Diary Of Preston Heritage Weekend – Saturday 9th September 2017 Lancashire Archives
@arthurchappell (44941)
Preston, England
September 11, 2017 4:59pm CST
The second free tour of the Preston Heritage weekend was a look behind the scene of Preston’s Lancashire Archives which contains an estimated nine miles of rare documents and photos for students, historians, and general readers.
I got to meet and chat with a restorer as she showed her delicate repair work to a fading 18th century map, slender thread by slender thread. Documents in the archive that were brought out specially for us included a beautifully crafted letter from Queen Elizabeth the First, including the royal seal. I will be joining the archive library myself in the near future.
A lovely tour of an amazing collection of work not accessible through ordinary public libraries.
Arthur Chappell
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
11 Sep 17
How fortunate you are Arthur to be able to see such fine works.
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@teamfreak16 (43650)
• Denver, Colorado
12 Sep 17
Nine miles? That's a lot of history!
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
12 Sep 17
@teamfreak16 it would take much longer to read nine miles than walk it
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@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
12 Sep 17
What extremely skilled work this woman does, she's remarkable!
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