As part of the Memory Maps project several writers contributed pieces for walkers and cyclists or for anyone exploring Essex by car, to guide you round the Essex landscape and to help you gain a sense of place. Some of the trailsl include additional material to support the basic route and places of interest.
Memory Maps: 'A John Nash Walk' by Philip Terry
John Nash first arrived in Wormingford in June 1929, where he and his wife Christine rented a little clapboard bungalow, now no more, which in those days stood next to Worm…
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Memory Maps: 'Braintree to Bovinger: Cycling in the Seventies' by Adrian May
All my friends were wearing denim and no-one rode bicycles except children and old men. My first adult bike came from a jumble in Muswell Hill and cost me forty pence. I co…
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Memory Maps: 'Constable's Other Country' by Jules Pretty
John Constable lived at Dedham in the valley’s lower reaches, and it is to Flatford Mill and Willy Lott’s cottage that many visitors are attracted. Come a few kilometres up…
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Memory Maps: 'Harwich - A Town of Hurry & Business' by Keith Brooke
A walk around historical Harwich and its seafront.
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Memory Maps: About the project
The Memory Maps project is about people and their relationship with place. It is about objects that are associated with particular areas as well as prints and paintings of …
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Edward Bawden Diary
Originally produced in 1953, this charming cloth-covered perpetual diary, with a week to view, features a line drawing by Edward Bawden on every sprea…
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Sat 27 December 2008–Tue 31 December 2013
FAMILY EVENT: Journey across the V&A with fantastic stories, games and multi-sensory materials. Choose from Back-packs, trails or, for the under 5s, an Agent Animal bag.
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