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Fred Saunders – the ‘Gardening Club’ expert
Developing a career in horticulture takes more than just a passion for plants; you also need plenty of hard work and dedication! Archive Volunteer, Tony Bucknall, shares the inspiring story of Fred Saunders, a man who overcame a tough start in life to become a successful horticulturalist and TV personality. During the 1960s, Fred Saunders…
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GKN: Creating an exhibition
Ever wondered how we create our house exhibitions? Our curator, Henrietta Lockhart, takes you behind the scenes of our latest exhibition, which showcases the history of Guest, Keen and Nettlefold (GKN), one of the UK’s greatest steel producers and tool manufacturers of the twentieth century. Our GKN exhibition has now opened on the first floor,…
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Tolkien and Winterbourne
The name Tolkien has a long association with Birmingham. The writer J. R. R. Tolkien spent some of his childhood nearby and many local landmarks have been linked to locations in The Lord of the Rings. However, at Winterbourne we have an object that demonstrates a different kind of creativity in the Tolkien family; our…
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A catalogue of treasures
In our Collections Centre at Winterbourne, we have a room dedicated to archival material relating to Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds (GKN). I have been working on a catalogue of items manufactured by a subsidiary of GKN called Joseph Sankey & Sons, dated March 1905. Sankey’s came into being when Samuel Joseph Sankey bought out the…
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Day in the life of an archive volunteer
Claire Young, who has been volunteering at Winterbourne for over a decade, gives us an insight into her work, from her very first day to the present. I’ve been a volunteer in the archive group at Winterbourne for over ten years, joining the original team when extra help was needed to transcribe several of Margaret…