Menu

  • About Us
    • What we do
    • Volunteering
    • Events
    • Talks and Tours
    • Our Blog
    • History of the Trust
    • Churks, Clidgy & Doodle-Dashers Third Edition – Now for sale online!
  • Industrial Heritage
    • Engineering
    • Shipping
    • World Heritage Status
  • Collections
    • Introduction
    • Collection Highlights
    • Oral History Collection
    • Pre-history
    • Exhibitions
      • Previous exhibitions
      • Online exhibitions
    • Hayle Community Archive
    • Conservation
  • Educational Resources
    • Maps & Trails
  • Visit Us
    • Getting here
    • Facilities and access
    • Shop
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Hayle Heritage Centre

Visit Us For Free!
Closed until further notice
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • About Us
    • What we do
    • Volunteering
    • Events
    • Talks and Tours
    • Our Blog
    • History of the Trust
    • Churks, Clidgy & Doodle-Dashers Third Edition – Now for sale online!
  • Industrial Heritage
    • Engineering
    • Shipping
    • World Heritage Status
  • Collections
    • Introduction
    • Collection Highlights
    • Oral History Collection
    • Pre-history
    • Exhibitions
      • Previous exhibitions
      • Online exhibitions
    • Hayle Community Archive
    • Conservation
  • Educational Resources
    • Maps & Trails
  • Visit Us
    • Getting here
    • Facilities and access
    • Shop
You are here: Home / Our Blog / General News / Generous public donations enable Heritage Centre to acquire rare item

Generous public donations enable Heritage Centre to acquire rare item

  March 31, 2017    Daisy Culmer

Thanks to generous public donations last year, Hayle Heritage Centre has been able to acquire a Victorian Officer’s full dress tunic which belonged to Lieutenant Colonel William Lueg Harvey of the 2nd battalion DCLI.

Lieutenant Colonel Harvey's Dress TunicLieutenant Colonel Harvey was one of the Harvey’s of Hayle, a family renowned for engineering expertise. The Harvey family built up a foundry and engineering empire in the town that came to be known and respected worldwide; Harvey’s Foundry were responsible for the biggest steam engines ever built). Hayle Heritage Centre now occupies the historic Harvey’s Foundry Offices.

Hayle Heritage Centre was able to buy the outfit at auction due to generous donations from visitors to the Centre last year. Laura Walton of Hayle Heritage Centre stated:

We have very few personal items relating to the Harvey family and named clothes are extremely  rare. This item is not only beautiful but it has full provenance that proves it belonged by Lieutenant Colonel Harvey.”

Lieutenant Colonel Harvey was born in 1858 and served with the DCLI (Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry). He went on to complete an Egyptian expedition in 1882 and served in the South African War 1899-1902. In 1901 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO); a DSO is awarded for officers showing exemplary conduct in combat.

The uniform is in need of remedial conservation work but will be on display temporarily when the Heritage Centre centre re-opens to the public on the 12th April (11am-4pm).

The Heritage Centre has undergone a major re-hang over the winter months and now offers new displays (showcasing our growing collection of objects relating to Hayle) and family interactives, as well as two new exhibition areas to explore.

We are celebrating our new look with a coffee and cake morning on the 12th and a family friendly craft workshop in the afternoon.

The Heritage Centre will also be open on Saturday the 15th of April with free craft activities for children and a Easter Egg hunt from 11am-3pm.

  General News    Collections, Collections Management, Harvey's of Hayle, Heritage Centre, Military History, Obejcts, Public Donations, Social History

Primary Sidebar

Blog Categories

  • General News (19)

Recent Blog Posts

  • My Duke of Edinburgh Award and beyond…
  • The Power of Cataloguing
  • Visit to the PZ Conservation Studio
  • Why mould is not fond of freezers
  • My work experience week at Hayle Heritage Centre

Our Contact Details

Hayle Heritage Centre
Harvey’s Foundry Trust
John Harvey House,
24 Foundry Square
Hayle, Cornwall,
TR27 4HH

Tel: 01736 757683
Email: enquiries@hayleheritagecentre.org.uk

Opening Times

In light of government advice regarding the Coronavirus, we will be closed until further notice.

Check our Facebook and Twitter pages, or give us a call in advance of visiting.

Footer

Contact Us

Hayle Heritage Centre
Harvey’s Foundry Trust
John Harvey House,
24 Foundry Square
Hayle, Cornwall
TR27 4HH

Tel: 01736 757683
Email: enquiries@hayleheritagecentre.org.uk

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter

OUR LOCATION

Content © Hayle Heritage Centre
Hayle Heritage Centre is owned by Harvey’s Foundry Trust. The Trust is a UK Registered Charity no. 1112920
Privacy Policy | Cookie Policy

Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund

Website Sitemap | Admin
Website designed & developed by Fibonacci Designs