Book - Chad’s new Tourist Trails book promoting Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire tourism now on sale

AUTHOR Stephen Thirkill will be visiting libraries across the area to promote the launch of Chad’s brand book ‘Tourist Trails - in and around Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire’.

The 80-page book has been penned by Chad journalist and first-time author Stephen Thirkill and features in-depth tours around seven prominent tourist hotspots and beauty locations across the Mansfield and Ashfield area.

During his tours, Stephen delves behind the headlines to bring you many unusual and interesting tales about the places and people who have helped create the life and soul of Hardwick Hall, Teversal Trails, Chatsworth House, Southwell Workhouse, Newstead Abbey, King’s Mill Reservoir and Clumber Park throughout the centuries.

During the book, which has been published to accompany Chad’s popular audio guide tourism CD, Stephen takes a step back in time to learn about the success of a national social experiment at Southwell Workhouse and what made the world-famous Lord Byron tick during a special behind-the-scenes visit to Newstead Abbey.

Stephen also explores the magnificent Chatsworth House to discover why the attraction is proving so popular with film-makers.

He also learns about the fascinating life of Bess of Hardwick, who became the second richest lady in the realm behind the Queen with Hardwick Hall a lasting legacy to her fame and fortune.

And nature lovers are also in for a treat as Stephen tours the picturesque King’s Mill Reservoir to discover its Royal connections, the beautiful Teversal Trails, which is playing a key role in the district’s regeneration, and Clumber Park, where he learns all about the battle to conserve, preserve and thrive.

The book, which is priced at £9.99, includes a wide range of colour images, opening times, facilities and interesting facts and timelines from each venue as well as an in-depth tour.

Tourist Trails is out on 21st April and can be purchased by calling Stephen Thirkill on 01623 450292, from all Chad receptions, via Amazon and Waterstones.

From: http://www.chad.co.uk/lifestyle/chad-s-new-tourist-trails-book-promoting-nottinghamshire-and-derbyshire-tourism-now-on-sale-1-4363020

Book - Chad’s new tourist book promoting Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire set to go on sale

A BRAND new local tourism book which accompanies the popular Chad Audio Guide series is to go on sale.

The 80-page book has been penned by Chad journalist and first-time author Stephen Thirkill and features tours around seven prominent tourist hotspots and beauty locations across Mansfield and Ashfield.

The venues included are Hardwick Hall, Teversal Trails, Chatsworth House, Southwell Workhouse, Newstead Abbey, King’s Mill Reservoir and Clumber Park - the same attractions featured in the Chad Audio Guide series.

The book, which is priced at £9.99, includes a wide range of colour images, opening times, facilities and interesting facts and timelines from each venue as well as an in-depth tour.

Said Stephen: “The current audio guide CD has been a success so far and hopefully the book will enjoy a similar response.

“Mansfield and Ashfield has a lot of beauty spots and attractions to be very proud of.

“It also has many passionate people who give up their time as volunteers to make these attractions the success story they are today and to help preserve the area’s history and heritage.

“This book will give the volunteers the credit they deserve, the attractions the attention they require and hopefully help to inspire more people to play their part in the region’s thriving tourism industry.”

In the book Stephen takes a step back in time to learn about the success of a national social experiment at Southwell Workhouse and what made the world-famous Lord Byron tick during a special behind-the-scenes visit to Newstead Abbey.

Stephen also explores the magnificent Chatsworth House to discover why the attraction is proving so popular with film-makers.

He also learns about the fascinating life of Bess of Hardwick, who became the second richest lady in the realm behind the Queen with Hardwick Hall a lasting legacy to her fame and fortune.

And nature lovers are also in for a treat as Stephen tours the picturesque King’s Mill Reservoir to discover its Royal connections, the beautiful Teversal Trails, which is playing a key role in the district’s regeneration, and Clumber Park, where he learns all about the battle to conserve, preserve and thrive.

If you would like to pre-order your copy of Tourist Trails call Stephen Thirkill on 01623 450292 or visit Chad receptions.

From: http://www.chad.co.uk/lifestyle/chad_s_new_tourist_book_promoting_nottinghamshire_and_derbyshire_set_to_go_on_sale_1_4260289

News - The winners and losers of ACE's major museum funding (Notts/South Yorkshire)

Today's announcement of major museum funding from Arts Council England (ACE) is generally sound. It's reassuring that by applying strict criteria and a transparent process ACE has arrived at a pretty well-balanced portfolio of major partner museums — with one or two exceptions.

