[Atarah]

Originally Posted by Atarah

Hi, will search it out and photograph it for you odders.

Back to the museum exhibits, its possible that some of the original items in the museum, apart from gifts off local people, CAME FROM THE MUSEUM IN THE PEEL PARK HOTEL! Yes folks! The Peel Park. A Mr Greenwood seemed to have started the first museum in Accrington! Must have a dabble and find out more about this chappie!

In 1881 exhibits were being sold off after the death of "Mr Greenwood". His daughters were selling off "The Public House with the excellent bowling green, good dwelling house and extensive pleasure gardens" and also "an important sale of the valuable collection of rare and ancient curiosities" collected by the late Mr James Greenwood. Just look at the items listed on the sale details. Bet some of them survived and are now in the Haworth, behind the scenes!

I would like to think some of our "learned men" of the time had the sense to purchase and keep until the town had the museum in Oak Hill Park.

Even back in 1881 we had a museum!!!!!!

How sad to hear. Could have included some of these items from way back in 1881