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Happy St Andrew's Day! Here's a poem fae oor very own Charles Murray tae help ye celebrate.

Caption Time - can you think of a funny clean caption for this photo from the Museum collection? Love to hear your ideas.

National Baking Week starts tomorrow. Why not bake some bannocks or tatie scones or a fine Victoria Sandwich Jist like granny used tae bake?

Press here to give us a change of 1000! It won't cost you anything. Please press! https://www.movementforgood.com/12days/index.php

Don't forget to email us ([email protected]) to ask for a link to the AGM this Thursday (15th October) at 7pm

Are you a Co-op member? have you chosen your local cause yet? If not please consider choosing the Museum. Click here to pick your cause. Thanks. https://www.coop.co.uk/local-causes

Thanks to everyone who made last night so much fun. The Museum is delighted to say we have raised 91 towards Toilet Twinning and had a laugh at the same time.

Toilet Tales Tonight Thursday Nov 19, 2020 07:00 PM Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81261554335 Meeting ID: 812 6155 4335 Passcode: chuntie Free event but donations for Toilet Twinning gratefully received https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Jackie-Ross

Coming soon - Virtual AGM Thursday 15th October at 7.00 Email us to request a link to the AGM - [email protected] Hear about plans for the future of the Museum. Share your ideas. Support this local institution.

Jist twa an a haaf hours til Hamewith Concert on storiesfaethehowe. Be sure in jyne us!Jist twa an a haaf hours til Hamewith Concert on storiesfaethehowe. Be sure in jyne us!

Hamewith Concert tomorrow at 2pm on storiesfaethehowe Facebook page. See you there!

Virtual Hamewith Concert at 2.00pm Sunday 4th October on storiesfaethehowe facebook page. Jyne oor Watch Party tae see aa the braw videos fae Donside loons and quines.

This week should have been our Annual Hamewith Concert to commemorate local poet Charles Murray. We can't do it in person so we are going VIRTUAL! Details of how you can be part of this wonderful celebration of local culture coming soon.

If ye didnae manage tae come tae oor virtualtour last wikend foo nae hae a luikie this wikend? Jist ging tae the website an hae a waak aboot!

Doors Open Weekend is here! Please visit: https://alfordheritagemuseum.com//doors-open-weekend-is-h/

Log in to www.alfordheritagemuseum.com tomorrow and take our Virtual Tour of the Museum. No need to book! No social distancing required! Open any time!

We're collecting stories about school days. Why not share your memories in the box below or send them to [email protected] We'd love to hear them.

Meet the Artefact - Paraffin Iron The Paraffin Irons date were first manufactured in the 1890s and the one pictured is an example of an iron produced by the Tilley Lamp Co. Ltd. The iron is made of metal, with a bakelite handle. Unlike modern day irons, these were not electric and instead gained its heat by burning paraffin. The heat could then be increased by increasing the iron pressure with a pump. These irons were extremely popular when they were released as electricity did not reach rural Aberdeenshire until the 1960s.

School Tales - do you have any stories from your school days? We'd love to hear them - why not leave a comment below. Did you ever get the belt? What did you do in PE? Ever use an ink pen? We're waiting to hear what school was like for you.