Shibden Hall, home of Anne Lister: Behind the scenes of a volunteer cleaning day

Yorkshire Post

Richard Macfarlane, Calderdale Museums Manager chats about the volunteer cleaning days at Shibden Hall, home of Anne Lister, who's story was brought to life by the recent Gentleman Jack dramatisation.

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00:00 [wind]

00:12 Good morning, we're here at Shibden Hall today for Volunteer Cleaning Day.

00:16 My name is Richard McFarlane, I'm the Museums Manager for Calderdale Museums.

00:20 During the closed season of winter, we've got lots of jobs to do at Shibden,

00:26 cleaning the entire site, getting it ready for opening again in March.

00:30 So we have volunteers in today doing all sorts of jobs for us,

00:34 sweeping, cleaning, polishing, and getting everything ready for welcoming the public back.

00:39 [footsteps]

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