Back in 2014, we produced Memories of Eccleston, a book filled with fabulous photos and recollections of life in the local area, gathered from local people at special events we held at a number of community venues, as part of a Heritage Lottery Funded project.
Copies of Memories of Eccleston can be bought from the Smithy during open hours for £4, but if you can’t get to us, you can download a pdf of the whole book by clicking the link below.
These fans were amassed by a collector who later donated them to The Atkinson. The fans are a mixture of silk and paper. Some have wooden guards and sticks (the “skeleton” of the fan), and others are made of bone … Continue reading
These were received as gifts and also collected over many years, and are a part of a huge collection, now held by The Atkinson. You may recognise a certain marmalade-loving bear from darkest Peru!
