INTERESTED IN BECOMING A TRUSTEE?
If you are interested in joining the Board please get in touch.
The people behind the museum
Shoemakers Museum is an independent museum run by a team of dedicated trustees, staff and volunteers. Our vision for a public museum has been made possible through their efforts, generous donor support and the input of experts in design, construction, and footwear history. We are recruiting new team members, if you would like to be involved please read on!
Our Trustees
The Alfred Gillett Trust is a registered Charity. Our Trustees include members of the Clark family and professionals from the business and cultural sector. We welcome new members interested in joining the board.
Cato Pedder
Chair
Published author, researcher, and former newspaper journalist, Cato was born into the Quaker Clark shoe family. She is currently on the comms team of Quakers in Britain, and a trustee of Bristol Quaker Area Meeting. She joined the AGT in 2016 and became chair in 2016
Richard Clark
Trustee
Richard spent his working life in C&J Clark Ltd in shoe making and marketing. He arranged for a family trust to buy the Grange, to give it to AGT and improve and extend it. Richard is involved in many of other trusts maintaining services and green spaces in Street.
Pat Colton
Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee
Pat brings experience of the Clarks business from store manager to Head of Franchise for UKI and Europe. He is also a trustee for St Margaret’s Hospice.
Eleanor Gould
Trustee
Eleanor was born and brought up in Street, Somerset and still has deep roots with the community. Eleanor is a member of the Clark family and has served as a Trustee of Greenbank Pool in the past having lifeguarded there for many years. She currently lives in Bristol and is a Registered Nurse, managing a community health care team and silversmithing in her spare time.
David Hill
Trustee
David is a retired museum professional having held the position of Senior Curator of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. His special interest is palaeontology and he joined the board after a voluntary role working with our fossil collections.
Martin Lovell
Trustee
Martin is a Councillor for Somerset Council, and a Trustee of Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust. A member of the wider Clark family he is involved in many of the Clark family foundations and trusts in Street.
Roger Maslin
Trustee
Roger recently retired as CEO of the Ocean Conservation Trust which operated the UK’s National Marine Aquarium. His career in management and as a finance specialist includes financial directorship and 8 years as Managing Director for Wembley Stadium.
Hugh Pym
Trustee
Health Editor for BBC News, and previously an economics correspondent and writer on politics and finance, Hugh is a member of the wider Clark family.
Kate Rambridge
Trustee
Kate has 23 years’ experience as a specialist in museum interpretation, working at SS Great Britain Trust and as a consultant with other heritage organisations. She values heritage as a space for creativity, community participation, and positive change.
Our Trustees
The Alfred Gillett Trust is a registered Charity. Our Trustees include members of the Clark family and professionals from the business and cultural sector. We welcome new members interested in joining the board.
Cato Pedder
Chair
Published author, researcher, and former newspaper journalist, Cato was born into the Quaker Clark shoe family. She is currently on the comms team of Quakers in Britain, and a trustee of Bristol Quaker Area Meeting. She joined the AGT in 2016 and became chair in 2016
Richard Clark
Trustee
Richard spent his working life in C&J Clark Ltd in shoe making and marketing. He arranged for a family trust to buy the Grange, to give it to AGT and improve and extend it. Richard is involved in many of other trusts maintaining services and green spaces in Street.
Pat Colton
Trustee and Chair of the Finance Committee
Pat brings experience of the Clarks business from store manager to Head of Franchise for UKI and Europe. He is also a trustee for St Margaret’s Hospice.
Eleanor Gould
Trustee
Eleanor was born and brought up in Street, Somerset and still has deep roots with the community. Eleanor is a member of the Clark family and has served as a Trustee of Greenbank Pool in the past having lifeguarded there for many years. She currently lives in Bristol and is a Registered Nurse, managing a community health care team and silversmithing in her spare time.
David Hill
Trustee
David is a retired museum professional having held the position of Senior Curator of the National Museum of the Royal Navy. His special interest is palaeontology and he joined the board after a voluntary role working with our fossil collections.
Martin Lovell
Trustee
Martin is a Councillor for Somerset Council, and a Trustee of Somerset Buildings Preservation Trust. A member of the wider Clark family he is involved in many of the Clark family foundations and trusts in Street.
Roger Maslin
Trustee
Roger recently retired as CEO of the Ocean Conservation Trust which operated the UK’s National Marine Aquarium. His career in management and as a finance specialist includes financial directorship and 8 years as Managing Director for Wembley Stadium.
Hugh Pym
Trustee
Health Editor for BBC News, and previously an economics correspondent and writer on politics and finance, Hugh is a member of the wider Clark family.
Kate Rambridge
Trustee
Kate has 23 years’ experience as a specialist in museum interpretation, working at SS Great Britain Trust and as a consultant with other heritage organisations. She values heritage as a space for creativity, community participation, and positive change.
Our team
Meet our dedicated team! In addition to our office team we are currently recruiting visitor experience hosts to work in our café, shop, ticket and welcome areas to help the museum run smoothly and to ensure our visitors feel at home.
ROSIE MARTIN
Director
Financial, staffing, and strategic management of Shoemakers Museum. Rosie has guided the realisation of Shoemakers Museum project – overseeing the capital development, and creating the exciting new visitor experience.
SAM CULLEN
Museum Manager
The warm welcome and experience you receive as a visitor, educator, community group or guest is down to Sam and her team. She also programmes our events and activities. Behind the scenes, Sam’s team are responsible for the smooth running of museum.
TIM CRUMPLIN
Archivist
Responsible for the care, collections management and research of the Family and Business archives. Tim’s PhD subject was the history of Clarks business. He is our guru on the history of Clarks shoemaking business.
NICKY DOWDING
Collections Manager
Managing the care and interpretation of collections of the Alfred Gillett Trust, the permanent galleries at Shoemakers Museum and its temporary exhibitions, as well as the large stores on and off site.
AL FORSCUTT
Facilities Officer
Caring for Shoemakers Site ensuring things work.
LIZ FOX
Marketing Officer
Press, PR and general enquiries
JULIE MATHER
Archivist
Care of the family history collections and archives
STEPH MOSS
Finance Officer
Financial management, invoicing, and payments
WILL PUNTER
Photographer and Designer
In-house designer, photographer for the AGT including the digitisation of the collections.
LAURA RICHARDS and JONATHAN SAWYER
Assistant Museum Managers
Managing the front of house team, the café, shop, events and visitor experience
JUDETH SAUNDERS
Curator
Care of the industrial history collections and oral histories of Clarks workers
JOIN OUR TEAM?
We are recruiting! Do you enjoy working with people? We are looking for Visitor Services Hosts to give a warm welcome to our visitors. You'll be working in the café, shop, ticket office and galleries. Full and part-time flexible shifts available on a rota £12.60 per hour
Volunteer
Would you like to join a core team of wonderful volunteers? If you would enjoy working in a friendly team helping to engage visitors with Shoemaker stories, this might be the role for you. We are looking for front of house volunteers to help with visitor wayfinding, safeguarding the collections, learning and events.
"I had a day to spare each week to volunteer. I chose Shoemakers Museum because I love history and volunteered in order to learn more about Street's story and Clarks' key role in it. Despite living here for nearly 40 years there's so much to discover! I have always felt welcomed and valued as a volunteer and really enjoy being at the museum. "
Nigel, Shoemakers Museum Volunteer.
