‘A Life In Lockdown’ Exhibition: Memories of Covid-19 in Gloucestershire 2020

The Museum of Gloucester is inviting everyone in the county to capture their memories of #Gloucestershire during the period of #lockdown, for an exhibition titled ‘A Life in Lockdown’. We’re hoping to display as many memories as possible in an exhibition at the museum in Autumn 2020, as well as a producing a permanent record of this period in our digital collection. 

We hope this is something that will be of interest; please find attached the Press release and digital assets for more details.

Please contact me if you would like further information.

Kind regards,

Amy Washington
Events & Marketing Officer | Museum of Gloucester

Cultural Services c/oGloucester City CouncilThe Museum of Gloucester,Brunswick Road,Gloucester, GL1 1HP01452 39611907506 235468
amy.washington@gloucester.gov.uk
www.museumofgloucester.co.uk
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Changes to The Forerunner distribution

From July 2020 The Forerunner will be published in electronic form rather than a hard copy version delivered to each household.  Each month an email containing the link to the new edition will be sent out to all on the www.kingscoteonline.co.uk mailing list. 

Many people are already on the www.kingscoteonline.co.uk mailing list for email alerts about the parish. If you don’t think you are on this emailing list and wish to join it, please contact the webmaster, Alice Cooper.

The Forerunner will also be available on this website and from the benefice website (Nailsworth, Horsley and Kingscote) here.

We recognise that not all people in the parish will have access to the internet. If this is the case for you please let Elin Tattersall know (01453 860182) and we will make alternative arrangements.

Harry Tubbs is retiring as editor of the Forerunner and a new editing team has been set up (Elin Tattersall, Alice Cooper, Pauline McTear). The deadline for contributions to the Forerunner will be 20th of each month. Please send contributions to Elin Tattersall.

A huge thank you to Harry for editing The Forerunner and arranging its distribution over the past 20 years, plus grateful thanks to the team which has distributed the magazine every month. It is a great local resource and we’re pleased that it will continue.

Elin Tattersall

June News Sheet

During the Coronavirus epidemic, this news sheet replaces the Forerunner magazine and recognises the reduced community activity and information need. Further changes are of course likely.

See the June News Sheet here.

Eggs – Honesty Box Theft

For your information, this morning eggs and money in an honesty box were stolen from Tipputs. The eggs were retrieved but the money already in the box was taken.

The theft involved a middle aged man in a silver Mercedes, registration KV55 AWM.

If you are using an honesty box, please be aware and clear your box regularly.

Webmaster

A collection of experiences – book material needed

A collection of experiences of Kingscote and Bagpath inhabitants during the COVID outbreak – book material needed PLEASE READ ON…

These times have had a profound impact on all of our lives, yet being the small yet diverse community that we are, each of us will have had a very different experience. 


This is where the idea came regarding putting together a collection of stories/pictures/accounts of residents wishing to share their thoughts, journeys and experiences. Apart from something that we can keep and look back on, it would give us something to share collectively as a community and perhaps to create a better understanding of each other’s situations. 
It could be material of any format/length/style. Ideas might include personal accounts, thoughts and opinions, quotes, diary entries, anecdotes, poems, children’s pictures and thank you messages to frontline workers, VE day celebrations, photos of any of the above or just appreciating the beauty of the surroundings whilst we are forced to slow down.  It could include experiences at work, at home or experiences of your wider family and friends here in the UK or abroad and how you have kept in touch with them over the duration. Really anything goes to give a real sense of the current climate. 


Drafted is an image of what the front cover might look like. Any comments/suggestions would be wonderful. Please do send material/suggestions (along with your name, age, occupation and contact details or, if you prefer, this can be left anonymous) to seema.bowers@yahoo.co.uk. If you do send images/photos please send by email preferably in JPEG format. 


We hope you agree that this is an opportunity to produce something unique and beneficial in these uncertain times and would be grateful if you could send your book material by mid August, if possible, in order that it can be collated. 


We look forward to hearing from you in due course, should this be of interest to you or any of your family members. 


Take care and stay well, with all best wishes,
Seema

Horsley Recycling Centre Reopens

Pyke Quarry household recycling centre at Horsley will open from Tuesday 26th May.

Household recycling centres at Hempsted in Gloucester, Wingmoor Farm at Stoke Orchard and Fosse Cross at Cirencester are now open. 

All centres are open for essential visits only. All trips will need to be booked in advance. 


Further information from www.gloucestershirerecycles.com

Kingscote Village Hall

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic the village hall is closed until further notice, in accordance with the government’s guidelines.

The AGM which was due to be held this month has been postponed. A new date will be set when it is safe to do so.

The chairman’s report and the financial report for last year will be will be published on the website shortly.

Brian McTear
Chairman
Kingscote Village Hall Committee