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What you think about us
"It is always a pleasure to visit the fantastic Rayleigh Town Museum, Mark Francois MP
Very good to see a celebration of local history.
Pauline, Aix en Provence, France Thank you, such an interesting collection. Helen & Simon, Leytonstone Lovely to see the Museum open again & thank you Mike for the tour. Best wishes to you all. Cllr Robin Dray, Chairman of Rochford District Council We went to the museum at the weekend. Your exhibition was incredible, managed to find our house in a couple of your photos! The museum itself was great, the volunteers were really helpful and keen to answer any questions. Interesting and well worth a visit. Lisa Fowle via Facebook What a wonderful museum! Thank you for letting us all come along. Rayleigh Primary School Big shout out to Rayleigh Town Museum. Lovely volunteers, interesting exhibitions, brilliant Christmas activities for the children. My children and I had a lovely visit this morning. A real local gem and worth a visit. Victoria Marzouki - How via Facebook What a great asset to Rayleigh. So interesting and I learnt a lot about the town. Thanks so much for a job done by the volunteers. I'll be back. Pauline King, Waiuku, Sth Auckland, NZ.
What a hidden Gem!
Jessica Rayner, Leigh on Sea Thank you very much! A quite wonderful museum.
Jennifer Tolhurst
Went and saw the Railway Exhibition today - it’s really well researched and worth a visit with plenty of rare photos I’d never seen before ??- well done Rayleigh Town Museum!
Danny Hickey
Thanks so much for the WW2 display. Great to see the items such as gas masks and to learn about the Home Guard. Amazed at how thick and itchy the uniforms were! It really brought history to life, thank you to all the volunteers who made it possible.
Hazel Hargraves
Thanks to Mike and Trevor for the tour of Rayleigh Town and and all the stories. We all found it really interesting. A very enjoyable afternoon.
Many thanks
Not enough time to enjoy. Fascinating. Rick Ashton, New Zealand.
I Love this museum.
Olivia, Aged 5 Wonderful Museum. Hidden Treasure. David Cunningham Brilliant Museum,lovely speaking to the staff and hearing their passion. Stuart and Tanya A surprising discovery and well worth a visit. Good effort by volunteers. Many thanks. Graham Collett, York. A simply lovely local museum with lots of interesting items. Will come again. Digby Fairweather Far too many albums to go through in one sitting, but very informative. Bought a small library of books too. Thank you very much Gareth Budd, Sydney NSW Australia
Thank you so much for all of your help and support over the past academic year. It is much appreciated.
Best wishes
Thank you all for a most enjoyable visit to your Town Museum Hadleigh Evening WI Very impressive museum with great local displays to give a visitor insights into Rayleigh. K Hageman Many thanks to Trevor & all the volunteers for putting the Speedway talk on again. My Dad (Stan Simpkins) & I thoroughly enjoyed it. I wanted to take him but didn't think it would really be my thing, however I found it really interesting & entertaining and Dad was in his element, thank you so much for making us welcome. And for all you do to preserve & research the history of Rayleigh!
Hazel Hargraves
Very interesting, great gem to visit and see history of town....video clips of history...lovely guides,,,,free and interesting
Clare4204
Suffragettes, Excellent, informative and interesting. Patricia Weaver
Hi Susan,
From Hawkwell U3A This is a real labour of love for those involved and their efforts really are worthwhile. There is a substantial collection of pictures and paper cuttings along with some other items of interest, such as some of the original stain glass windows from the since demolished speedway/greyhound stadium. Many of the pictures are fascinating for comparisons as how the area looks today, especially those of the high street. The stories behind some of the local people and businesses are also great reading and for anyone with an interest in the town and its locality I cannot recommend it highly enough. It is all capped off by very friendly staff who are willing to talk about the museum.
From Bigaitch27
Thank you very much indeed for the wonderful talk you gave to the FOSMS (Friends of Southend Museums) group on Thursday.
On the way out so many people were telling me how much they had enjoyed it - all were smiling and one gentleman
said it was 'inspiring', they all agreed!
All Best Wishes,
Very interesting & looking forward to finding out if any of my ancestors were suffragettes! Anne Howes Very important and an absolute treasure to the town, thank you!! Keith Needham Quaint little museum with lots to see and do. The volunteers are enthusiastic and very welcoming. Entry to the museum is free and there are activities for children of all ages. A lovely little curiosity and great way to spend a bit of time
Tom Bill
Hello Mike
Billericay U3A
I went to the museum during a visit to Rayleigh, entry is free and it is open on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM until 4 PM. There is much of historical interest about Rayleigh including photographs and objects including camera's and a cinema projector. There are also archives to study. Well worth a visit, highly recommended.
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"I love visiting the museum. It's fascinating to see and hear so many relics and stories from Rayleigh's past. What's really good is that you are welcome to sit and pore over a wealth of old photos and postcards and go through archives of documents and booklets. Every Rayleigh resident should check it out to get a totally new perspective of our town!" Sarah Turner "A lovely little museum stacked with local history" Robert Grieve
Hi, greetings all the way from Lower Hutt New Zealand.
Just to let you guys know I received a copy of your 2018 Heritage Calendar today posted to me by my sister in Rayleigh.
Kind regards and keep up the good work guys, have a great festive season.
Thank you so much for the thought provoking assemblies recently on Remembrance. The pupils enjoyed hearing about local stories and the impact of war on Rayleigh itself. We look forward to working with you again in the future.
Regards
Brilliant exhibition and very friendly staff From Georgina Roberts The museum is quite small but full of info & very interesting facts. Worth a visit From Janice Hughes Home FrontRayleigh and Wickford MP and Patron of the Rayleigh Town Museum, Mark Francois, dropped by the museum recently in order to see our special exhibition on life on the Home Front in Rayleigh during World War Two. Mark viewed a number of exhibits including photographs of Rayleigh taken during the war, documents advising the Rayleigh Urban District Council on what to do in the event of a German invasion and a number of other artefacts including some weapons from the time. Mark also saw documents in relation to the rationing that people had to undergo during war time. The exhibition was brought to life by Trevor, a volunteer from the Hertfordshire Home Guard Historical Re-enactment Society, who was present in his Home Guard uniform with a variety of de-activated weapons and was able to answer questions from visitors about what it was like to serve in the Home Guard during World War Two. The exhibition, which ran for several weeks, was very popular and received hundreds of visitors, including parties of local school children keen to learn about the history of the war in their community.
Commenting on his visit to the museum, Mark Francois said:
“One of the really nice features about our new museum in Rayleigh is their ingenuity in constantly updating their exhibitions, in order to make them relevant to the visiting public. As we approach this time of remembrance, I think it particularly fitting that the museum laid on an exhibition about life on the Home Front in Rayleigh during the war, to give people today some idea of the privations that people had to go through in order to resist the Nazi threat. I give the museum full marks for laying on such a good presentation and I would also like to thank Trevor for providing a special extra something in his re-created role as a member of the Home Guard.”
Visit from Chairman of Essex County Council
The Chairman of Essex County Council, Cllr John Aldridge visited the museum with his wife Christine.
Please check back here regularly for updates on our progress and information on fundraising events. Join the Friends of Rayleigh Town Museum
Rayleigh Town Museum, 1st floor, 91, High Street, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 7EJ
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