Category Archives: Traineeship
APF Vintage Section
Yesterday gave the most amazing, terrifying, exciting and humiliating driving experience of my life. I was given the chance to steer an early 20th century Burrell engine to the APF show at Ragley Hall. As someone who has been driving … Continue reading
S E Davis
As I said in my second to last post, I am now at S E Davis, a family run firm in worcestershire (http://www.sedavis.co.uk). One of the passions of the family is vehicles and they have a staggering collection of agricultural … Continue reading
Musings…..
Writing the earlier post made me reflect on my experiences at Shugborough. Although I was pleased with the outcomes, two issues caused me to take longer to refresh the displays than I would have liked. Firstly I started with the … Continue reading
Why the big pause?
Mainly I use them to catch fish …. Sorry for the long delay, a combination of business, technofear and technical issues has stopped me from blogging, no doubt to my own detriment! So, the story so far……. After gaining a … Continue reading
The word of the day is metadata
Well, its been a busy few days, and I promise I’ll post more about what I’ve been up to very soon. Today I am attending the OpenCulture 2012 conference, held at the Oval cricket ground. There is much to be … Continue reading
today i have mainly been….
Today I have mainly been helping with the modification of some of the shelving at the museum resource and learning centre. Several areas have had either new storage units fitted, or existing storage modified. It was an interesting exercise for … Continue reading
Hello world!
Well, it’s hard to know what to say in my very first post in my very first blog, however…. On the 19th of JAnuary this year (2012) I was lucky enough to be offered one of four heritage lottery … Continue reading
Agricultural Curatorial Trainee 