The list of 16 successful applicants includes most of the great Victorian city museums in England such as Bristol, Birmingham, Newcastle (as part of Tyne and Wear Archives & Museums), several in Manchester, the Fitzwilliam and the pre-Victorian Ashmolean.

All well deserve their funding.

But there are striking omissions: in Yorkshire there's no Sheffield, Hull or Bradford. And there's nothing in the whole of the East Midlands – no Leicester, no Nottingham, which is a fairly predictable effect of the requirement for major partner museums to have a collection officially designated as of national significance. Neither Nottingham nor Leicester are designated.

There were always going to be winners and losers in the rush for the £20m of major grants funds and ACE will be working hard to fill the East Midlands gap using some of its £15m strategic support fund that still remains to be allocated.

For the next year most of that strategic support money will go to museum services that used to get Renaissance funding from the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), but now are not in the major museums club.

As well as those I've mentioned already, other casualties in need of care include smaller museums that have been doing fantastic and innovative work over the past few years such as Luton, Coventry, Chatham, Preston and Colchester.

I empathise with these museums, and others that achieved such good things with their Renaissance funds. But in the longer term they have a good chance of getting strategic funds.

An interesting fact: apart from the East Midlands, with its big round zero, every English region has exactly two major partner museums, although in some cases these include three museum services and many more museum sites. In fact no less than six services are funded in the North West. And of 45 former Renaissance-funded museum services, only 21 are in, some as part of a consortium, and 24 are out.

In all there were 29 eligible applications for funding, seeking a total of around £40m a year against the £20m available. That £20m is to be split between 16 major partners, consisting of single museums, museum services and consortia.

The 16 are members of an elite club: not only will they be regarded as a sector leadership group by ACE, but they are all being invited to join the great and good in the National Museum Directors' Conference. They'll also get highly desirable three-year funding agreements, something the over-bureaucratic MLA has never managed to achieve.

Shockingly, not a single Renaissance hub has survived intact. The only bright, shining partnership spots are Beamish and Bowes in the North East, Exeter and Plymouth in the South West and Oxford University and Oxfordshire. From one point of view, today's announcement is a little disappointing in its robustness and safe predictability – I'd hoped the new assessment process would give just a few more imaginative and unexpected groupings.

The only innovation is in Cumbria, where two museum trusts have partnered with Carlisle's Tullie House Museum. The Cumbria group stands out as appealing, inventive and new.

Overall, there are just three new funding recipients: the two in the Cumbria consortium and Thinktank, by dint of its merging with Birmingham Museums in a new mega-trust. The lack of novelty is understandable; it would be hard, if not impossible, to support major funding for entirely new bids when so many good — even excellent — Renaissance museums have lost out.

And I remain optimistic; there's still £15m a year to play for and that can both support some of the losers and allow a few new, bright sparks in.

From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2012/jan/24/winners-losers-museum-funding?newsfeed=true

News - Man and woman arrested over Newstead Abbey lead theft

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of stealing lead from the roof of Nottinghamshire's Newstead Abbey.

Lead was stolen from the roof of the Grade I listed building between 17:00 GMT on 5 December and 08:30 GMT on 6 December, police said.

The man and woman, both aged 23, were arrested after lead was found in a back garden in Kirkby-in-Ashfield.

The lead, believed to be worth about £2,000, was also found in a car.

Nottinghamshire Police added that during an assessment by officers at a Mansfield scrap yard, more lead from the Abbey was located.

Newstead Abbey was the ancestral home of poet Lord Byron and was founded by Henry II as an Augustinian priory in the 12th Century.

From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-16226473

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Website - Town site goes global (Mansfield)

PEOPLE living as far away as China and the Seychelles have visited a community website celebrating Mansfield’s past and present.

The ourmansfieldandarea site has been developed by locals and saw a surge in visitors in its second year in operation. It gives people chance to share knowledge and photos of Mansfield.

