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Melissa Linsey
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Museums, archives, learning and supporting others
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We're recruiting for trustees with the following skills:
- staff and volunteer welfare
- operations and safety
- IT support
If this is you and you are looking for a great team of fellow volunteers then check out the role descriptions at:
dacorumheritage.org.uk/support/volu...
April 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
And it’s official
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April 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Are you Dacorum Heritage’s new museum assistant?

There’s just one more week left to apply.

Please follow the link for full details

dacorumheritage.org.uk/news/are-you...
March 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I got asked a few months ago how a certain church could become more inclusive. I mentioned text font, size & background on slides, sound issues, neurodiversity, choice of words & phrases … they still don’t get it
March 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Are you Dacorum Heritage's new Museum Assistant?
2 days (15 hours) per week
£25,000 pro rata
Check out the website for more information on the role and how to apply. dacorumheritage.org.uk/.../are-you-...
Deadline for applications: Friday 28th March 2025
February 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My dad’s been telling me about his great aunt Ella tonight - showed me the documentation that proved Ella was short for Cinderella. Apparently her Prince Charming was a bank manager.
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February 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Loving this, seeing @sachacoward.bsky.social represented at Guildford Library and hearing about how much the team loved having him at the library recently
February 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Social capital ‘is the cake, not the icing’ of a strong, well functioning economy. “It’s the things that make places, really: those parks, those youth clubs, those sports facilities, those #libraries and museums." #LibrariesChangeLives
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If Rachel Reeves wants growth, improved community cohesion could be essential | Heather Stewart
A new paper has found that social capital ‘is the cake, not the icing’ of a strong, well functioning economy
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January 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
January 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I mean how can you say no to this face? NewYear well-being with a weekend of borrowing some of the family dogs
January 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
That unexpected pleasure when the coffee & pee stop turns out to also be a brush museum. 😀 The Brush and Broom on the A303 is gorgeous though I’m having to resist buying the beautiful goat hair round brush - can you ever have enough conservation brushes 🤔?
January 11, 2025 at 11:05 AM
2024 was … well … it happened. Wishing an amazing, joyous and fabulous 2025 to all of us.
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December 31, 2024 at 10:44 PM
There are many people that I need to thank for their support, understanding & patience this year. You know who you are - plus a special thank you to NHS Talking Therapy, Richmond Fellowship/Waythrough & Women’s Aid.
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December 30, 2024 at 6:08 PM
So the virus I picked up last month that wasn’t Covid … turns out it actually was 🤣 almost 5 years and it’s the 1st time that I’ve knowingly had Covid
December 18, 2024 at 6:43 PM
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We are so excited to present this short animation, made by Chocolate Films about the old Ovaltine factory in Kings Langley.

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The film is part of Dacorum Heritage’s ‘Ovaltine in Dacorum’ Project, funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social & Garfield Weston Foundation
Ovaltine in Dacorum
YouTube video by Dacorum Heritage Trust
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December 11, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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Auditing the collection takes a long time ... especially when we have a drawers and boxes full of artwork and advertising to go through that capture our imagination.

This photo does not do justice to the detail, creativity and skill that the Ovaltine artists of Kings Langley poured into their work.
December 6, 2024 at 1:28 PM
So with a new role as Museum Manager of Dacorum Heritage, I’ve made the first official post on this platform for the museum today.
It's #nationalillustrationday2024 and coincidentally John, one of our volunteers, has been working through a drawer full of Ovaltine advertising materials.

This illustration is one of thousands that we hold at Dacorum Heritage. It particularly caught our eye due to the current weather.
November 29, 2024 at 4:23 PM
It’s world compassion day - it’s easy for us to be compassionate to others. It’s harder to be compassionate to ourselves. Remember that you deserve kindness too.
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November 28, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Hello! I guess it’s time to find my fellow ex-twitter peeps and discover new museums, archives, libraries and museum educators to say hello to.
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November 18, 2024 at 9:06 PM