Thursday,
28 August 2025
Anvil rings again at Henry Parkes Museum

Almost like stepping back into the past, our Henry Parkes Museum celebrated the opening of an operational blacksmith shop at its premises on 13 August.

Naming it the Earl Symonds Blacksmith Shop, it was installed on the same site of the previous forge which Earl Symonds had set up after his return from World War II, with tools and machinery commonly used on display including the anvil, bellows and ...

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