In its second year, up to 1st November, the site had 27,117 visits – an increase of 90 per cent on the previous year. The site is supported by Mansfield Museum and for more information visit www.ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk 

From: http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/alfreton/town_site_goes_global_1_3990475

News - English Heritage 'angels' announced by Andrew Lloyd Webber

Projects to save a 45-acre Victorian cemetery and a Nottinghamshire coal pit are among the winners of new Angel Awards run by English Heritage.

The project to save Bristol's Arnos Vale Cemetery and a group which has fought to save Pleasley Colliery in Mansfield were among six winners.

The awards aim to recognise people and groups who have saved a place that "was at risk of being lost forever".

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Melvyn Bragg were among the judges.

Winners in four categories were picked from a shortlist of 16 who were announced at a ceremony at the Palace Theatre in London.

More than 200 projects were entered into the competition and groups had to show how they had worked to preserve the structures eligible for the English Heritage At Risk Register.

The winners were presented with statuettes.

Mr Lloyd Webber said: "All 16 shortlisted groups were exceptional and the judges had a hard time deciding between them.

"But in the end the winners stood out for their passion, perseverance and imagination, for the scale of the challenges they had taken on and for the legacy they leave behind - a secure future for beautiful historic buildings, which without them could so easily have simply disappeared."

Specialist skills

St Stephen's Restoration and Preservation Trust, which helped raise £5.6m to save 19th Century building St Stephen's Rosslyn Hill, in Hampstead, London, was among the winners.

Judges chose the project, along with Arnos Vale Cemetery, as joint winners in the "best rescue of any other entry from the Heritage at Risk register".

Meanwhile, judges chose Westenhanger Castle and Mediaeval Barns as the "best craftsmanship employed on a heritage rescue".

They said the project had "employed the highest level of craftmanship", sheer hard work and imagination to save the 16th Century Smythe Barn in Hythe, Kent.

Left Bank Leeds, which has given a new lease of life to the former Church of St Margaret of Antioch, won the Angel Award for "best rescue of a place of worship".

More than 120 volunteers have been working together to restore the church and also make it a place for art and music for the community.

One of the 16 projects was chosen for a special Angel Award, which was picked by English Heritage members and subscribers of the Telegraph newspaper.

This went to the project to save Tyntesfield Orangery in north Somerset. The scheme, run by the National Trust, the City of Bath College and Nimbus Conservation, aimed to save the abandoned building while teaching people specialist craft skills for the heritage sector.

Simon Thurley, English Heritage chief executive, said all the winners "brilliantly showed" how local people with a passion could rescue important parts of England's history.

From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-15524504

Website - Town past and present (Mansfield)

A WEBSITE detailing what Mansfield is like today and back in 1986 is up and running.

In June, we reported that members of the Brookside (Mansfield) Women’s Institute, along with other WI groups in Mansfield and Ashfield, collected details about life in 2011 and took photographs.

In 1986, accounts of ordinary lives throughout the UK were documented in the BBC’s Domesday Project which marked the 900th anniversary of William the Conqueror’s Domesday Book.

Earlier this year, the BBC launched its Domesday Reloaded project wich gives people the chance to see this information and pictures, along with updated accounts.

To view the site visit www.bbc.co.uk/history/domesday and type in the NG18 postcode.

From: http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/town_past_and_present_1_3636142

Event - Food glorious food at museum (Mansfield)

This year Mansfield Museum’s summer exhibition will be called Our Local Larder: Mansfield Food Past And Present, which will be taking a look at food, marvellous food, in all its guises.

The exhibition will be running from Saturday, August 6, to Saturday, November 26, and displays will be looking at the history of British food and the influence of foreign cuisine on our diet, with plenty of space given to such local specialities as the Gooseberry Pork Pie.

There will be lots of activities on offer throughout the summer including making and decorating your own chef’s hat, food tasting and a full-blown Food Fair.

Jodie Henshaw, museum development officer, said: “As always we would like to involve as many of our visitors in helping put our displays together as possible. We would like people to tell us all about their own family-favourite dishes and if we receive enough we plan to make them up into a modest recipe booklet to sell in the museum to celebrate Nottinghamshire nosh!”

The museum is also on the look-out for the loan of retro and vintage kitchen utensils and recipe books. If you feel you can help with this or any other aspect of what promises to be an intriguing project, ring Jodie Henshaw for an informal chat on 01623 463088.

