30th Anniversary Celebrations

The Gainsborough Heritage Association has been excited to celebrate its 30th anniversary this year. Celebrations included a special event for dignitaries and volunteers to enjoy and reminisce on the hard work achieved over many years to build and develop a thriving Heritage Centre. Offering free entry to everyone the Centre

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Finished for the day W E Millner 1890

William Edwards Millner – Painter – 1849 to 1895

William Edwards Millner was born in Gainsborough on the 4th of May 1849, he took after his Father and became a very well-accomplished artist, there is not a lot of information about him and most of what is written on the internet and artist sites is often slightly wrong, as

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Gainsborough Heritage Association Celebrates its Thirtieth Anniversary!

The Gainsborough and District Heritage Association is celebrating it’s thirtieth anniversary this year. We would like to thank the volunteers who have worked tirelessly during the last 30 years to create a museum for Gainsborough with a fantastic archive, collection and displays of Gainsborough’s heritage. The story began with a four-day

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Talking THI – Volume 3; Shopfronts

Repointing, overhauling rainwater goods, removing render, repairing and replacing windows….while enhancing the appearance of the buildings, the main purpose of all of these works is to improve the fabric of the building and ensure that that will last for another two hundred years. Replacing the shopfronts, however, is a change

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Talking THI – Volume 2; Pointing

Talking THI – Volume 2; What’s the Point? For each project currently underway, you will have hopefully noticed our Historic Heart Boards on display – there to give a short history of the building, alongside an overview of the work being carried out. For a lot of the THI projects,

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