Here we are, at the end of another sparkling and rewarding year for National Trust of Guernsey with nearly 200 new members and some first-of-a-kind events at The Museum Courtyard, Saumarez Park. What better way to end the year than to share the seasonal magic of our first ever Christmas Courtyard Market with a wonderful […]
CONTINUE READINGNational Geographic’s 1938 photo depicts a new innovation best described as a grape picker’s stairway to heaven. Library steps on rails are a familiar sight. It seems that Sark’s Seigneur WT Collings (mid 1850’s) seized the initiative with a new design, tweaked for harvesting grapes. In the second half of the Victorian era, the growing […]
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A double celebration here at The Folk and Costume Museum on Friday 26th April 2019. We’re celebrating the launch of a book written by NTG’s Costume Curator, Caro Drake. Entitled ‘guernsey with a small g’ the book explains the history of Guernsey’s iconic item of clothing and the role of knitting in Guernsey’s history. The […]
