Carter’s Meadow
Carter’s Meadow Trust looks after a
piece of land that was bequeathed to the village in the 1990s. The
Trust is trying to develop the land in such a way as to encourage
local flora and fauna and also to establish species that have been
lost from the locality while, at the same time, encouraging its use
as a recreational amenity for the community. A Work Party takes
place the first Sunday of each month.
If you are interested in becoming
involved, please contact Chris Tester on 01449 782134 or
email us.
Trowel and Hammer Inn
Mill Road, Cotton IP14 4QL
Tel: 01449 781234
16th century heavily beamed pub with
restaurant using local seasonal produce, bar food and Real
Ales.
Mechanical Music Museum
The museum is a veritable Aladdins cave, full of musical treasures.
The roof rafters are adorned with hundreds of old gramophone
records and horn gramophones.
On the floor beneath, the Organs are
housed – some with their pipes reaching to the rafters. Fairground
organs with the names of their famous makers engraved on them. Reed
organs, barrel organs, player organs and the gigantic cafe
organ.
Next to them, the street pianos
produce their characteristic sound, and the pianolas bring back to
life the music of bygone days.
The smaller instruments are in
abundance to – the musical boxes, polyphons and organettes charm
the listener with their bright tuneful music, and lurking in
corners are the unusual – a musical christmas tree, a musical
chair, nursery toys and much much more….
Also housed in the museum is a mighty Wurlitzer theatre organ which
was built and originally installed by the Rudolph Wurlitzer
Manufacturing Co. in the Stilwell Theatre, Brooklyn, New Jersey USA
in 1926. Three years later it was removed, shipped to England and
installed in the Luxury Theatre in London, built by the legendary
Jack Buchanan, and which was later known as The Leicester Square
Theatre.
If you have an eye for music or the
unusual, why not come and see(and hear) for yourself.
The Museum is open on Sunday
afternoons in June, July, August and September 2:30 - 5:30 pm
www.cottonmusic.co.uk
The Village of Cotton is located
just off the B1113, 6 miles north of Stowmarket, Suffolk.