Hello Heritage... 7 Sept - 22 Sept FREE • Historic buildings • Tours • Activities Sharpe’s Pottery, Swadlincote • Walks • Open days

Moira Furance, For more information visit Moira www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage Hello Heritage... 2019 Welcome

Hello Heritage is a celebration of the heritage and rich culture within the wider National Forest in North West and South Derbyshire. Heritage sites and groups have come together to provide a varied collection of opportunities for you to see and experience what they have to offer. It’s a fun, free fortnight for all the family to enjoy. Every venue or experience is free of charge during Hello Heritage from Saturday 7 – Sunday 22 September. We hope you enjoy Hello Heritage, please share your experiences with us

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Contact details Ashby Tourist Information Centre 01530 411767 Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre 01283 222848 Key

 Car park (charges may apply) Children welcome Dogs welcome on leads  Wheelchair / pushchair access

The organisers of this event accept no responsibility for any loss, damage, liability, or injury incurred or suffered by anyone taking part in Hello Heritage related activities. Please take care when taking part in walks, events or site visits at participating venues. Programme subject to change. 2 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage Mickleover Loughborough Markfield Shepshed 4 40 11 7 25 26 29 33 Castle 21 14 Donington 17 36 32 13 31 13 12 19 27 15 34 24 Melbourne 38 28 23 6 5 Ashby-de-la-Zouch 3 35 Moira 22 39 9 Woodville 30 37 10 2 1 18 8 to BIRMINGHAM Overseal Willington 20 Swadlincote Tamworth Burton upon Trent Ashbourne Alrewas under- Barton- Needwood LICHFIELD Uttoxeter

www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 3 SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER Measham Museum Exhibition: Memorabilia belonging Repton History Group to David Nish Exhibition: Repton through the ages Between: 10am - 12 noon The Old Station, Off Manning’s Terrace, Between: 9am - 4pm High Street, Measham, DE12 7HU St Wystan’s Church, Willington Road, Contact: Mary Buckley 07779 230083 Repton, DE65 6FH Contact: 01283 222848 Memorabilia belonging to David Nish, former City, Derby, and A display by Repton History Group. England footballer. Please note that St Wystan’s Church holds services on Sunday and   3 Wednesday mornings; there may also be weddings and funerals on at any time. Museum   1 Exhibition: Schools - now and then Between: 10am - 12.30pm St Wystan’s Church The Stone House, 4 Apiary Gate, DE74 2JA Open day Contact: Between: 9am - 4pm [email protected] Willington Road, Repton, DE65 6FH Schools – now and then - the Contact: Church Warden 01283 703079 development of education in Castle The Anglo-Saxon crypt is one of the Donington through the years. oldest and most important examples 4 of Anglo-Saxon architecture to survive intact. Sir John Betjeman described it as: “Holy air encased in stone” - The crypt was constructed in the first half of the 8th century. Please note that there are church services on Sunday and Wednesday mornings, there may also be weddings and funerals on at any time.   2

4 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage Ashby de la Zouch Museum Historical Group Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby Exhibition and open day Statutes (1219 – 2019) Between: 10am - 12 noon Exhibition open: Monday to Friday The Old Station, North Street, Whitwick 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm and LE67 5HA Saturday 10am to 3pm Unique Victorian former railway station. North Street, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Display related to LE65 1HU Railway. Visitors are welcome to look Contact: 01530 560090 around the building, browse the archive [email protected] of over 6,000 photographs, see artefacts An exhibition celebrating 800 years and chat to our volunteers. Whitwick of Ashby Statutes 1219 to 2019. The Historical Group holds a wealth of exhibition is located within the foyer resources for family history research and of Ashby de la Zouch Museum which local history studies. Visitors are always is free entry, why not extend your visit welcome for either casual reminisces into the museum to discover exciting or more serious investigations. Light displays and artefacts, a small charge refreshments available. applies: adults £1, concessions 50p.  7   5 The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s Ashby de la Zouch Town Pottery Museum Centre Open day Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Between: 10am - 1pm Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Contact: 01283 819020 Building on the success of the Ashby de la Zouch Arts Festival outdoor The Magic Attic aims to preserve the gallery, buildings in Ashby de la Zouch history and heritage of this important town centre host an interesting mix industrial area; holding records mainly of images portraying Ashby Statutes for South Derbyshire, North West through the ages. If you fancy a whirl Leicestershire and East Staffordshire. on the waltzers, a go on the gallopers The archive is also an invaluable source or would like to try your luck on ‘hook of information for research students, a duck’ then Ashby Statutes will be in family historians and history groups, Ashby de la Zouch from Friday 13 to you can view some of their 30,000 Tuesday 17 September. images from the digitised library!   6   8

