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S&W
MUSEUM NEWS
Sadly,
the Museum has to remain
closed
until further notice ... and we can offer no date before next spring  
We
had a remarkably good
turnout, surprising under
the circumstances, for our
very strictly observed
Remembrance Service on 8th
November, which was very
poignant and went very
well indeed.
But,
we are all in need of
cheering up ...and may we
wish a heartfelt "All
the Best" to everyone,
wherever in the world
you are, from all of us
at the Sutton &
Wawne Museum.
PAM
AYRES
By
golly, don't
we all really
need a good
laugh right
now. For
those that are
not old enough
to remember
Pam Ayres, she
is a very
funny lady
from deepest
Oxfordshire,
still going
strong with
her brand of
wit.
Here's her 2020 Virus Poem: this link to it is on the Rotary Club of Melbourne in Victoria. English humour from Australia! Well done Pam, you don't 'alf travel well ... I hope she wouldn't mind a link being posted here, but your webmaster is an old fan. I
remember the
teeth!
And not
spotting the
perils
beneath!
And if you're still really bored and would like to browse an 
album, 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
perhaps once a
month or so,
depending on
how it goes.Click the album, or EVENTS button in the menu to view.
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
These images
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 the 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. |
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