NEWSLETTER

Helping to secure the future of Herne Bays own museum

Friends of Herne Bay Museum

Issue 7 SPRING 2012

KINGS HALL EXHIBITION

he Friends will be hosting a Herne Bay Museum stall at this years Business and Projects Exhibition. Last year this was the rst outreach event that the Friends had mounted on behalf of the Museum. This seems surprising until you realise that all previous activity had been focused on securing the future. So for all practical purposes The Friends as a creative supporting unit is only a little over a year old. This year we will be holding a Whats it For? competition, a selection of mystery objects can be examined and handled and visitors invited to guess their use. There will be encouragement in the form of, an as yet unspecied, prize. Please come along if you can, and introduce yourselves as Friends, it would be nice to get to know some more faces. The event is on Wednesday 21st March from 2pm until 7pm.

WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?

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o date the only income we have received has been from our members and I would like to take this opportunity of thanking you all for your loyal support. Sometime this year, sooner rather than later, we will have to arrange an AGM. I know, sounds grim doesnt it? But it need not be - we shall try and make it fun. At some point during an AGM the treasurer delivers a report on where money has been spent and what income has been received. Until then we thought you ought to have an idea what the committee spends your money on. The biggest single expense over the last year and a bit has been out own recruiting leaets, two boxes of which cost just over two hundred pounds. we are currently about half way through them. Apart from that, money gets spent on the events that we help the museum with, up to and including the Big Picnic, this involves print outs of photographs, various graphics and other display materials. There are stationery and postal costs, an amount on refreshments for the opening evenings we have been involved with and our membership to BAfM. Our income compared to our outgoings has stayed on the positive side and we held 467.07. on the 13th of February 2012 If we wish to help the Museum further we will need to raise more funds so we intend to look at this and see if we can nd support by various alternative means. Any donations from well wishers will always be gratefully received, and we would ensure that it would benet our Museum. Wishing you all A Happy Spring and Summer Andrew Cook treasurer

Friday 30 Jan 2012 5.30 to 7pm.

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Issue 7 SPRING 2012 BANKERS ORDER FORM Your details: For UK banks only Name: Address:

he sharper-eyed among you may have noticed that you havent had to renew your subscription to the Friends of Herne Bay Museum for a while... This isnt because we forgot to ask - it was simply our way of saying thank you for helping us get off the ground when the Museum was under threat of closure. Unfortunately, we cant survive without money, so well be asking you to renew your subscriptions later this month, and well be synchronising all the annual subscriptions to start and renew on 1st April. If youve joined in the last 6 months (i.e. since 1st October 2011) you wont need to renew - your subscription will roll over into 2012. The subscription fee will be unchanged for 2012, but we may need to nudge it up a bit in 2013. It would be a huge help to us (and reduce our running costs) if you could pay by standing order, so heres as an incentive - if we do raise the fees in 2013, you wont pay any extra if youre paying by standing order. Theres an offer you cant refuse! Please set up a standing order if you can - it will save us all money! Well be at the Herne Bay Business and Projects Exhibition at the Kings Hall on Wednesday 21st March (2pm - 7pm) so you could renew then, or just pop along to say hello and see what were up to. Phil Rose membership secretary

MEMBERSHIP MATTERS

Postcode: your account number: your bank sort code:

Please Pay to: Nat. West, 140 High Street, Herne Bay CT6 5JX for Friends of Herne Bay Museum (sort code: 60-10-37 account no: 13604651)

The sum of in words:

on the

pounds month: year: 20

day:

then on the 1st June each year after, until further notice

Bank or Building Society details: Name: Address:

Annual Membership rates: Single - 5; Couple - 8; Family - 10. Please use the form on the right to renew. If not wishing to pay by standing order simply ll in name, address, signature and date, omitting sections concerning your bank account. Send with cheque to the address shown. Thank you.

Postcode: signature:

date:

send it to: FoHBM, 56 Beacon Hill, Herne Bay, CT6 6JN

Please do not send this form to your Bank or Building Society

he Friends have joined BAFM, full title: the British Association of Friends of Museums. This was formed in 1973 for Friends, volunteers and supporters of museums. It represents 200,000 Friends and Volunteers across the UK, offering a network of support from people with rst-hand experience of running Friends organisations, and acting as a clearing house for common problems and their solutions, and is a central source of information about Friends for Friends.

BAfM - what is it?

It has links with a variety of organisations: the Department for Culture, Media and Sport; the Museums Association; Arts Council England and many more. We decided to join for this year to see what it can offer. A very large and comprehensive membership pack arrived recently and members of the committee are currently studying it closely and, I hope, evaluating it. You can have a look for yourself on the website at: www.bafm.org.uk.

