The award took the form of a grant for £1000 to fund a Snowhill community exhibition, and was presented by Mayor and Friends’ Committee member Councillor Bryan Chalker at a small reception in the Mayor’s Parlour.  Chair of the Trustees Trevor Turpin accepted the award on behalf of the Museum, accompanied by Trustee Edward Cross and Friends at Work Marion Dodd and Sally Lewis.  Chairman Trevor dedicated the award to all the Friends at Work at the Museum in thanks for their continuing dedication.

Celebrating the Co-Op in the South West

The Museum of Bath at Work will play host to a forthcoming exhibition celebrating the International Year of Co-operatives.  Museum Director Stuart Burroughs said, “The Co-operative Movement is part of the infrastructure of working life in many local areas and it has featured in many of our displays on commercial life in the Bath region.  This exhibition will allow more attention to be paid to the development of this fascinating organisation.”

A request has been put out for artefacts and anyone with an interesting tale to tell about the human side of the co-operative: a retirement photograph, share book, tokens – anything that members and customers can come up with!

The exhibition will be open daily from late May through to October.

Over 100 relatives and close colleagues were invited to celebrate the unique contribution that Russell Frears made to the understanding of Bath’s history by founding the Museum and supervising its design, content and administration when the Museum opened in 1978.

Museum Friends at Work were supported by 1940s enthusiasts the  ‘Blitz Buddies’, who gave dance demonstrations, and local craftspeople also dressed for the occasion!  The ‘Christmas at War’ exhibition displayed wartime printed material and  artefacts.