What do you think this month’s mystery item from Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s Cabinet of Curiosities is?
Last month's mystery item from the Spalding Gentlemen's Society museum had you scratching your heads.
In fact no one was able to correctly identify the two items. They were thimbles used when stitching hessian bags used for storing farm produce.
This month's item might also prove a bit tricky. If you are viewing online, zoom in on the right-hand image. It has some tell-tale markings which may assist you. The measuring guide indicates the diameter to be around 4cm (about an inch-and-half).
Email your answer with your full name and address to outreach@sgsoc.org by the closing date of Tuesday, September 24. The answer and next month’s object from Spalding Gentlemen’s Society’s Cabinet of Curiosities will appear on Tuesday, October 8.
The first correct answer out of the hat will win a pair of tickets to any of the Society’s forthcoming lectures.
The society is well known for its lecture season, which begins again on Friday, September 27 when David Pickering, from InterGen, will talk on the role large power plants play within the UK and explain how a power station works.
The following lecture, on Friday, October 11, will be by Jeremy Hunter, UNESCO award-winning photojournalist. He will give a talk entitled Dictators, Despots and Tyrants in the Contemporary World, dealing with the cult of personality in the 20th and 21st centuries.
All lectures are held at Broad Street Methodist Church and start at 7.30pm and cost just £5. See details of all the forthcoming lectures at www.sgsoc.org/lecture-season-2024-25-2
Spalding Gentlemen’s Society museum in Broad Street, Spalding, holds its heritage open days until Saturday, September 14, with a new exhibition, Routes, Networks and Connections Through the Archive from 10am to 4pm.
And everyone is also invited to the museum’s Welcome Weekend at Ayscoughfee Hall on Saturday and Sunday, September 21 and 22, 10.30am to 4pm, when there will be opportunities to meet various people involved in heritage and culture and learn more about the work behind the scenes.
There will be some objects to handle and learn more about, and opportunities to learn about conservation of museum objects.
With this in mind you could bring along an object of your own and learn more about how to conserve it for future generations to enjoy.
The event will be held in collaboration with the museum’s heritage partner Ayscoughfee Hall in its magnificent building. Also available will be tours of this historic building to view some of its hidden history.
Another of the museum’s popular book sales will take place on Saturday, September 21, 10am to noon at the Business Centre next to the museum in Broad Street, Spalding.
All money raised helps to fund the museum redevelopment.
Spalding Gentlemen’s Society is one of the oldest learned societies, founded in 1710. The museum in Broad Street, Spalding, is open to all from Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4pm. Entry is free, just ring the doorbell.
Inside is a cornucopia of items to inform, educate and amuse - of local, national and international interest.
