Barnaby Gostling
He likes showing people where they have been.
Look closer at the illustration ↗Barnaby painted the museum's model of the old Fenwold ferry himself. It is green, though he can see why someone might call it blue. He made its single bench rather broad, because he was thinking of the people who used to sit on it.
He remembers the real crossing. He never cared to cross standing up, as some people made a point of doing; he preferred the bench, where he could watch the water moving under the landing boards. He remembers the ferryman's warm, broad hand more clearly than the man's coat or hat.
Visitors from other towns often hear about the ferry before they ask. Some listen closely. Some smile and go to see the shells. On the evening of the film, there is one empty case and Miss Vokes has already put a very large shell where he meant his stand to go.
People they know
Miss Vokes · From the illustrated world of Candlebury Miss Vokes
His colleague at the museum
Barnaby and Miss Vokes consider what should go in an empty museum case: his model ferry, her great shell, and what visitors might see in each.
Places in their stories
Fenwold Museum
A town’s keepsakes, looked after when the visitors have gone.
A short scene from here
The green in the brown shellWhat the book doesn’t sayCustoms & details
Stories
Night Round at the Fenwold Museum
Join Barnaby Gostling and Miss Vokes among the museum’s small collections and unfinished questions.
With Barnaby Gostling, Miss Vokes