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Penrith and Eden Museum
- Jun 8, 2020
- 1 min
BE Part of History! -What to do
Make it with Penrith and Eden Museum. Welcome to our new project. Read the information below, then have a look at the objects we have se...
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Penrith and Eden Museum
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
Minerals - Geology Gallery , Part 2
Caption - Image shows a display case of mineral specimens. As we continue to walk around the gallery we walk past a spar box displayed on...
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Penrith and Eden Museum
- May 14, 2020
- 5 min
Ages of Eden - Geology Gallery, Part 1
Caption display cases in the geology gallery Caption - Ages of Eden museum panel from Ages of Eden exhibition, showing two images, one o...
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Penrith and Eden Museum
- May 8, 2020
- 2 min
Wartime at Penrith Town Hall
Caption - Penrith Town Hall, preparing for VE Day, image shows bunting hung from lamposts and a few members of the public walking by. Fro...
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Penrith and Eden Museum
- Apr 24, 2020
- 1 min
Jimmy the Bellman,1846-1907
An old postcard in Penrith Museum shows James Parkin standing in front of the Gloucester Arms Hotel in Great Dockray. He is holding a han...
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Penrith and Eden Museum
- Apr 16, 2020
- 1 min
Most Magical Object - The Dobbie Stone
This is a perforated square stone, probably a line or net sinker, but which could also have been used as a ‘dobbie stone’ also know as a ...
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Penrith and Eden Museum
- Apr 14, 2020
- 2 min
Gryphon Weathervane
This is a pattern for making a weathervane which would have been cast from a sand casing formed around it. It is from the Stalkers iron f...
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