Following our AGM, Ann Crabtree, of Hinckley Museum, will present at talk on the history of the museum, its current activities and the plans for the future. The museum cottages are the most complete example of half-timbered buildings remaining in Hinckley and date from the seventeenth century, being originally a farmhouse. They are of box-frame construction with a tie-beam roof, with brick infill panels of the late 1700s which replaced the original wattle and daub. By the nineteenth century there were three cottages, and these were bought by Colonel Clive Atkins in 1919, restored, and altered to their present appearance between 1927-8. The Hinckley and District Museum has been housed in the cottages since 1996.
Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Free onsite parking.