2017 September

September 27, 2017

We were on TV news!

Did you see us on Anglia TV news?  Well here’s the clip featuring our very own Victor Lukaniuk and Hugh Lodge, along with Nick Dickson from Breaking New Ground.

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September 17, 2017

YAY! We have flint panels!

William Carter’s flint panels William Carter created a series of flint panels for the benefit of the Brandon community.  William died in 1904, so you can get an idea of how old these are now, and more than that – they are very fine examples of how flint can be manipulated and made into art. 

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September 17, 2017

Diss museum visit

Last weekend we visited Mildenhall museum and yesterday saw the team travel to Diss for a similar fact finding tour of a local museum similar to ours.  While Diss museum is a lot smaller than our heritage centre, it does enjoy a prime position in the town centre, right in the market place.  We were

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September 10, 2017

Embroidered shield by Paulina Zelke

So Anna McInnes visited the centre today and while she was talking about her parents she mentioned her mother spent many evenings embroidering a ‘shield’ for Breckland Middle School.  Anna’s mother, Paulina Zelke, helped out at the school and the embroidery project consumed much of her mother’s spare time.  Anna described the shield – an

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September 10, 2017

Polish Camp

Today we had a visitor bring in two photo albums of their family from the 1940s and 50s, including time spent on the Army camp off London Road just after the Second World War.  Anna McInnes’ parents, Alfred and Paulina Zelke, met while Alfred was serving alongside the British Army in Italy.  Paulina was Slovenian

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September 10, 2017

Visit to Mildenhall Museum

Mildenhall Museum On Saturday 9th September, delegates from our Management Committee and Trustees visited Mildenhall Museum on a fact finding tour.  Wow!  What an inspiration.  The Mildenhall volunteers briefed us about the pit falls they have encountered when applying for funding while also giving some interesting insights and contacts so we can progress Brandon Heritage

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