She remembers the moment the axe fell and she joined 200 colleagues in the HQ's auditorium.
Museum manager Lynda Jackson said: "This amazing building has been here for 400 years and it has so many stories to tell about the people who once lived and worked here – from the visiting circuit judges to their many servants."It's such a familiar sight in Lancaster, so close to the castle, and we want to make sure its history is shared and celebrated."
The grant will help restore the coal and wash sheds and pay towards a small archaeological dig in the south courtyard.It will also support an oral history project which will record people who lived or worked at the Judges' Lodgings before it became a museum in 1975.One of Scotland's most important cinemas has set a date for its reopening, three years after it was almost lost for good.
Edinburgh's Filmhouse will open its doors again on 27 June, after a lengthy campaign to save and refurbish it and guarantee its future.Originally opened in a repurposed church in 1978, the cinema was shuttered following the collapse of its parent charity Centre for the Moving Image.
Since then, the building has undergone a £2m refurbishment that has seen a complete internal refit to the public areas and screens, and "substantial" repairs to the roof and stonework.
The venue will boast a total capacity of 350 seats and the former three-screen cinema will now offer a fourth, seating 24, for private screenings.in May after a "security incident".
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