{"id":468,"date":"2015-09-02T13:46:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T13:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/specialcollections\/?p=52"},"modified":"2015-09-02T13:46:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T13:46:13","slug":"upcoming-heritage-open-day-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/2015\/09\/02\/upcoming-heritage-open-day-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Heritage Open Day Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University is once again taking part in Cheltenham&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heritageopendays.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heritage Open Days <\/a>initiative. This year we&#8217;re offering tours of both Park and Francis Close Hall campuses, where you&#8217;ll be able to find out about the history of the sites and the students who have studies here.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_54\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/park-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-54\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/park-picture.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"The Park Campus\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-54\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Park Campus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Park Campus remains a remarkable example of the early development of Cheltenham\u2019s green spaces. Solicitor Thomas Billings bought the land in 1831 and had ambitious plans to open the \u201cGloucestershire Zoological, Botanical and Horticultural Gardens\u201d to entertain the town\u2019s pleasure-seekers. Today the campus is home to some of our 10,000 students plus a herd of Canada geese. Come along for a tour of the grounds and find out how it\u2019s inhabitants changed from elephants to Ursuline nuns to female trainee-teachers over the years (plus a visit by the Queen Mother!).<\/p>\n<p>Thursday 10 September. Tours 1pm\/ 2pm\/ 3pm from Elwes Reception<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_53\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/fch-picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-53 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/specialcollections\/specialcollections\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/04\/fch-picture.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"FCH picture\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-53\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francis Close Hall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Francis Close Hall campus is one of Cheltenham\u2019s best examples of a Victorian-Gothic building. Opened in 1850, it originally housed 39 male teacher-training students at Cheltenham Training College. Today FCH is one of the University of Gloucestershire\u2019s thriving campuses for our 10,000 students. Come along for a behind-the-scenes tour of this Cheltenham landmark and discover what life was like as a student over the past 165 years. Who was Francis Close? Who burnt down part of the campus in 1914? Just how many ghosts are there at FCH?<\/p>\n<p>Friday 11 September. Tours 1pm\/ 2pm\/ 3pm from the Chapel<\/p>\n<p>To book email archives@glos.ac.uk or call 01242 714851<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University is once again taking part in Cheltenham&#8217;s Heritage Open Days initiative. 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