Heritage Open Days 2010
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Once again
Chester DFAS was asked to volunteer to steward for Heritage Open Days at
St. Mary’s Centre this
September. This beautiful church with its vivid stained glass, splendid
monuments and brightly decorated roof does not encourage the enquiring
visitor to peer behind its curtains.
However, there was a wonderful
NADFAS display to distract the eye and inform the mind, put on by our
hardworking ChesterDFAS committee, as well as displays mounted by
Chester History and Heritage and the Chester Civic Trust.
There were
the Hardman photographs and an interesting mix of photographs of bygone
Chester : just a taster of the large collection held by the History
Centre at St. Michael’s, in the city centre.
The visitor
would have left with a comprehensive knowledge of what NADFAS is and
does. There were boards
explaining where the volunteers worked and examples from Church
Recording, sewing for the Museum, mention of the Garden Recording
project, photographs of work at the Record Office, and a couple of the
Cathedral kneelers.
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Despite the
poor weather and the Race crowds, we had a steady number of visitors who
all seemed to enjoy themselves, making the two day event memorable for
us all.
Helen Thomas.
