Mr Alexander cut the ribbon ten years ago when the museum first opened, on November 4, 1998.

The museum, which is situated in the Old Schoolroom of the Methodist Church, has gone from strength to strength over the decade and now has 300 paid-up members.

Joint founder members Michael Whitney and Stewart Sloan started collecting old photographs of the village, documents and many artefacts, from Victorian seed drills to witchert building implements.
From 1988 this collection grew and the opening of the museum in 1998 was the realisation of their dream of a permanent home for their collection.

At the time of the opening, ten years ago, Mr Whitney said: "This opening is the culmination of a tenyear dream. We had a big exhibition in 1988 about Haddenham's history and it was very popular.

"The Methodist Church gave us their old schoolroom to put all the
pieces in. It will be open every Sunday to show visitors what a
wonderful place Haddenham is.

"People don't have enough time for their past nowadays, you have to look back. If you don't have a past you can't have a future."

Last weekend, the museum and Methodist Church was open and visitors were entertained by Haddenham Handbell Ringers and the Haddenham Mummers, while the Whitchert Chorale led a service of Victorian hymns on Sunday.

A video of long lost footage of the King and Queen's visit to Haddenham Airfield during WWII, together with the Millennium DVD was shown.

Talks were made by Alan Rose, chairman of the Haddenham Museum Trust, on 'More Haddenham Murders' and Peter Gulland on 'Modern Haddenham -
the photos you didn't take' were also on the programme.

To mark the occasion, the latest Haddenham Chronicles - No6 - were on sale. Published by the Museum trust, the series of booklets have been
popular. They feature articles about the village researched by local people.