Gilmanton Historical Society presents Music in My Pockets

GILMANTON IRON WORKS — Three summer programs are scheduled by the Gilmanton Historical Society: Music in My Pockets with Jeff Warner on July 27, History of Gilmanton’s Kitchen Family on August 24, and History of Gilmanton’s Jones’ Mills on September 28. The programs will be held at Old Town Hall in Gilmanton Iron Works, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The season’s opening program, Music in my Pocket, brings Portsmouth musician Jeff Warner using “pocket instruments” like spoons and dancing puppets to show us how American families, before the advent of electricity, gathered around the hearth and entertained themselves with songs and stories. Social hour begins at 7 pm; the program begins promptly at 7:30.

The Society’s Museum, at Old Town Hall, will be open now through August every Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon. Curator Lori Baldwin is working on digitizing much of the collection, beginning with vintage postcards and photographs.

The Society, partnering with the Gilmanton Conservation Commission, is working on development of a farm museum at the Twigg Barn on Meetinghouse Road. It will house the growing collection of agricultural implements.