I am finally catching up with paperwork after our very successful event on the 30th April. We had 70 people attend Lorna Vahey’s talk on her unique and talented parents, Fred and Zoe. If you couldn’t make it we did manage to record some of it so do drop by the ARC room on a Thursday afternoon between 2-4 to view it. We will also update our website with additional photos and paintings from the presentation, so look out for them.
As you know, we are a not-for-profit group but we do have to find money to pay our rent, broadband, insurance, website service, etc. We are very fortunate to have ongoing support from the three Parish Councils and this year we have had a donation from the Pett Flower Show and the Fairlight Residents Association. However, it helps enormously to show we have the support from individuals from our three communities too. It also means volunteers can spend less time on raising funds and more time on cataloguing the more than 5,000 items we have, which is a time-consuming task.
Remember you can help us in other ways too, such as using any of your past skills as a volunteer, scanning and cataloguing what we have (this can be done from home once you are trained) or sorting through your photos, keepsakes, etc. that show our past history. And, of course, our present history will become our past history!
The ARC is a labour of love to make sure we secure those past images and memories for future residents when we are long gone. Our aim is also to give everyone easy access to those records by opening on Thursday afternoons, or if we can, by request. You are welcome, as a Friend, to browse what we have even if it is not yet catalogued.
If you would like to help us by becoming a Friend, I have attached a membership form.
If you wish to be removed from receiving emails, please also let me know.
Many thanks.
Fran Rogers
archiveresourcecentre@outlook.com
Located at Pett Methodist Church
Tel: 01424 813533 (please leave a message)
www.thearc.uk
