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Constantine Heritage Centre

Constantine Heritage Centre is a small museum and local history outreach project, based in Constantine, Kerrier, Cornwall.

The Constantine History Society, notably, Ronnie Rashleigh and Gerald Trethowan, had collected a large quantity of potential museum objects. A Heritage Lottery Fund grant enabled the construction of an annexe to the former Methodist Chapel, in Fore Street. It is now known as "The Tolmen" and run as a community and arts centre. The Centre opened in June 2005.

A dedicated team of volunteers assembled display equipment, objects and funding to present the local history of the village to its community and schoolchildren, with advice from the Royal Cornwall Museum.

The themes currently on display are:

• "Between a rock and a hard place" (Granite quarrying),
• "Food for though" (Agriculture and what we ate),
• "Butcher, baker and shoemaker" (Trades in old Constantine),
• "Game, set and match" (Sport and games in Constantine)

and

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The Heritage Centre welcomes visits from local schools and arranges events for adults, every few months.

Gallery

• 
  AA Wall-Plaque, used for stone-throwing practice by local lads.
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  Band of Hope Banner.
• 
  Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Banner.
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  Honour Boards from Ponjeravah School.
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  Display on "Food for thought".

References

[[Category:Museums in Cornwall]] [[Category:Local museums]] [[Category:History museums]] [[Category:Cornish culture]] [[Category:Visitor attractions in Cornwall ]] +++