Brandon Heritage

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  • Response to visitor survey of 4th June 2017

    Response to the results of the visitor survey of 4th June 2017. Link to the survey <click here> Centre Manager, Darren Norton – “It is particularly pleasing to see so many people visit who had never done so, or had not visited for many years. One challenge is to encourage repeat visits, so promoting our…

  • Open Day – review

    Wow!! What a day!! We estimate over 250 people visited us today, and at times it was shoulder to shoulder with people absorbing Brandon’s heritage. Fantastic. If you are one of those people who gave us feedback about your visit – THANK YOU. There are thirty survey forms to go through, all with valuable comments…

  • Open Day!! 4th June 2017

    Last day preparations before Open Day … So today saw final preparations for our Open Day – some last minute additions to the Festival display – BRANDON BUZZ (thank you Eddie Stewart) and a quick clean through the centre. We also took delivery of our new sign – thank you Alison Barnes, your handiwork is…

  • Minutes from 2017 A.G.M.

    Brandon Heritage Centre AGM, 7.30pm 25th May 2017 Below are the bullet points from our A.G.M. … Meeting opened by Chairman Tony Simmons at 7.30pm. Chairman Tony Simmons resigned. Nomination sought for new Chairman. Tim Kent nominated and voted as new Chairman. Reg Silvester resigned as Trustee. New Trustees nominated and appointed: Tim Kent (Chairman)…

  • “Blooming Wheelbarrow”

    Brandon Heritage Centre is excited at the prospect of decorating a wheelbarrow for the Brandon In Bloom “Blooming Barrows” Competition. Closing date for the competition is 25th June, and you will be able to see our display, along with those of many other Brandon groups on that day.  The theme this year is ‘Desert Island…

  • A.G.M. report

    The Brandon Heritage Centre A.G.M. took place last at the Brandon British Legion. The meeting started with the resignation of two Trustees, leaving one Trustee remaining who was unfortunately unable to attend the meeting.  The Brandon Heritage Centre appreciates the investment of time and money by all volunteers and Trustees over the years.  The centre…

  • We are on Twitter & Instagram!

    You can now follow us on Twitter: @IP27Heritage and Instagram: brandon_heritagecentre Brandon Heritage Centre is very lucky to have a younger member of the community on the management team, giving us a youth perspective, which will assist us to include ALL aspects of our community.  We really need to inspire a new generation to take…

  • Happy Birthday!

    It is a double birthday celebration … of sorts.  This painting of the old Brandon bridge, carries the artist’s name on the reverse, along with the date – C.E. Ferry, 1892, making the painting 125 years old this year.  Happy Birthday!  To celebrate we have moved our pride and joy from a spot where it…

  • Creating space for our temporary exhibits

    Saturday 13th May update – temporary exhibits Temporary exhibits room A productive day spent clearing a room to house our temporary exhibits (‘pop-up’ exhibitions), which can be changed regularly to keep things fresh and interesting.  An old noticeboard tucked away behind filing cabinets at the rear of the building is now back up on the…

  • Announcement: AGM 2017

    We can finally announce the Brandon Heritage Centre AGM will be held on: 7.30pm, Thursday 25th May, at the Brandon Royal British Legion, London Road, BRANDON Please do come along and have your say.  As you may be aware we were hopeful that the meeting on April 12th would be the AGM so we could…