We had such a fantastic time for Heritage Open Days and Castlegate Festival.
Between the 11th and 20th September we welcomed 382 visitors through our doors with the help of 12 fantastic volunteers. They came for:
- 14 tours,
- 3 drop-in Memory Cafes,
- 1 architect’s talk with Evans Vettori Architects about our future plans,
- 1 rehearsal from Sheffield Music Hub’s Senior Orchestra and Hallam Sinfonia,
- 2 Concerteenies babies’ concerts,
- uncounted numbers of biscuits and cups of tea!
Our visitors included:
A baby, only 3 weeks old, coming to their first ever concert.
A little girl and her family popping in because the door was open and finding our hall is a brilliant place to spin in.
A father and son hearing the music played by 42 young musicians drifting across the tram bridge calling them to find out what’s going on.
An 86 year old on a tour telling us that when she was 5, King George gave her a chocolate bar and a peppermint stick when he came to Sheffield after the war. She’ d never seen chocolate before and she kept it pristine for years.
People told us their memories of working with Joe Cocker, watching Fanny Cradock present cookery demonstrations, eating all they could at the buffet, hanging out on the dancefloor waiting for their crush and even that they visited before they were born when their mum was pregnant with them in 1967!
We’re building an archive of social history connected to Canada House.
