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Tomorrow! Saturday 10th June, join us for craft cl

Tomorrow! Saturday 10th June, join us for craft club where we’ll be making tiny cottages of our very own. This collage workshop is suitable for all ages, and is included in your admission fee.
Drop in between 1&3pm to take part.
😊
Please note - as this takes place in our exhibition space, access to our Ethel Rudkin exhibition may be limited during busy times. Thank you for your patience!
#familyfriendly #kidsinmuseums #lincolnshire

Join us on Saturday 10th for Craft Club! We'll be

Join us on Saturday 10th for Craft Club! We'll be making some of our very own collage cottages.
Included in your admission fee - Adults £3.50, Children £2, Family £10. @heartoflincs #lincolnshire #familyfriendly #familycrafts

'I am lucky that I got to see how Mrs Smith used t

'I am lucky that I got to see how Mrs Smith used to live' reads this week's note #FromThePromiseWall. It is such a privilege to see all 102 years of Mrs Smith's life in perspective, and there is so much to be learnt from her life. From becoming a single woman homeowner at the age of 29 in 1922, to fighting the council's bid to demolish the cottage in the 1960s, she took nothing for granted.
#MrsSmithsCottage #lincolnshire #navenby #cottagemuseum

Why not pop the kettle on and get settled in to re

Why not pop the kettle on and get settled in to read our newsletter, and catch up with our upcoming events? Though your kettle may look quite different to Mrs Smith's!
Head over to our website via the link in our bio, and click 'news'.

Join us on Friday 9th to 'paint the garden' with o

Join us on Friday 9th to 'paint the garden' with our NavenBees #ToddlerGroup. In this messy session we'll be capturing all the colours of the garden on our very own canvases, and seeing how our plants have grown so far! #navenby #lincolnshire @heartoflincs

Volunteers Week is every week at Mrs Smith's Cotta

Volunteers Week is every week at Mrs Smith's Cottage! Whether they're guiding visitors around the cottage, keeping the garden growing, or preparing crafts for our toddler group - we couldn't do it without you. Thank you 🥰
Heart of Lincs #volunteersweek #lincolnshire

'Stamp duty - now I know what it means literally'

'Stamp duty - now I know what it means literally' says this weeks visitor note #FromThePromiseWall - just like on this invoice here.
Mrs Smith worked for the Holmes family of Navenby for many years, and here you can see they did almost everything the village would have needed. This invoice is a rather somber one, regarding the funeral of Mrs Smith's adoptive brother, Fred Barrand.

Visit the cottage Friday-Monday 12-4 to find out more about them.

Content Warning : this is not a good post for anyo

Content Warning : this is not a good post for anyone with trypophobia! Fortunately, it’s a very good post if you’re a bug looking for a new home 😊
On Friday our NavenBees toddler group made a #BugHotel of their very own, with natural materials sourced from around the cottage garden and broken canes we could no longer use. These help pollinators like our bees nest for the next year and keep our garden going - can you spot them in these photos? To find out more about our NavenBees #ToddlerGroup, search Facebook for our ‘Mrs Smith’s NavenBEEs’ group.
@heartoflincs #savethebees #beefriendly #cottagegarden #outdoorchildhood

The beauty of the simple life at #MrsSmithsCottage

The beauty of the simple life at #MrsSmithsCottage… come and settle in and see this ordinary yet extraordinary historic home, as though Mrs Smith has popped out for just a moment.
We are open 12-4 Friday-Monday (last entry 3pm) book on our website or call us on 01522811469 #cottagemuseum #cottagelife #cottagecore

'How we live now is normal to us, but peopleback i

'How we live now is normal to us, but peopleback in the day would cherish it' reads this week's visitor note #fromthepromisewall... food for thought.
Mrs Smith is pictured here on the left, circa 1930s.

#lincolnshire #oldhouselove #oldphotographs #cottagemuseum

…and Mrs Smith certainly did! She fought to make

…and Mrs Smith certainly did! She fought to make and keep her happy life at the cottage, refusing to be moved when the council declared it unfit for habitation in 1966. Here she stayed, in her rocking chair by the range or visiting friends and sights in #Lincolnshire and beyond, until she passed in 1995 at the grand age of 102.
Come and learn more about her on our website, or visit us 12-4 Friday-Monday (last entry 3pm) @heartoflincs #cottagemuseum #heritage

This Friday (26th) our NavenBees will be learning

This Friday (26th) our NavenBees will be learning all about creepy crawlies! Join us between 11&12 to make a colourful bug and a bug hotel to take home 😊 We have also been kindly donated a sunflower plant for each of our NavenBees to take home, to see whose can grow the tallest 🌱 £2 per child, adults free.
@heartoflincs #toddlergroup #bughotels #lincoln #lincolnshire #outdoorchildhood

Join us for a guided tour of Mrs Smith's Cottage a

Join us for a guided tour of Mrs Smith's Cottage and of the Navenby Heritage Trail datestones with tea & cake at the cottage. 10:30am start, booking essential via eventbrite : https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mrs-smiths-cottage-tour-navenby-stones-tickets-619078419217?fbclid=IwAR3tjTuQ_EpdlEi9n2KMX3ZM7r12z357ktJmlZNAQMurT8imE0c3u0DYdiw
£4 payable on the day.
@nkwalking

We had a great time today, opening especially to w

We had a great time today, opening especially to welcome a local U3A group to the cottage, and we even managed to arrange some sunshine! If you’d like to arrange a visit outside of our usual opening hours, we can host groups of 8 minimum to a maximum of 24. Get in touch with us on 01522811469 or email mrssmithscottage@n-kesteven.gov.uk to find out more!

@heartoflincs #mrssmithscottage #cottagegarden #lincolnshire #cottagemuseum

This week's visitor note #FromThePromiseWall reads

This week's visitor note #FromThePromiseWall reads:
I've learned to come down the stairs backwards!

So we've brought out a photograph from our archive to show you how Mrs Smith's ladders looked before the restoration - can you imagine, her climbing up here aged 102?

#oldhouselove #localhistory #lincolnshire #cottagelife #cottagehome #cottagemuseum

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