When did she know the game was up? "It's tricky to say when I knew it was going wrong, I was very hopeful to the end. While there was a lot of uncertainty there was a strong pipeline of opportunities."
Mr Spooner, 70, said: "One thing that is talked about a lot today is mental wellness, anxiety, loneliness and isolation. Volunteering at the museum gives people a chance to meet and engage with others."It is a chance to do something worthwhile [and] give something back to the community... You don't need to be an expert on local history – you just need to able to engage with visitors and be enthusiastic."
He added that the museum was "an important pivot for the community, not just for looking back into the past but [for] looking to the future as the town grows".Visitors to the museum can see a wealth of unusual objects, including mobile stocks from 1774 and an early "boneshaker" bicycle.Other exhibits illustrate traditional aspects of Fenland life and the waterways, the railway boom and the wealth of a prosperous 19th Century market town.
The museum is open on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.A city's oldest remaning town house has received nearly £90,000 so it can tell the "hidden stories" of some of the working class people connected to it over the years.
The Judges' Lodgings Museum in Lancaster, which is part of Lancashire County Museum Service, has received a £88,969 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The money will fund a restoration programme, community engagement, and creative interpretation as the historic house celebrates its 400th anniversary and 50 years as a museum."Restarting production of the A-50 is presently highly unlikely, due to difficulties with import substitution and the destruction of production facilities," defence analyst Serhii Kuzan told me.
"As such, every loss of this type of aircraft constitutes a strategic problem for Russia, one it cannot quickly compensate for."Earlier on Wednesday, the SBU offered a brief glimpse into another of Sunday's remarkable features: the use of specially constructed containers, mounted on flatbed trucks, to transport armed drones to sites close to the four Russian airbases.
Two videos show a truck carrying what appear to be two wooden mobile homes, complete with windows and doors.In one video, roof panels are clearly visible. Reports suggest these were retracted or otherwise removed shortly before the attacks began, allowing dozens of drones stored inside to take off.