Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC

Uncovering and sharing the everyday lives of the men, women and children who worked in the domestic, village, and woodland industries in the central Chilterns.

[Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC @WoodlandersL]

Hello everyone. Our National Heritage Lottery-funded social history project Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes is part of the Chalk, Cherries and Chairs Landscape Partnership scheme
@ChilternsCCC
happening now in the Central Chilterns. @HelenaChance1 and
@LesleyAHoskins

[Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC @WoodlandersL]

This will be so interesting.

[Wycombe Museum @WycombeMuseum]

Did you know Morrisons in High Wycombe used to be Glenister’s Furniture Factory? On Tues 16th July 2-3pm, find out how Glenister’s furniture-making grew from pub side hustle to the town’s largest furniture employer. @Bucks_Libraries https://t.co/qzndGWNuIB

[Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC @WoodlandersL]

@DConwayRead Muntjac

[Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC @WoodlandersL]

This is a great opportunity to meet other makers and decide together how to take the group forward.

[Chalk Cherries and Chairs Team @ChilternsCCC]

Calling all makers! 🧵

Join @Amershammuseum's new monthly hub to network, find out about new projects & enjoy “behind the scenes” access.

There are 6 initial sessions, free of charge. Find out more 👇

https://t.co/NN898KulGS

[Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC @WoodlandersL]

This sounds very interesting!

[Crafts @craftsmagazine]

Designer Shai Akram, whose research focuses on integrating indigenous making techniques and industrialised production, will speak on Thurs at our talk launching This Country, our programme exploring the role of craft in shaping English identity and culture https://t.co/4jzrNrijRj

[Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC @WoodlandersL]

Attention #socialhistorians and #familyhistorians! Our census data for 18 villages in the central #chilterns from 1841-1911 (and some from 1921) is available for download here. https://t.co/BRXQayOpqM Thank you @ChilternsCCC @LesleyAHoskins and our volunteers

[Elaine King @DrElaineKing]

Welcome to the Chilterns National Landscape! Excited to embark on the next chapter for the #Chilterns as Protected #Landscapes play an ever increasing role for #nature #heritage #access & people.
@NatLandAssoc @Sion_McG @julian_glover @RSBenwell @MarianSpain

[Wycombe Museum @WycombeMuseum]

Did you know you can learn about some of our chairs via our online chair database?

For researchers, chair enthusiasts, and the generally curious alike, see information only previously accessible via staff at the Museum.

🪑https://t.co/uIkDuQ0F3A

[Richard Holt - Holt's Family History Research @holtsfamilyhis1]

Do you have ancestors in the chairmaking trade? This talk focusses on chairmaking from the 18th century onwards and will take you from beech woods to ‘bodgers’, from chair turners to chair manufacturers. Online on 4th April @ 2pm - Book Now! https://t.co/hFuSwKEb65 @AGRAGenealogy

[Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC @WoodlandersL]

Excellent news! @ChilternsCCC @Amershammuseum @WycombeMuseum

[Heritage Crafts @heritage_crafts]

Heritage Crafts has received a @HeritageFundUK grant of £158k to capitalise on the heightened interest in traditional craftsmanship in the UK and widen participation. https://t.co/XhtAZzWNSn

[Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC @WoodlandersL]

@LesleyAHoskins @DConwayRead #hiddenhands

[Faber Books @FaberBooks]

Introducing The Rising Down by @alexhharris, a luminous feat of time travel, chronicling lives in a Sussex landscape.

Coming March 2024 and available to pre-order now, with signed copies available from @CityBooksinHove: https://t.co/OkoerUZTCV

[Wycombe Museum @WycombeMuseum]

Here's another look at the very exciting project we've working on behind the scenes in the last few weeks...

We have a huge amount of artefacts in our collection that due to space limitations we can't show in our galleries.

[Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC @WoodlandersL]

This is terrific news!

[Wycombe Museum @WycombeMuseum]

Some very exciting things are happening behind the scenes this week at Wycombe Museum… a large part of our collection lives in storage away from our Priory Avenue site, and right now it’s on the move!

We’re looking forward to behind able to share more soon…

[Chalk Cherries and Chairs Team @ChilternsCCC]

Our #InTheirOwnWords videos explore the past lives of Chilterns' people.💔Caning Girls’ Song tells of a young man whose heart was broken by a pretty caning girl. https://t.co/JgarePbnG7
@WoodlandersL @heritagefunduk

[Chalk Cherries and Chairs Team @ChilternsCCC]

#ThanksToYou players of The National Lottery our #chalkcherriesandchairs scheme is connecting people to the wildlife and heritage of the #centralchilterns We have enhanced habitats and wildlife, engaged young people, discovered hidden heritage crafts, and more!
@HeritageFundUK

[Richard Holt - Holt's Family History Research @holtsfamilyhis1]

Some good news from the GRO re: Digital Images. Deaths are now available to 1957 (previously went up to 1887). #GRO #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #LocalHistory @AGRAGenealogy @APGgenealogy @RegQualGenes @BALHNews @OnePlaceStudies @SocGenealogists @OneNameStudies

[Wycombe Museum @WycombeMuseum]

We're so pleased to welcome expert straw plaiter Veronica Main @HatPlait to the museum next Sunday 19th November to talk all about this special endangered craft.
Tickets are free, and it's a chance to get a copy of Veronica's brand new book signed!
Book: https://t.co/uLZw2HJHDe

[Wycombe Museum @WycombeMuseum]

We've got two vacancies at the museum we're taking applications right now - including an Assistant Curator post for an exciting new project that we'll be announcing more details for soon.

Applications are open until 26th November.
Full details: https://t.co/0R35S73BnR

[Chilterns National Landscape @ChilternsNL]

Ever wondered what life in the Chilterns was like the 1900s? 

Our @ChilternsCCC programme produced #InTheirOwnWords - stories about the lives of real people who lived and worked in the Chilterns in the 19th and 20th centuries.

⬇️ Watch now ⬇️

https://t.co/hacNlKw5Bx

[Chalk Cherries and Chairs Team @ChilternsCCC]

👏Friday 20 October saw the end of the volunteering aspect of our Woodlanders's Lives project with a wonderful and warming celebration of their hard work at @WycombeMuseum
More: https://t.co/ECmU0AI3ey
@chilternsaonb @heritagefunduk #heritageproject #volunteering @WoodlandersL

[Woodlanders Lives and Landscapes @ChilternsCCC @WoodlandersL]

Don’t miss this!

[Wycombe Museum @WycombeMuseum]

Interested in straw plaiting?

Once employing tens of thousands of people in the UK alone - and a particular specialty of the local area - the craft is now listed as Critically Endangered on Heritage Craft’s Red List.