Museum director resigns
THE director of the River & Rowing Museum in Henley has resigned.
Sarah Posey, who was appointed in June 2018, will leave at the end of the month. She says she has enjoyed her time in post.
Louise Wymer, a rower and former trustee, will lead the senior management team, until a new director is appointed.
Dr Posey, 57, who lives in Greys Road with her husband Nigel Worlidge, was previously curator at the Museum of Mankind in London and head of collections, interpretation and learning at the Royal Pavilion and Museums of Brighton and Hove.
She took the job in Henley with the aim of attracting more visitors and hired a market research firm to find out more about what local people wanted.
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THE director of the River & Rowing Museum in Henley is to step down at the end of the month.
Sarah Posey, who was appointed in June 2018, announced her resignation this week but says she has enjoyed her time in post and will continue to support the museum in years to come.
The search for a replacement will begin soon and in the meantime Louise Wymer, a rower and former trustee, will lead the senior management team.
Dr Posey, 57, who has been living in Greys Road with her husband Nigel Worlidge, was previously curator at the Museum of Mankind in London and head of collections, interpretation and learning at the Royal Pavilion and Museums of Brighton and Hove.
Tributes to loyal veteran known for tireless charity work );
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TRIBUTES have been paid to a former president of the Royal British Legion’s Henley and Peppard branch, who died last month.
Brigadier Malcolm Page MBE, who was 94, was praised for his commitment to the community and charity work during his funeral service at Reading Crematorium.
Only a small group of family, friends and well-wishers could attend the humanist ceremony because of social distancing regulations but it was broadcast online.
Mourners included his sister Yvonne Meachen and her children, Kate Osbourne and Stephen Meachen, as well as branch president John Green, Brig Page’s immediate successor Lt Col Peter Blaker and Henley Mayor Ken Arlett.
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THE former president of the Royal British Legion’s Henley and Peppard branch has died.
Brigadier Malcolm Page MBE, who was 94, had stepped down for health reasons in January 2019.
He lived in Henley for most of his life and was awarded the town medal for exceptional contribution to the community in 2011.
He served the Legion, which organises the annual Poppy Appeal, for more than a quarter of a century. In 1982 he founded the Henley-Borama Friendship Association, which maintains a link with the Somalian city and organises cultural exchange visits.
Brig Page’s military career spanned more than 30 years and he attained his rank while serving in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in the Seventies.
Rowing memorabilia collector leaves museum trustees );
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Thomas Weil, who is an American collector of rowing memorabilia, has served since 2001.
He has made two major donations of objects to the museum, once in 2003 and again in 2013.
Mr Weil, who lives in Connecticut, said: “I have tried to build a collection that celebrated the legacy of this transformative sport and it is a great privilege to have found a home for so many of those treasures at the museum.”
The Thomas E Weil Collection comprises rowing art, memorabilia and literature, largely relating to Great Britain but including various international pieces. About 1,500 items the collection are at the museum with around 50 star items currently on display in the International Rowing Gallery.