Community directory

Baldock Museum and Local History Society

* Location:
Baldock Museum, Baldock Town Hall, Hitchin Street, Baldock, Hertfordshire SG7 6AX.

* Opening Times:
Wednesday from 11.00am to 1.30pm
Sundays - 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Groups may visit at other times by appointment.

* Admission:
25p for adults

There is a permanent display on the history of the town from Roman times to the present. There is a temporary display (ends May 2008) called 'The Archaeology of the Baldock Bypass' explaining the discoveries made along the route including part of the site of a medieval leper hospital. The centrepiece of the display is the horn of an aurocks and huge prehistoric ox.

From May 2008 there will be a display on the Kayser Bondor Factory in Baldock showing some of the Museum's collection of products and ephemara. It will explain why the factory was built and how it became the centre of a worldwide company, the largest manufacturer of hosiery and lingerie in the Commonwealth and Europe.

The Museum has a number of local history publications for sale.

There are five talks organised for 2008:

* Thursday 24th January: 'Norton from Anglo-Saxon times to the Dissolution of St Albans Abbey' - by Deborah Giles.

* Thursday 13th March: 'Keeping the Peace; Law and disorder in medieval Baldock' - by Brendan King.

* Thursday 22nd May: 'Baldock's Brewers 1750-1850' - by Jane Tunesi.

* Thursday 24th July: 'Local Archaeological discoveries, through metal detecting - by Dave Mance and Clive Leader.

* Thursday 25th September: AGM, buffet and quiz evening.

* Thursday 27th November: 'Archaeology of Baldock Brewery Site' - by David Hillelson.

All talks start at 8.00pm in the Community Centre, Simpson Drive, Baldock, Hertfordshire SG7 6DH. Everyone welcome, non-members £1.00.

The Society researches, records, presents and promotes the history of Baldock and its locality and collects and displays items of local historical interest.

* Membership costs:
Family - £5.00
Individual - £3.00

Members have free entry to the talks and to the museum and receive two newsletters a year. Please contact for further details.

Registered charity number 1092535