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GreenHowards

  1. How did the modern army develop?. Find the answer at our 16 March lecture 7pm From Cardwell to Mons, - British Infantry 1870 - 1914
  2. five peppermints found in the pocket of a pair of breeches last worn in 1914
  3. Contract between Darlington Football Club & Douglas Monument 29/8/1939 & a letter from the club to Douglas whilst a POW
  4. Our 2nd day of cleaning the museum. 10 cases cleaned which includes crawling inside the display cases to clean the glass - such fun!
  5. You can see a selection of Christmas images through the ages on our website bit.ly/rIXKG7
  6. A carrier pigeon message from WWI 'One of our fighting machines bought down a German aeroplane this morning' yfrog.com/kf7o2ysrj
  7. Keith Lockwood visited today. He is just back from a battlefield tour retracing the life of his Great Uncle Oswald Walker KIA Nov 1916
  8. Our new Documentation Assistant Stephanie found a typical 1950's piggy bank that still had money in it from 1959. twitpic.com/7mn3lo
  9. all our ammunition, shells and grenades were x-rayed today to check for explosives - many thanks to all at EOD for their help.
  10. We have now submitted our application to the Heritage Lottery Fund - we will know if we have been successful in March - see website for info
  11. November Lecture 18th Nov - Caporetto, Italy in WWI, Landscape & Legacy by Adrian Stabler, starts @ 7.00 pm in GH Museum, £3.50/4.00 at door
  12. @RichmondOnline Our website now has a news story about the proposed refurbishment if you want to pass it on: greenhowards.org.uk/newsdetails.ph…
  13. For more information and images of the redevelopment project check out our website: greenhowards.org.uk/newsdetails.ph…
  14. As part of our redevelopment project we would like our followers to complete this survey to help shape future displays surveymonkey.com/s/BLT8DP8
  15. @HistoryNeedsYou will look it up and let you know. Thanks for your messages
  16. @jasabiadisso hello! Great to hear from you!!
  17. @RichmondOnline info will be on our website soon we will let you know when available
  18. Here is todays #MuseumMonday friend list so give them a look, @CoriniumMuseum @footballmuseum @EngineMuseum @MuseumofOxford @worcestermuseum
  19. On Monday Mrs Golden who emigrated to Los Angeles 40 years ago visited the Museum for the first time to see th… (cont) deck.ly/~bCwtH
  20. @Emmaplug Thank you very much for sharing your pictues with us, the cap badges on the hill side are particularly unusual