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Alice Havers, 'But Mary Kept all these Things and Pondered them in her Heart', c.1888.

Havers (1850-90), who was originally from Norfolk, exhibited this intense and affectionate portrayal of motherhood at the Royal Academy in 1888 and the Paris Salon in 1889.

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2020-12-25

This must be our favourite Christmas card. We share it every year. Can you blame us? Traditions like these are such a comfort in troubled times. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year. See you in 2021. We've missed you.

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2020-12-23

Get your skates on! Are you racing about preparing for Christmas? We most certainly are. This reminded us of this lovely card, feat. these two energetic young chaps! Who will make it to the finish line first? We love backing the underdog - go go Mr Blue! Strangers' Hall

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2020-12-16

The thought of snow has got us all excited at the museum. We love this addition to our Christmas Card Countdown. Duck! What a cheeky lassie, with her super cute dog. Strangers' Hall

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2020-12-09

For the 4th Day of Time & Tide's Christmas Countdown we have this photograph showing a Christmas display at Palmers Dept Store in 1907.
Alongside this we have this wonderful colouring in sheet which you can download and colour in!

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2020-12-08

It was snowing today as we rushed to the post box just like this fine fellow! The countdown to Christmas has definitely begun! Over the next few weeks we'll be sharing some of favourite images from the collections. Ho ho ho GO!!

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2020-12-05