1 May 2009
The Museum will re-open to the public on Wednesday 20 May at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
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Bridgwater College student Laura Juzenaite presents Mayor Graham Granter with a copy of a Bridgewater & Somerset Ten Pound note dated 1 January 1800. The original and several notes of former banks are in the Blake Museum Collection.
Ten pounds in 1800 is estimated to have the spending power of 322 pounds now
The Mayor and Mayoress inspected the replacement floor in the new meeting room with its fine 16th century ceiling and fireplace.
Dry rot (Serpula lacrymans; fortunately with no sign of a fruiting body), beetle attack and rodent damage had been found in the elm joists under the former floor which necessitated the insertion of new joists, improved underfloor insulation and moisture control and new floorboarding.
All the work has been carried out by volunteers.
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1 May 2009
© 2009 pix Dr P E Cattermole
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