Diamond Jubilee exhibition: 2012
Martham, sixty years of change
An Exhibition to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
2/3/4/5 June 2012 in Martham Parish Church
A post-Jubilee calculation:
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45 feet long of Time Line
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32 feet long of Then and Now
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8 feet long of Coronation Display
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32 square feet of Artefacts
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36 square feet of Reading Corner
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19 displays by Village Organisations
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2 folders from Village Organisations
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3 displays by Village Businesses
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1 individual display
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100 voluntary hours of stewarding and refreshments work
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Loads of help from Parish Church members
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Hours of draw ticket selling
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£250 worth of adverts by village businesses
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Over 100 booklets printed and sold - and still on sale
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Dozens of loans and gifts of photographs, mementoes and artefacts
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Scores of shared memories
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Over 400 visitors
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20 youngsters slogging through the quiz
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10 minutes live on Radio Norfolk with Wally Webb
Brought together by uncountable hours of work by
the History Group Committee. All adds up to....
...a great exhibition and around £3000 towards
preserving our Parish Church
A big thank you
to everyone who helped in any way . . . . . to everyone
who came to see, some of you more than once . . . . .
to those parents who brought their children . . . . .
and to those who cared enough to bring someone
less able.
'Martham - 60 Years of Change'
A booklet recording changes in Martham during
the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Still on sale from 01493 740379.
