Tamar Protection Society

18/10/2025

Elliott's Store and Museum and Mary Newman's Cottage have both closed for the season. We will re-open in April 2026 and look forward to welcoming visitors old and new. Thank you to all who have shared the delights of both these heritage properties during 2025. Group visits can still be arranged during the closed season by contacting Gerry Sweet on [email protected]

09/09/2025

The Tamar Protection Society would like to thank all the individuals, families, schools and groups that have visited our heritage properties this season. We have enjoyed showing you around and hope that you similarly had a pleasant and informative visit.

Both Mary Newman's Cottage and Elliott's Store and Museum will close for the season at the end of this month (September) so there are only a few opportunities left for a final visit.

01/05/2025

A Channel 5 documentary maker filmed at Elliott's Store and Museum last month. They spent many hours researching, filming and recording aspects of the change to decimal money, in February 1971. Elliott's provided a perfect location, as the time capsule store has many examples of pre-decimal items, packaging and signage from the days when maths, perhaps, was a "bit harder."
The finished programme will be screened on Sunday 4th May on Channel 5 at 6.30 pm...... entitled: All Change! The Year We Went Decimal. Hopefully Elliott's will be the "Star of the Show."

Elliott's will be open in support of Saltash May Fair on Saturday 3rd May, so why not visit the Store, and also Saltash Heritage [two doors away] and experience times gone by.
Mary Newman's Cottage [Culver Road] will also be open.

24/03/2025

Both our heritage properties will open for the 2025 season on SATURDAY 5th APRIL.
ELLIOTT'S STORE and MUSEUM will be open on Saturdays from 10:00 am until 2:00pm and Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:00pm until 4:00pm. A new exhibition ELLIOTT'S "BUY" GONE DAYS, marking the 30th anniversary of the Tamar Protection Society taking over the property from the Elliott family, can be enjoyed.
MARY NEWMAN'S COTTAGE will be open on Saturdays, Sundays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 noon until 4:00pm.
The Courtyard Cafe at the cottage will serve drinks and light refreshments. Please note we can only accept CASH PAYMENTS at both properties.

18/12/2024

ELLIOTT'S STORE AND MUSEUM will be open on Saturday 21st December from 12.00 noon until 4.00pm. The shop and exhibition rooms have been suitably decorated and mulled wine and Christmas biscuits will be available [free]. Visit this unique time capsule store and discover how the Elliott family lived by looking at many of their possessions. Entry is FREE but any donations would be gratefully received, in order to maintain the building and its contents. Please note we can accept cash only.

06/12/2024

CANCELLED. We are sorry to announce that Elliott's Store and Museum will NOT open tomorrow [Saturday 7th December], because of the Amber Weather warning.

03/12/2024

On Saturday 7th December, The Tamar Protection Society will open Elliott's Store and Museum and welcome visitors, enjoying Saltash's Christmas Fayre. The "time capsule" grocery shop and upstairs exhibition rooms will be open. Why not combine your visit to Elliott's Store by also viewing Saltash Heritage Museum, just two doors away. Entry is free, but donations to help maintain the property and its contents would be gratefully received.

03/12/2024

21/10/2024

Both our properties are closed for the season. We will open again at Easter 2025.
Thank you to all who have visited during 2024, making this season one of our most successful. Whilst we are closed our volunteers will be busy tidying and cleaning, as well as preparing new exhibitions to welcome visitors next year.

13/08/2024

Saturday 17th August will see the last musical performance at Mary Newman's Cottage! Toute Ensemble will play "early instruments" from 1.30 pm until 3.30 pm. Listen to "early" and Tudor music in an authentic setting, whilst enjoying light refreshments. CASH ONLY accepted. FREE ENTRY.

05/08/2024

Thank you to all who attended the splendid musical performance of Ilow Splann at Mary Newman's Cottage. The weather was kind and the entertainment most enjoyable. We are now looking forward to welcoming TOUTE ENSEMBLE a group of musicians playing early instruments including recorders, crumhorns, cornamuse , shawms, and small pipes amongst others. They will be at Mary Newman's Cottage, Culver Rd, Saltash on Saturday 17th August. They will start their performance at 1:30 pm and end at 3:30 pm, with a break in the middle. Entrance is FREE and the Courtyard Cafe will be open serving light refreshments. Please note we can accept CASH ONLY.