Summer, no snow in this part of the country. The main concern locally will be the amount of rain from Storm Dennis over the weekend, not necessarily straight away but when the water from the hills from Shropshire goes into the river and then comes here. Could be quite an impact on local flood plains by the river (I don't live on a flood plain).
Although the Victoria and Albert Museum is named after them, it had its origins in the Great Exhibition in 1851 which Albert was a key organiser. You'll remember that from the latest series of Victoria and the exhibition was international in scope. The museum originally covered science and applied art though the science sections later formed the basis of the Science Museum.