying up the Old School generally in preparation for moving all our displays back into the museum room itself once the repair work has been completed. We have agreed that some volunteers will be in there temporarily just on Mondays, and also some on Fridays ... but I stress we are not open to visitors as normal. So no family history/photographs or displays to see. BUT ... should anyone have a wish to become a volunteer, it is Liz and June you will need to see, and that will have to be on a Monday for now. After we re-open fully, we will be back to normal Fridays, and as hinted above, we want to open on Saturdays too. Let them know your preferences; it could be for a Friday, or Saturdays when we get that going in the future, or if you wish, for both. You can do it every week, or just once a month. If you do pop by on a Monday, 11am till midday, we will be so glad to see you, but also be prepared to be 'called up' and 'signed up' and quickly perhaps have a cloth and bucket of hot water to take charge of ! (only joking!) On Fridays, some cleaning will be done then too, for those existing volunteers who want to come and help. Rob will be there from 10am to unlock for the willing and able. That is so much good news I can barely cope!! Added to that is the ongoing news of Rosemary's offer to raise funds for us, and we're still getting details on that. More details on that below. The volunteers had a meeting on Monday morning, where much of this was decided about when to re-open, and what could we do if things with repairs didn't go to our planned timetable. Things are moving slowly, but we are getting there gradually. We also discussed our need for serious future funding, how to raise it, and a broad range of ideas on which organisations could help us. We feel we are coming alive again, and will soon be back to our old selves. Thank you, all of you, who have expressed a wish to visit us again and give us your support. We really do need you, each and every one. And
here is our
very first
offer of help,
from afar . .
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A
SPONSORED WALK
... 100 MILES
by an ex-pupil
from the
1950s.
In
the meantime,
as
arrangements
continue to be
made for our
repairs, we
have had a
most generous
offer of help
in
fund-raising
from former
pupil, Rosemary
Webb (neé
Roberts),
who intends to
do a sponsored
walk for us in
August, in her
home area of
West
Sussex.
Rosemary left St James' in 1959 to go to Cogan and thence pursued 'her dream', a nursing career, notably in the Royal Navy (Q.A.R.N.N.S.), and later in many different hospitals. Her photo dates from 1968 when she was based at the families maternity unit at the old naval hospital at Mtarfa on the George Cross island of Malta. She only retired three years ago, and is still involved in local voluntary work. Those of you that were at St James' in the 1950/60s will surely recognise her memories, and I know you would all agree that Mr Johnson and all the staff would have been so very proud of what Rosemary achieved through sheer determination. The
second girl
from the left
in this
excellent
class photo is
Rosemary,
obviously
highly amuse
 d
at something
Mr Johnson had
quipped to
gain all those
winning
smiles. You
can read a
brief account
of her
enviable naval
nursing
career, and
share in some
of her Sutton
memories, in
this short
Word document
if
you CLICK
HERE.
It willl open
in Word, Open
Office,
Wordpad, or
however you
have your
machine set
for
word-processing.Rosemary's
walk will be
registered
at Race
At Your Pace.
S P O N S O R S H I P is I N V I T E D "Race
at Your Pace"
offer several
other types of
sponsorship
too, all
designed to
help folks who
want to help
the museum
survive 'to do
their own
thing', ie,
SWIMMING,
RUNNING,
WHEELCHAIR,
STEPS, KIDS
ACTIVIVIES,
etc.
However you
feel you may
be able to
help, believe
me, every
penny counts.
And we thank
you for every
one!
As a matter of interest, the right-hand image shows our white-pannelled room divider, that Rosemary and her classmates will well recall. One of two 1859 room dividers, they're part of the original features inside the Old School, as well as the original roof of course.  The
lower panels
were
originally of
glass, as they
still are in
the other one
at the far end
of the hall,
which enabled
teachers to
view the
classes right
through the
length of the
school when it
was divided
into three
large
classrooms.
The panel seen
here is pretty
well fixed
now, has been
painted many
times over and
cannot be
moved. I
think if we
moved it, to
fold it as
before, the
roof would
collapse!
As well as
complete these
immediately
neccessary
repairs, it is
hoped we can
redecorate
much of this
room, with a
fresh lick of
paint to the
walls and
display
cabinets.FUTURE
FUNDING
It
is worth
stating here,
the future of
this Old
School, and
the museum and
archives
within, is by
no means
assured.
We literally
run from
crisis to
crisis, very
dependant on
what goes 'in
the jar' and
what we sell
in teas and
biscuits. A
great deal of
work is needed
just to keep
it usable as
it is, apart
from this
immediate
work. We are
now in need of
some serious
sponsorship,
and this in
times that
couldn't have
been much
harder when
appealing for
funding.
Money is
short, repair
costs are
going up, and
we need a
guardian angel
of some sort
to save this
place for
Sutton and
Wawne, and the
future. It's a
bit cheeky, I
know, but ....
any offers
gratefully
accepted.
If anyone
knows anyone
with deep
pockets .. ..
.
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 as a download. Email your order, send £5 to our account number, and it's as good as done. Usually, the same day. Account Details on our FRIENDS page. It works on a PC/laptop/iPad, and some phones. We hope that folks will view this as a form of 'Crowd-Funding' for our museum. If you send us a Fiver, we send you something worthwhile. Sorry,
cannot take
cards, etc,
just direct
online banking
or PAYPAL.
We
were hoping to
welcoming
visitors back
in June ...
Sorry, can't happen. We still have some seriously expensive maintenance to do first. Next opening target will be September Heritage Weekend. 
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 FRIENDS
button in the
menu, or go to
the Museum
Page.
Anything we
sell helps our
funds; no
expenses ever
deducted.
This online-DVD access is 100% pure funds to us, no costs involved. A
FREE ALBUM
If you would like to browse an 
album full of
history, we
have now made
available just
one album from
our extensive
collection
online, which
previously
could only be
viewed by
visiting the
museum.
It is planned
to change the
album to a
fresh one from
time to time,
depending on
how it goes.
Click the
album, or
EVENTS button
in the menu to
view.
You can look at this one for FREE!
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 above 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. ______________________________________________
There's
more Sutton
& Wawne
nostalgia to
be had on ourOnline-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, or PAYPAL), 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 ourselves 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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