The Edwardian Village Shop Has Reopened

We are very pleased to announce that the Edwardian Village Shop in the Seaford Museum has reopened. Now renamed as Lamberth and Early the shop has undergone a complete rebuild and reorganisation, due to extensive water damage and rot.

Early in 2019 we realised that what we hoped was just a little leak above the existing shop was far more serious water penetration that had rotted the walls of the entire shop. Carefully, we removed the many hundreds of exhibits from the Shop and our ‘Heavy Gang’ of volunteers set to work stripping out, removing and replacing the damaged woodwork. The work was considerably interrupted by the first COVID lockdown and it wasn’t until September last year that the framework started to come together.

Tragedy struck in October last year when Tony Lamberth – one of the driving forces behind the project – passed away suddenly. Tony had been a long-standing and invaluable volunteer at the Museum and his presence is missed by everyone at the Museum.

Work continued through the autumn and a decision was made to change the name of the Shop to Lamberth and Early in honour of Tony and his hard-working colleague Brian Early.

As we all remember, 2020 was punctuated with periods of lockdown that interrupted all our lives, and the work at the Museum was no exception. Full-scale work was not able to resume until early this year.

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With a new shop front, counter and talking models, our Edwardian Shop was ready to meet the world and was unveiled just a few weeks ago. As Jane Keel, Museum Chairman commented at the time: ‘Out a bit of a disaster has come the opportunity to renew and improve one of our outstanding and popular exhibits. The shop will remain a lasting monument to Tony, Brian and all the other craftsmen who worked so diligently during a very difficult time. We are proud of you.’

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