From: http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/lifestyle/theatre/food_glorious_food_at_museum_1_3579709

News - New Mansfield’s Heroes Memorial to servicemen killed in action vandalised four days after unveiling

A 13-year-old girl is being questioned by police after a new war memorial to the memory of men and women from Mansfield who have been killed in action since the end of WWII was vandalised less than a week after being blessed and opened.

Police said on Thursday afternoon that no-one has been arrested and police enquiries are continuing.

Trustees of the Mansfield’s Heroes Memorial Fund, the charity which built the memorial through public donations, are offering a reward leading to the prosecution of any of the six people who wrote their names on the memorial wall.

“This act of total disrespect for the families of the men named on the wall and for the sacrifice the men paid is utterly disgusting and sickening. Only last weekend families of all seven men killed in action while serving their country stood proudly with hundreds of others from Mansfield to pay their respects.

“The ignorance of these vandals beggars belief; as does their stupidity in writing their own names. There cannot be many groups of friends with the same names so we are calling on the public to come forward and name them.

“Mansfield District Council has already said it will issue Fixed Penalty Notices to anyone identified of this vile vandalism This cannot be tolerated which is why we are offering a reward for the identification and prosecution of the six people,” said a Heroes Fund spokesman.

The six names scrawled on the wall are: Anna, Bailey, Holly, Meg, Mia and Mollie. Anyone who can identify the six names in confidence should call 01623 638 023.

Mansfield’s Heroes Memorial was built using money raised by the people of Mansfield and has received praise from many quarters, with Col Keith Seddon of the Mercian Regiment saying it is something the whole of which the whole of Mansfield should be proud. The opening ceremony, on Armed Services Day, was attended by representatives from all three armed services, the

Merchant Navy and six different regiments along with several hundred members of the public.

The vandals also drew a cross and ‘RIP’ slogan on the wall. “We hope that the six will feel enough shame to step forward and apologise but if they don’t and we find out who they are, then we will certainly pass the names on to the police,” said a Heroes Fund spokesman.

From: http://www.chad.co.uk/news/update_16_40_new_mansfield_s_heroes_memorial_to_servicemen_killed_in_action_vandalised_four_days_after_unveiling_1_3527749

News - Nottinghamshire's medieval records published online

A register of medieval court rolls, surveys and maps, has been released online for the first time.

Information about 200 Nottinghamshire manors is accessible to the public thanks to the county council's archives team.

"Manorial documents are the earliest records for any local community," said archivist Mark Dorrington.

The register, with documents dating back to the 13th century, was funded by The National Archives.

Manors were agricultural estates compromising a village whose inhabitants would work the land for the estate's lord.

The manorial documents, which pre-date Parish records started in 1538, include such details as the hanging of a thief, men accused of sheep theft and a fight in 14th century Mansfield.

"We've got documents dating back to the 13th century and with some manors they continue right up until the 20th century," said Mr Dorrington.

He added that they could help people discover more about their family history.

"There's information on individuals, on relationships, particularly where land is being transferred from father to son," he added.

Anyone who wishes to search for a manorial document has to go through The National Archives website.

The original documents are spread across 49 different locations; most of them are kept in the UK and some reside in the USA.

The project to publish the register online was run by the Nottinghamshire County Council Archives Team in conjunction with the University of Nottingham and took five months to complete.

From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-13856086

News - New war memorial for servicemen in Mansfield

The families of seven Nottinghamshire servicemen killed in action over 60 years have placed plaques bearing their names on a new war memorial.

The ceremony was held at the Mansfield Heroes Memorial at Carr Bank Park in the town.

It included families of men killed in the Korean war as well as relatives of L/Sgt David Greenhalgh and Pte Damian Wright, who both died in Afghanistan.

Deborah Smalley, Pte Wright's mother, said she was grateful to Mansfield.

She said: "A group of people that came to the memorial service that I do every year on the anniversary of Damian's death said we should get something together and do something for Damian in Mansfield.

"And I thought it was going to be like a brass plaque or something in town or maybe a bench and then we just got such massive, massive support that we've ended up with this big memorial in Carr Bank Park.

"That's absolutely fantastic. I can't thank Mansfield enough for all the support that we've had."

The small black granite plaques have been inscribed with the name, rank and regiment of each serviceman as well as where and when he died.