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Issue 7 SPRING 2012

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News in Brief

he Friends has been successful in negotiating a sponsorship deal with a local wine merchant. Starting in June the wine for Museum openings is being kindly supplied by Beer Brothers, Canterbury Road (next to Tesco metro). here is just a chance that we will be able to secure beach hut 136 for the Museum on Beach Hut Day in August, we have applied and are waiting to hear if there are any other claims. Watch this space.

e are looking into the possibility of commissioning a coin in the slot automaton for the Museum. This would act as a fund raising device as well as being entertaining, educational and child friendly. It is likely that we will have to come up with other fund raising ideas in order to raise the funds!

DIARY
Exhibition
Herne Bay Museum 24th March to 27th May 2012

Exhibition
9 June to September Herne Bay Museum
Visit the Olympics with the nations much loved cartoonists! Favourite work from the British Cartoon Archive selected by community sporting groups. Herne Bay Museum & Gallery William Street CT6 5EJ Phone 01227 367 368 Daily 10am to 4pm

Can everyone have a piece of art on the living room wall? Do you want to start or expand your own collection with art that doesnt cost the earth? Then visit this wide-ranging exhibition of prints, including work by famous and lesser known artists and decide whether collecting is for you!

The Art of the Print: a collectors view

Cartoonists at the Olympics

Activity
24th March to 27th May. Herne Bay Museum
A drop-in craft activity Stamp, rub or print your own greetings card to take home, inspired by the collecting prints exhibition. 1 for materials in addition to standard museum entry charge.

FoHMB
21st March - Herne bay Business & Projects Exhibition. Kings Hall 2pm. to 7 pm. 30th March - Private View of the new exhibition: The Art of the Print, Herne Bay Museum. 5.30 to 7pm. Refreshments provided by the Friends. PAGE 3

Create your own greetings card.

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Issue 7 SPRING 2012

Herne & Broomeld Local History Group

All of the meetings detailed below take place at the HERNE INSTITUTE HALL, Canterbury Road (opposite Strode Park) on 1st Tuesdays of the month starting at 7.30pm. We Welcome existing members, new members and visitors to join our friendly and informative meetings. Membership to H&BLHG is 10 single, 15 per family - in case anyone is interested in joining. April 3 - Inside and Buried Beneath the Beaney A Look at some of the exciting things to be found in the new Beaney Museum and Library when it is re-opened, as well as some of the archaeological discoveries found on the site. An illustrated talk by Martin Crowther - Learning & Engagement Manager- Canterbury City Council Museums

Herne Bay Historical Records Society

Programme of Lectures until Spring 2012 Lectures and meetings are held in the Lower Herne Bay, starting at 7:00pm, doors open from permitting. Hall, Herne Bay United Church, High Street, 6.30pm. 2 entrance fee for non members, space

Further enquiries to: David Birch on 01227 362666

March 15th - Dickens in Kent by Peter Meiklejohn. March 29th - Lead Kindly Light - The South Foreland Lighthouse by David Birch.

April 28th - Wine & Wisdom evening 7:30pm Christ Church Parish Centre, Underdown Road, Herne Bay
Tickets are 6.00 per person payable on the evening. The maximum number of tables available is 15 - these will allocated in order of

Herne Bay Community Memories Group

The current project is: The 1953 EAST COAST FLOODS, which took place January 1953 and seriously affected Herne Bay - we are seeking images to use for an exhibition at Herne Bay Museum to begin in November this year. As well as photographs of the Flood and its after effects, we are interested in hearing of anyone who has memories of the event which we could record (5 - 15 minutes would be sufcient) - memories would be put on Listening Post for exhibition visitors to hear. No original images would be used, usual procedure is that they are scanned and returned asap. Contact: Sylvia McKean 01227 281257 or Manda Gifford, Whitstable Museum 01227 276998 or alternatively drop us a line with your contact details, in envelope clearly marked: Community Memories 1953 Floods, and leave it at Herne Bay Museum.

reservation. The maximum number of people per table is 8. If you are not a member of a team and would like Tony to try and nd you one please let him know. Please bring your own wine or other

alcoholic drink, if required. Food and soft 7:00pm.

drinks will be provided. The doors will open at To reserve a table please contact

Tony Bendrey on 364321 or by email on bendrey@btinternet.com

Friends of Herne Bay Museum Contact us: museumfriends@HerneBayMatters.com Newsletter: FoHBM, 1 Mickleburgh Hill, Herne Bay, CT6 6AA Membership sec: FoHBM, 56 Beacon Hill, Herne Bay, CT6 6JN Website: www.FoHMB.info

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