Category Archives: Museum visits

A surprise at Thame

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Aimée Payton

A surprise awaited Sam and I at Thame Museum last week.  We had received a list of about 25 relevant objects some time ago.  There were a couple of things that had caught our eye, particularly an Elizabethan shoe, a … Continue reading →

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Dressing up

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Aimée Payton

Sam and I had a jolly morning at the Didcot Railway Museum looking at hats.  There was surprisingly quite a range; different shaped peaks, soft crowns, hard crowns, various embroidery techniques and colours but each hat unmistakeably belonged to a … Continue reading →

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Military fashions

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Aimée Payton

I went to visit the Museum for the Soldiers of Oxfordshire (SOFO) this morning, completely ignorant about military history and uniforms and not knowing what to expect.  It is currently located in a large room in Woodstock which was probably … Continue reading →

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Essential Accessories: Hand bags and Heels

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Aimée Payton

Yesterday Sam, Carol and I visited the Lightbox in Woking.  What a lovely gallery!  The exhibition we went to see displayed the most incredible shoes and bags, truly beautiful, from the collections at Northampton Museums and Art Gallery and Museum … Continue reading →

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