Collection: Flintham Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection history (Collection development policy)

  In January 1990 the contents of the closed village shop at Flintham, Nottinghamshire (White’s Stores) were ‘discovered’. With the agreement of the owner, Miss Muriel White, three successful exhibitions about Flintham village life from 1910-1950 were held, using documents and artefacts found at the Stores. Before her death in 1992 Miss White gave the collection (known as the White Collection) to the newly formed Flintham Society which was granted educational charity status in 1995.

  The Aims and Objectives of the Flintham Society as listed in the Charity Commission’s Basic Register are:

  The education of the public by a) encouraging and fostering an interest in the history and development of Flintham b) the establishment of a museum displaying historical artefacts connected with Flintham and in particular the collection known as the White Collection. To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the inhabitants of Flintham.

  In June 1996 the Flintham Society bought the Reading Room in Flintham, an eighteenth-century Grade II listed building. After completing repairs to the roof, the Society applied in 1997 for a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This was granted and enabled the existing building to be refurbished, an extension to be added in keeping with the original, and the provision of a museum. The museum was opened by Lloyd Grossman 20 May 1999. The Society leases Diocesan land at the side of the Museum, and with the permission of the Diocese of Southwell, has reinstating a pond and landscaped the surrounding area.

  In September 2005, a Community Shop was opened behind the Museum, on land owned by the Flintham Society. The Community Shop is run as a Community Benefit Society by a Steering Group which is separate to the Flintham Society; the two organisations work amicably and well together.

  In May 2009, on the Museum’s tenth birthday, a Weather Garden was opened behind the Community Shop, on land which belongs to the Flintham Society. The Flintham Museum and adjacent garden is providing enjoyable and educationally challenging opportunities for all age groups.

  Source: Collection development policy

  Date: 2017

  Licence: CC BY-NC

• Collection overview (Collection development policy)

  The Collection has two separate parts: a) The White Collection and b) the Flintham Society Collection. Both collections have different acquisition and disposal policies, as follows:

  A. The White Collection consists of the following:

  • documents and artefacts relating to all aspects of retailing at Whites Stores, Flintham,1911-1982. e.g. invoices, accounts, rationing documents, correspondence, shop stock
  • documents and artefacts relating to the White family including their interests and hobbies c.1830-1992. e.g. glass plate negatives, correspondence
  • documents and artefacts relating to various aspects of Flintham life in which the Whites were involved, including e.g., school documents 1874-1941, Home Guard and ARP activities in WWII

  B. The Flintham Society Collection

  As at August 2017, this is a growing collection, and consists of documents and artefacts relating to various aspects of twentieth century and current life at Flintham e.g. Women’s Institute minutes and scrap book, photographs and documents relating to past and present residents, Flintham Recreation Committee china, Flintham Youth Club, house sale particulars.

  Source: Collection development policy

  Date: 2017

  Licence: CC BY-NC