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Museum looks to future with film of events 4,000 years ago
Friday, 30 July 2010
Greg Sadler, chairman of the Eden Access Forum, and Eden Council chairman Joan Raine cut the ribbon watched (left to right) by Judith Clarke, joint museum curator; Annie Hamilton-Gibney, who led the museum’s fieldwalking project; Paul Brunsdon, the council’s architect, who designed the refurbishment; Doug Huggon, Eden’s leisure services manager; and Sydney Chapman, joint curator.
Greg Sadler, chairman of the Eden Access Forum, and Eden Council chairman Joan Raine cut the ribbon watched (left to right) by Judith Clarke, joint museum curator; Annie Hamilton-Gibney, who led the museum’s fieldwalking project; Paul Brunsdon, the council’s architect, who designed the refurbishment; Doug Huggon, Eden’s leisure services manager; and Sydney Chapman, joint curator.

THE Penrith and Eden Museum has reopened following a £75,000 refurbishment with a new state-of-the art display area containing a specially commissioned audiovisual portrayal of prehistoric Cumbria.

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In this week in history 25 YEARS BLENCATHRA
Monday, 26 July 2010
Morland School pupils who pulled off a “grand slam” in football, netball and swimming competitions 25 years ago.
Morland School pupils who pulled off a “grand slam” in football, netball and swimming competitions 25 years ago.

John Peel’s hunting horn was sold by auction at Sotheby’s of London for £5,500. A New York dealer bought the single loop copper horn which was accompanied by a letter authenticating it, written by the elder son of John Peel (1776-1854). The horn was last sold by Sotheby’s in 1951, when it fetched £600. The Blencathra hunting pack were not among the bidders at the auction. Major Phil Davidson, the pack’s joint master, was unaware of the sale until he saw a television news report. “I am sorry I didn’t know something about it earlier,” he said.

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