Heritage Volunteers
Currently, The East Midlands Area Heritage Volunteer Representative, Hilary Olleson, is also
the representative for The Arts Society Grantham. Her role is to advise on and sometimes lead
new projects with the other Societies in the East Midlands. We are eager to hear from anyone
with an interest in conservation who would like to take on the role of Heritage Volunteer
Organiser for our Grantham society. Hilary's contact details are on our ‘Contact Us’ page.
Below are some projects, one current, which
Grantham has led over the past 5 years
Belvoir Castle Book Conservation and
Shelf List. Beginning in 2003, under
professional guidance, a group began work
conserving, repairing and recording over
8000 books both in the small and large
libraries. Still continuing in 2017 it is
anticipated that the entire project will take 15
years to complete. A shelf list of the library
contents is being compiled and entered onto
a database, to enable searching of the
library's collection.
Textiles at St Wulfram's Church, Grantham.
From 2003 a small group of experienced, talented, needlewomen has completed non-invasive
work under the direction of Mary Sleigh the Lincoln Diocesan Church Textile Advisor. Funded
by the Friends of St. Wulfram's, altar cloths, frontals and copes and vestments have been
sorted, repaired and their storage facilities improved.
Archives at St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham. Projects all completed
Rocking Horse project, Grantham House.
The restoration and conservation of a 150 year-old
rocking horse (known affectionately as "Dobbin") was
undertaken by the Former Chairman of GADDFAS,
John Hill, funded by the National Trust. Dobbin belongs
to the National Trust and is normally resident at
Grantham
House.
The Trigge Library, a
chained library, housed in St
Wulfram's Church, Grantham
was the first public library in
the country (est. 1598) and
today is one of only three
remaining public chained
libraries. Routine sorting,
cleaning and non-invasive
work has been carried out
under expert direction.
Volunteer stewards work on a
rota to ensure the library is
open to the public as often as
possible.
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