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Herne Bay, England, CT6
United Kingdom
Community website for all things Herne Bay (Kent, UK). Covers: The Downs, Herne Bay Museum, Herne Bay Historical Records Society, Herne Bay Pier Trust, Herne Bay in Bloom, East Cliff Neighbourhood Panel, No Night Flights, Manston Airport, Save Hillborough, Kitewood and much, much more...
There's a great new show at Beach House - The Seaside Show - which runs from Wed 16th Jan to Tue 22nd Jan, 10-4pm. A great display of old seaside postcards, maps, miscellania and a puzzle.
Pop in and have a look - it's fun and funny.
The Friends of Herne Bay Museum had a stall at the recent Big Picnic in Memorial Park, and ran a caption competition - add a caption to an old postcard picture and win a prize...
Read MoreThere's an entertaining and topical new exhibition at the Museum, in the upstairs exhibition room. It's a selection of Olympic-themed cartoons from the past few decades, provided by the British Cartoon Archive. It's an interesting slice through history - do pop in for a peep.
The director of the BCA, Nicholas Hiley, came along to the opening to give us some background about the cartoons and tell us about the BCA.
The British Cartoon Archive is located in Canterbury at the University of Kent’s Templeman Library. It has a library, archive, and exhibition gallery, and is dedicated to the history of British cartooning over the last two hundred years. They hold the artwork for more than 150,000 British editorial, socio-political, and pocket cartoons, supported by large collections of comic strips, newspaper cuttings, books and magazines.
The sheer quantity of material they have is amazing - for example, the Giles archive arrived in TWO removal lorries! They're busily digitising their collection, which means that you can find tens of thousands of cartoons online on their website - have a look, but be warned: it's very diverting!
A. Wool Holder - holds a ball of wool and is slung over wrist while knitting.
B. Fossilised Sea Urchin - 160 million years old.
C. Skirt Lifter - when attached to a length of ribbon it enabled women in long skirts to raise the hems clear of the muddy 19th century streets (all transport was horse powered, think about it.)
