Gold boar's head Multi-Cache
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A small cache located on the grounds of Bassetlaw Museum, very close to Retford’s bus station.
IMPORTANT: The cache is AVAILABLE only during museum opening hours 10am – 4.40 pm, Monday – Saturday.
If you come by car, street parking is possible but only for up to 30 min (the traffic wardens are very strict!). The closest paid car park is just next to the bus station. This cache is not suitable for wheelchair users.
Maximum stealth will be required, as a part of your search will be carried out indoors. The local muggles are generally very friendly. The location is very pleasant and you will come across some real treasures.
The co-ordinates given are for Bassetlaw Museum,
Coordinates of the final cache are: N (53.AB.CDE), W(0.FG.HIJ). You can fill in the missing numbers by finding the relevant information in the museum displays.
1. On the ground floor in the green drawing room use a touch screen with photographs by S. Pegler. Find the one that shows a royal visit to Retford.
The first two digits of the year of the visit=AB
Alternatively, on a wall panel find a photograph of the drawing room by Stephen Pegler.
The first two digits of the year when the photograph was taken = AB
2. Upstairs find the gold boar's head
J = (the century when the boar's head was made) – 1
3. In the Victorian schoolroom look in the 'Family History of England DIV.IV'
4. Upstairs find out the year when Steetley Colliery was closed. The last digit = C=E=H.
Alternatively, find out the year of The Great Exhibition. The third digit - 2 = C=E=H.
The additional hint is given in case of any troubles with finding the cache, which is a small, plastic container with a log book, a pen and a few nick-nacks.
Good luck!
Amcott House
Built about 1750, and originally called East Retford House, the property was largely remodelled around 1780 when it became known as Amcott House after its owner, who changed his name from Wharton Emerson to Wharton Amcotts upon his marriage to Ann Maria Amcotts.
The house changed hands several times before being occupied by Alfred Pegler, founder of the Northern Rubber Works in Retford. His son Stephen Pegler lived here until 1937. After his death, the house was bought by the district council.
Remarkably, over the last 200 years the building and its fittings have not been greatly altered. The house has a centrally-placed front doorway in the Venetian style. Inside there are some fine Adam-style plaster ceilings with two Italianate wall paintings in the Drawing Room. The main staircase has a wrought iron balustrade. The only structural change to the main house was the building of a conservatory on the half landing in 1881 to house the bathroom.
Stephen Pegler, the last owner of the house, was an amatour photographer. He left a remarkable collection of stereoscopic photographs and autochromes, the first colour images to be produced on glass plates, a process invented by the brothers Lumiere.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
jurer vil pyvzof ba gur srapr
Treasures
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