Outreach Review for
September 2018
This year has been a
disappointing year from the outreach point
of view. The lack of support for events has
lead to either cancellation or an event
being covered by a single person ( have you
tried erecting a gazebo on your own?)
Only one person has
offered to organise one of the events thus
relieving the outreach coordinator for the
day. Yes we have received some help at
events but again it is the same few faces
year on year.
To bring everyone up
to date with the current situation here is a
brief outline of the outreach
sub-divisions:-
Local Fetes and
Fayres
This year we have continued to support local
fetes and attended Churt, Frensham and
Tilford. As last year, there were others
where we could have been represented if more
volunteers were willing to help, such as
Ewshot, Bourne, Binstead, and so on.
Agricultural
and County Shows
This year RLC were
again invited to the Surrey County Show and
the Findon Sheep Fair.
Surrey County Show
Held 28th May at Stoke Park Guildford.
Once again this year
we were granted a prime site backing on to
the main arena. This year the theme of the
show was the First World War, we decided to
demonstrate the use of animals at war. Using
some of our display models from the museum
and some information sheets we introduced a
”Kid’s Quiz sheet” This required the
children to read the information sheets and
answer the questions.
Findon Sheep Fair
We accepted an
invitation to attend this year,s show back
in March. No further communication was
received from them ( entry passes etc.) It
was assumed that we had not been accepted.
This was not followed up as it would have
required yet another event covered by just
one person.
One-Off
attendance at other events
Most years, it seems,
we are asked to attend specific events. This
year was no exception with an invitation to
take part in the Great Cockrow railway
Golden Jubilee in Chertsey on the 7th July.
Evening Talks
In January an evening
was spent with Farnham Ladies Club. After a
short introduction about RLC they were
invited to guess the use of a number of
artifacts taken along. This proved very
popular and, as a result, three more
bookings have been accepted from other
groups for 2019
Other events
attended by Rustics
Peter Mitchell his
son Charlie together with Andy Thompson are
keen owners of stationary engines and as
such attend various shows with their
machines. They have, over recent years,
always taken RLC programmes and flyers to
these events to hand out to members of the
public that show an interest.
Farnham Carnival
This year Ray Le
Mesurier-Foster had entered the RLC for the
event but forgot to inform the outreach
coordinator. As no one had signed up to help
there was no point in pursuing it further.
Woodies Group
The woodies group of
the RLC do some outreach events in their own
right the largest of which is the Surrey
Hills two day event in September. They do
advertise the RLC and distribute the
programmes.
Ian Parker 18 Sept
2018
Animals at War -
Surrey County Show.