Heritage Day

Waitangi Day, 6 February. is always Heritage Day at Brayshaw Park, the home (to us) of Bobbin Cottage, known otherwise as Beavertown Hall.  Many groups are housed in the Park and normally meet in their own times and in their own ways, with not much interaction between them. But on Heritage Day all groups are asked to be present and open to the public, preferably with demonstrations of their particular craft. These range from fire engines, trucks and tractors, vintage cars, model boats and railway etc to genealogy, rock and mineral, creative fibre groups and, of course, the Marlborough Museum. Each year the activities seem to grow and the numbers of people coming to investigate grow as well. This year was no exception and I expect the lovely summer weather helped.

Our weaving loom was carried outside and came in for a lot of interest. Here is Alice, enthusiastically trying her hand at weaving.