The stone in the main body of the memorial was quarried in Derbyshire.

Three black granite "tear-drops", representing one of the armed forces, form the centrepiece and were imported from Portugal.

The memorial has been built by the Mansfield's Heroes Memorial Trust.

The campaign started in October 2009 and individuals, groups and businesses have worked to raise more than £70,000 since then.

From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-13791812

News - War memorial plaque stolen from Mansfield park

A World War One memorial plaque has been stolen from a Nottinghamshire park.

The inscribed metal plaque, dedicated to local people who died in the First World War, was taken from Carr Bank Park, Mansfield.

Police said it was stolen some time between 1930 BST on Monday and 0745 BST on Tuesday.

The plaque has been in place since the memorial - which is now a listed structure - was unveiled in 1921.

Tim Downes, parks and open spaces manager at Mansfield District Council, said: "Any crime aimed at public property is sad but a theft from a war memorial is especially deplorable and sickening.

"The memorial pays homage to local people who gave their lives for our country in the First World War.

"Whoever has committed this act has shown utter contempt for their sacrifice and we would appeal to the conscience of anyone involved or anyone who comes across the plaque to inform the police immediately."

Nottinghamshire Police has appealed for anyone with any information to contact them.

From: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-13131876

This is the third one to be attacked in the last year - I'd suggest everyone should keep an eagle eye on our precious war memorials and report anything suspicious immediatly to the police.

Other thefts include:
Barr Beacon, West Midlands March 2010



Broughton, Shropshire April 2011


Denaby Main, South Yorkshire 2010


Carlton-in-Lindrick, Nottinghamshire 2011


London, Palmers Green August 2009


Manchester, Philips Park, November 2010 – caught but judge gave community sentence!


Mansfield, Nottinghamshire April 2011


Newburn, Tyne & Wear, ?


Nuneaton, Warwickshire 2006


Plymouth Hoe, Devon July 2008


River, Kent April 2011


Stocksfield, Northumberland ?


Tayport, Fife October 2010

News - Lottery boost for historic Mansfield church

MANSFIELD’S historic hidden treasure The Old Meeting House church has been awarded £175,000 of Lottery cash to fix its leaking roof.

The Unitarian chapel, set in its own grounds off Stockwell Gate, dates from 1702 and is the oldest non-conformist church in Nottinghamshire.

Its interior is steeped in history and includes three stained-glass windows designed by the company of William Morris, the world-renowned artist and designer.

This heritage has been placed under threat by the building’s leaking slate roof, with the damage from rainfall obvious from one glance at the damp ceiling and pillars.

 

The Rev Patrick Timperley says the church applied for funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to repair the roof and discovered at Christmas that it had been successful.

“It was a wonderful Christmas present but we had to keep quiet until now,” the Rev Timperley said on Thursday.

“The people of Mansfield should see the church as something to be proud of. It is a charming building and many local people who come into the church say they cannot believe they have never been here before.”

The Old Meeting House is receiving the largest single grant in the East Midlands, but several other Grade I and II-listed buildings in Nottinghamshire are also benefiting from the fund.

Joan Bray, HLF committee member for the East Midlands, said: “We are funding 22 grants and this is the largest one.

“It is the oldest non-conformist church in the county and this is worth celebrating. You can see the real damage being done by the rain coming through the roof.”

The Old Meeting House is just a stone’s throw from the Four Seasons Centre, but most shoppers rushing past along Stockwell Gate will be unaware of the chapel’s historical importance.

It is Grade II-listed and was built 309 years ago for a dissenting congregation which had been worshipping in the town for almost 40 years before that.

Although unremarkable from the outside, stepping through the doors of the church reveals its beautiful interior.

The Morris Windows, as three of the building’s stained-glass windows are usually known, were installed between 1913 and 1929 and are considered classic examples of the Morris Company’s style with their green, wallpaper-like background.

The Act of Parliament or Tavern Clock has been ticking in the church since the early 1740s and regular members of the congregation say this oak-framed timepiece adds to the calm in the building.

Church trustee Brian Whiting (79) has been attending the chapel for 75 years.

“It is a church I have been brought up in,” he said. “It has its own open faith and has a very relaxed religious attitude. It is a very pleasant place to be.”

