yup, I did a lot of work for the Mus at the time and after, the library
upstairs survived undamaged, but the near 80% humidity, dust and damp
everywhere after the flood meant all the papers and books had to be taken
away in a hurry to a secure dry store, courtesy of the kind folk at the
National Maritime Museum at Falmouth, and the books and papers returned last
Spring; just about the only library-related textual material that was lost
in the flood was some duplicate magazines that were in the downstairs
storeroom, which was completely flattened by the floodwaters, and
(ironically) a copy of the JSM2, that was in the admissions booth
downstairs, as the person on duty was reading it (I have since gifted them
another copy of that)
for full info go to the museum site, click on their blog link and keep on
going backwards for a full re-telling of the flood and how they got back in
business after it
dave e
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Holland" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Technical q?
> As far as I know, all the archives and Graham's incredible book collection
were
> ok, being on the first floor. The flood just went through the exhibition
on the
> ground floor, causing a lot of damage, but surprisingly little loss.
>
> > But would it have survived at Boscastle??
> >
> > Alan
> >
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