The Dacorum Heritage Trust
The history of Berkhamsted,
Hemel Hempstead, Kings Langley & Tring
The Museum Store, Clarence Road, Berkhamsted, Herts HP4 3YL. Phone/fax: 01442 879525
Curator Isobel Aptaker BA, MA. Assistant Curator Nina Bevan BSc.
Victorian Seaside Experience
More Past EventsBeside the Sea - Thursday, 3 June
 DACHT : 432.56.19.19 Photograph of a postcard of a group of people on the beach, Isle of Wight, 1907. | Families visiting Hemel Library on Thursday, 3 June were transported back in time to discover what seaside holidays were like in the past. Photographs from the collection showed what people used to wear, how they travelled to the seaside and thought about how Victorian children played in their clothes! Using objects from the collection, children made thaumotropes using seaside images such as a sandcastle with a flag and a lobster being caught in the net. Adults were asked to write down memories of seaside holidays in the past to encourage discussions about how similar seaside holidays are today to those in the past. Click here to link to Gazette article for Wed. 16th June: 'The Victorian Bank Holiday'. | |
 DCSF0016 - Learning about Victorian seaside holidays. |  DSCF0023 - All aboard the yellow submarine! |
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in England No. 2851313 | Registered Charity No. 1026161
| Accredited Museum No. 1594; Status: Fully accredited museum.
Berkhamsted