The opening of Cragside by HRH the Duke of Gloucester IV June MCMLCCIX
by or after Sheila Pettit
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
370 mm (Width); 313 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Cragside
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1232879
Summary
One of sixteen Restoration Record Books created by Sheila Pettit, former Historic Buildings Representative for the National Trust. A scrapbook with silver fabric covers and black pages, with layers of protections between pages. This book commemorates the opening of Cragside by HRH, Duke of Gloucester. There are black and white photographs by Turner’s of Newcastle, brown, sepia photographs of attendees, all annotated by Sheila Pettit. As well as photographs by Alastair Storrar of the opening speeches, guests milling about and tree plantings. There is a copy of an early guide leaflet stuck in. There are large black and white photographs from several newspapers, annotated by Sheila Pettit, from the Newcastle Journal and the Berwick Advertiser.
Makers and roles
by or after Sheila Pettit, creator