 

Architect and surveyor David Glew, in charge of the repairs, said work on the church was likely to last around four months take next year.

The HLF and English Heritage have been able to maintain their planned level of funding for places of worship this year despite the tough economic climate. Dr Anthony Streeten, regional director of English Heritage, said: “Without it many brave but struggling congregations would be faced with watching their beloved churches and chapels falling into ruin.”

From: http://www.chad.co.uk/news/local/lottery_boost_for_historic_mansfield_church_1_3109854

Exhibition - The Dinosaur Footprints Found In Mansfield (Mansfield Museum)

During the last 100 years there have been several discoveries of what were thought to be dinosaur footprints, in the Mansfield area.

Some of the discoveries have a proved to be footprints but, as is the case with most impressions of this kind, no one has been able to identify, beyond doubt, what type of animal actually made the prints.  We can only draw conclusions about what it was like from the footprint itself.  The task of identifying the footprints has been made even more difficult by the fact that no dinosaur remains have been found in the Midlands, except from in Kenilworth Sandstone.  This rock has been found to contain pelycosuar remains, which are about 20 million years older than the footprints found in Mansfield.

The first discovery was made in October 1897 by Mr Francis Holmes in Rock Valley Quarry in Mansfield.  He found a series of footprints forming two double rows, parallel to each other. One row could be followed for about two feet, but the other one could be traced for nearly seven feet.

The first description of these footprints was published in 1906 by George Hickling who suggested that the tracks were made by two animals of the same type, walking side by side.  One was slightly larger than the other – because the lengths of the strides were different. The prints themselves showed that the animal’s weight was taken on the palm (being the deepest imprint) and the hind feet were bigger than the fore feet, each having five toes. The feet were possibly webbed and almost definitely clawed and Hickling also suggested that the animal had an awkward, clumsy gait (because of the irregular spacing of the prints) the animal was named ‘Chelichnus Hicklingi’ an exact match could not be made with other records.

A later examination of these prints by W.A.S Sarjent in 1966 revealed evidence of ‘tail drag’ showing that the tail was not continually touching the ground and was probably relatively short.

It is thought that the animal was not particularly large – its body was probably about 2½ - 3 feet (nearly one metre) long. It wasn’t very active and was quite slow moving. However there is not enough evidence to tell what the animal was; it could have been a predatory amphibian or an herbivorous reptile. These prints are now in the Natural History Museum at WollatonPark in Nottingham.

A second set of footprints was discovered in 1986 at Gregory’s Quarry in Mansfield. These are much larger than those of the Chelichnus Hicklingi but are about the same age, around 250 millions years old.

These prints are not in clearly defined track ways like the pervious set, but groups of three or four closely spaced prints were found probably made by one individual. Most are about 15-16 cm long and wide. The larger ones consist of four forward pointing toes and one big toe which points sideways. The animal trod heavily on the sole of its foot but also using the toes to some extent.

The smaller prints are less well preserved and the number of toes has not been identified yet. They may have been made by a hand or a smaller animal. It is more likely to be a hand because the small prints are over-trodden in parts by the larger ones where they are in the same line as each other.

It is thought that the animal which made the prints was a plant eating reptile, perhaps 2-3 metres in length, similar to plant eating reptiles now. (If it was carnivorous it would have had claws)

We must remember that neither of the animals which made any of the footprints were anything like the better known dinosaurs like the T-Rex. They were smaller and more reptile like and would have looked much less dinosaur like than many people imagine.

We have very little evidence to go by yet towards identifying the animals or being able to discover exactly what it looked like.

The Author Of This Article Is Unknown

The dinosaur footprints can been seen on display at Mansfield Museum until Saturday 19 March 2011.

From: http://www.ourmansfieldandarea.org.uk/page_id__353_path__.aspx

Internet TV - John Holmes walks through Robin Hood country

The TV and radio presenter John Holmes walks around Harlow Wood, visits the Forest Stone and Friar Tuck's Well - all locations in Nottinghamshire associated with Robin Hood

 

Watch it at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/nottingham/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9338000/9338103.stm

Wanted: Magazine Articles

The fourth edition of the Priories Historical Society Magazine is due out at the end of January.  If you have an article/photograph which you would like printing please e-mail the society at Priorieshistoricalsociety(at)rocketmail.com


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