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Chesham Museum Documents

Download Chesham Museum Business Plan 2008 and other policy documents
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Images of Chesham

Photographs and postcards of Chesham from the end of the 19th century to the present day.
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Read about life in Early Medieval Chesham...

Do you remember the yards, alleyways and footpaths of old Chesham? Find out more...

Timeline

10,000 years of Chesham history. Go...

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Latest News

We Made It!
	Thanks to Chesham's generous people, businesses and the museum's Friends and Volunteers we are pleased to announce that we have reached our target of £20,000 and will be moving into 15 Market Square, Chesham during June and early July this year. We will be opening to the public mid-late July. Find out more.... Our fund raising efforts will continue and we will be repeating many of the popular events held during the past 10 months. Watch out for announcements on this website and in our window at 15 Market Square. Help us by becoming a Corporate Sponsor, Friend or a SuperFriend of Chesham Museum. Find out more...

Discovering Chesham

You may have seen a couple of people with a camera filming in and around Chesham over the past week or so. Contrary to what some people thought they were not taking photos for an Estate Agent. In fact, Peter Viney and photographer Nigel have are making a film for Chesham Museum entitled 'Discovering Chesham'. The finished film, which is about the history of Chesham and includes sequences about the town's industries, schools and churches will be on sale when the museum opens to the public in late July.

Thanks to everyone who braved the wet weather on Saturday 6th June and helped raise another £350 for Chesham Museum.

Do you recognise these men?

Can you help us to identify the men in this photograph? If so, please contact Lesley Perry on 01494 773513, use the Guestbook to send us a message.

This photograph is thought to be of Britannia Boot Works, with Ernest Wiliam Barnes, who was killed WWI, back left. Click on the photograph to enlarge it.

Chesham at War

Chairman Lesley Perry is carrying out her own research on the men commemorated on the Chesham War Memorial and some that are not. Can you help? Find out more...

Click on the photograph on the right to see the bigger picture.

New Book - Chesham at Work

'Chesham at Work' is a record of the main sectors of trade and manufacture that provided work and a livelihood for Chesham people through the 20th century. It is a celebration of Chesham's industrial heritage, and a portrait of its workers and the many varied items that they produced in the town.

The book is an invaluable resource for local historians, family history researchers and students of social history, as well as those interested in the recent development of this industrious country town.

Written by three local residents the book is lavishly illustrated with a fascinating array of photographs, the majority of which have never been published before.

Order books about Chesham

• 'Chesham at Work' by Keith Fletcher, Peter Hawkes and Lesley Perry
• 'Chesham Fire Brigade Minutes and Log Books' by Sue Gordon
• 'Pubs of Chesham and Villages' by Ray East, Keith Fletcher and Peter Hawkes
• 'More Tales of Old Chesham' by George Piggin

We Need Your Stories!

'Chesham Stories' is an ongoing project to provide local teachers with stories about life and work in Chesham. Do you have a story to tell?
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How can you help?

Chesham Museum - The Stables urgently needs the following:

• volunteers to open the Museum and attend during the Museum's opening hours
• volunteers to research and/or help put together displays
• items associated with Chesham people or families
• items associated with Chesham industry

Volunteer Stewards Wanted

We are recruiting volunteers to steward in the museum - stewards welcome visitors, operate the till and generally keep an eye on things while the museum is open to the public. No experience or special knowledge is necessary as instruction will be given and any enquiries from visitors about artefacts in the museum or the history of Chesham are dealt with by the Curator or our very knowledgeable Volunteer Research Group. Stewards work in pairs and hours can be tailored to suit you.

If you think you can help or would like to talk to a member of the committee please email using the Guestbook.