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    Post Exhibitions and Activities in 2011

We started the year with our first exhibition With Paintbrush in Hand, local artists views of Storrington.

 The Crafts Exhibition, ran between April and June and  incorporated local artists, craft demonstrations with articles for sale.

Mills, Giants of the Countryside.

Toy Time was our last exhibition of 2011 and its open day was full of sights and activities including collections being shown by expert collectors, train layouts, the childrens entertainer Marky, two puppet shows and a Teddy bears picnic plus other magical happenings.

  There is still lots of activities going on until the Christmas with the Toy and Train Day on Saturday 12th November and the Pro-am Art Sale

Post Exhibitions and Activities in 2012

The year got off with an excellent start with the first exhibition of the year "We Will Remember Them".

Our first talk in January covered the life and reign of Richard III followed in February a talk entitled "Below Stairs" given at the Old School by Tony and Lizzie Gilks of Timespan. This was a must for Downton Abbey fans!

April heralded our second exhibition, The Queens Jubilee

Traditional Tales The world of myth, magic and fantasy was our last Exhibition of the year running from August until December.

The Art Show, an exhibition and sale by local artist was held in November and the year was rounded off with the Christmas Fair with craft stalls and a visit from Father Christmas. 

 Post Exhibitions and Activities in 2013

2013 started in pictures, Storrington now and then from the photograph archive.

In February a Beetle Drive and afternoon tea followed in April by a Quiz Evening brought in many from the Community.

 Aprils Exhibition was "Flutter-Bys and Fly-By-Nights". An Amazing collection of Moths were on view in the Museum during this exhibition. 

 Quirky Collections was the next exhibition in July followed by the August Junior Archaeology Fun Day. 

 Octobers Exhibition was a "It's a Small World", looking into the world of Doll Houses



The annual Family History Day was followed by the Pro-Am Art Show and Sale Weekend. 

The Museum was awarded Heritage Lottery Funding during 2013 to research the Old School where the Museum is housed. A number of local volunteers came forward for this project and we were fortunate to find Ella Hutt, a former infant school teacher,

 Post Exhibitions and Activities in 2014

The new year started with the exhibition: Transport, a moving story, which featured local transport of many kinds over the years,

 Aprils exhibition was "From the Archives" providing all sorts of material and interest from the store room.

Flower Power, Junes exhibition celebrated the 150th anniversary of Storringtons Flower Show.

 The first Old School reunion was held in September. This is part of the previous years project to research the Old School and a Family History Day was held later that month.

The final exhibition for 2014 was "Keep you eye on the Ball". A sporting theme featuring local clubs past and present.

 On the discovery of Storringtons Roll of Honour and Heritage Lottery Fund award was given to research the  panels which now hang in the Museum with copies in St Mary's Church and the High Street

  The Year ended with the 5th Pro-Am Art Show and Sale weekend followed by a festive day.

 Post Exhibitions and Activities in 2015

The year started with a talk by Richard Shenton, "The Battle of Lewes", Richard is a Blue Badge Guide and he spoke again at the Museum's AGM in March. 

Our first exhibition of the year was, "Whats in a Name", origins of street and place names.

In February we were treated to a Magic Lantern Show, Slides of Victorian Sussex by Allan and Rene Marriott

Our resident quiz master, Stephen Turrell visited us in March and in April the next exhibiton of shoes and footwear, "Best Foot Forward".

Martin Hayes, West Sussex local studies librarian gave a talk on "West Sussex Remembering 1914-18" in May and David Slade gave a follow up talk on the second Ostend raid, 1918.

 Our third exhibition of the year "Tools of the Trade", opened during the summer and Stuart Duncan completed his sponsored walk, raising money for the museum.

The annual Junior Archaeology day was held in August. The talks programme continued in September and we were visited again by Keith Dolan, his talk "First Day on the Somme" was very well received. The following day was the Old School Reunion. 

The Great War Centenary volunteers held their second exhibition in October, the theme 1915.