A couple from Gloucestershire got more than they bargained for when they visited Lymm Heritage Centre recently.
Sally and Graham de Meurs were making a special visit to the Heritage Centre as their family research showed they had several ancestors from the area and they were keen to understand more about them and their lives. The team on duty at the Centre were able to answer many of their questions before revealing that Sally and Graham were the 40,000th visitors since the Centre opened in June 2017. They are pictured above with Centre trustee and volunteer Glynis Allen who presented them with a copy of “Lymm – A Journey Through Time” as a memento of their visit. The Centre received this message from Sally the following day …
“Your help guided us on our next discovery about our family. We can’t thank you enough for the generous time you spent with us, so welcoming and enthusiastic. Thanks for a great visit. It was great to meet you all and to think that our heritage is being looked after so well.
“Thank you so much for the book you kindly gave to us as we were your 40,000th visitors, most unexpected but we know we will enjoy reading it”.
The visit from Sally and Graham came at the end of what had already been a record breaking month. Centre treasurer Patrick Knowles said: “We welcomed over 650 visitors during February, a month when many Centres likes ours are closed for the winter season. People have been coming mainly to see the film produced by Alan Williams that tells the story of the Dunham Embankment and looks at the breach, its likely causes and its potential impact on places like Lymm.”
Lymm Heritage Centre is open 12-4 Thursday to Sunday at 1 Legh St WA130DA Much more information at lymmhic.co.uk including details of the current exhibition – BREACH! detailing the story behind the New Year’s Day breach of the Bridgewater Canal and its consequences.
