The first open day on Saturday, May 21st, was a huge success and allowed the general public into the JR for the first time. The first visitors, Doreen and Ken Townsend, had travelled all the way from Buckinghamshire.
Doreen and Ken Townsend outside the Jubilee Room
Over forty people visited the archives during the course of the day, a good response!
Here are some pictures from this event. We were delighted to welcome Carol and Nicholas Bennett who helped to set up the Museum Committee [which became the CDLHS] back in 1973. Also David Littlewood, Conservation Officer from Nottingham County Council and John Parker, Chairman of the Nottingham Local History Association.
We welcomed members of the Collingham Parish Council to the Jubilee Room to thank them for their help in enabling us to develop this facility for our archives.
It was wonderful to show off the refurbished JR to past members of the CDLHS committees, responsible for collecting so many of our archives.