www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 5 Moira Furnace Museum and Charles Booth Centre Country Park Exhibition: Friends of Open day Between: 12 noon - 6pm Between: 11am - 4pm The Green, Thringstone, LE67 8NR Furnace Lane, Moira, Swadlincote, Contact: 01530 222337 DE12 6AT Displays and exhibitions relating Contact: 01283 224667 to the various theatrical and panto Take this chance to visit the museum organisations that have used the for free to find out about its rise and centre since the 1920s. Also featuring fall, and how it found a new life as some information on Charles Booth. homes for local residents. Includes Refreshments will be available at a cost. heritage drop in for families that   11 used to live in the Crescent to share memories. Moira Furnace started a failed attempt at a modern blast SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER furnace back in 1806. Its failure led to it being so well preserved. Repton History Group   9 Exhibition: Repton through the ages For further information refer to page 4. Conkers Exhibition: The Development of Coal St Wystan’s Church Mining Open day Between: 11am - 5pm For further information refer to page 4. Discovery Centre, Rawdon Road, Moira, DE12 6GA Ashby de la Zouch Town Booking: Free entry when you book in Centre advance Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Contact: Chris Williamson 01283 Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) 216633 For further information refer to page 5. In collaboration with Nottingham Trent University, Conkers brings you ‘Dealing with the Past: Coal, Community Moira Furnace Museum and and Change (1965-2015)’ Exhibition. Country Park Catering facilities are open on the day of the visit and free admission is available Open day to all who book in advance. For further information refer to page 6.   10

6 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 1620s House and Garden at Heritage Group Snibston open day and guided tours of Open day the Snibston Mine Site Between: 10.30am - 4.30pm Between: 12 noon - 5pm Manor Road, Donington le Heath, Colliery Tours: 12.30pm, 1.15pm, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 2FW 2.30pm, 3.30pm, 4.15pm Contact: 01455 290429 Snibston Mine, Ashby Road, Coalville Free entry to explore the fully LE67 3LN Booking required: Visit furnished 1620s house aided by www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage our volunteer interpreters. Visit Contact: 01530 833521 the informative and lovely period This special open day offers gardens and the tea room in the visitors the opportunity to join a old barn. An afternoon programme tour of the Snibston historic mine of music and talks in the tea room site. The walking tours are led by in support of National Suicide knowledgeable local volunteers, many Prevention and Awareness (2pm of whom are ex-miners, and there will - 5pm). The licenced tea room will also be the opportunity to enjoy local be selling light refreshments and a history displays, learn about the future range of drinks. plans of this fascinating site and meet the team working to support this. 12     13

Conkers Century Theatre Exhibition: The Development of Coal Open doors and backstage tours Mining Between: 1.30pm - 5pm For further information refer to page 6. Theatre tours: 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 4pm, 5pm Snibston, Ashby Road, Coalville LE67 3LN Contact: 01530 278444 The Century Theatre is Britain’s oldest surviving travelling theatre. Come and enjoy your backstage pass!   14

www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 7 Castle Donington Museum Hough Mill Exhibition: Schools now and then Open day Between: 2pm - 4.30pm Between: 2pm - 5pm The Stone House, 4 Apiary Gate, DE74 2JA St George’s Hill, Swannington, LE67 8QW For more information refer to page 4 Contact: 07779 275762 In 1994 Swannington Heritage Trust Swannington Heritage Trust bought the derelict shell of a 200 year Tour of the 1855-1873 Califat Coal old tower mill. The restoration has Mine completely transformed the mill and we Start time: 2.30pm hope to add framework sails this year. Meeting point: Califat Coal Mine, 17 near Hough Mill, St George’s Hill,   Swannington, LE67 8QW Contact: 07779 275762 MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER Join Leicestershire Industrial History Society and Swannington Heritage Repton History Group Trust for a tour of the 1855-1873 Califat Exhibition: Repton through the ages Coal Mine. Explore two engine house complexes, the miners’ cottages and For further information refer to page 4. an 18th century haystack boiler. No St Wystan’s Church booking required. Open day   15 For further information refer to page 4.

Ashby de la Zouch Museum Friends of Grace Dieu Priory Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby Historical walk and talk Statutes (1219 – 2019) Start time: 3pm For further information refer to page 5. Meeting point: Bull’s Head Car Park LE67 8LR Ashby de la Zouch Town Contact: 07770 965579 Centre A walk through time from pre-history Outdoor gallery: 800 years of to the age of the Victorians. Come and Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) learn how humans have occupied the site through the ages. For further information refer to page 5.  16

8 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s St George’s Hill, Swannington Pottery Museum Guided walk Talk: NOT pints, pots or pipes Start time: 6.30pm Start time: 5pm St George’s Hill, Swannington, LE67 8QW Cafe Espresso, Sharpe’s Pottery Booking: essential, limited places - see Museum, West Street, Swadlincote, diary on swannington-heritage.co.uk DE11 9DG Contact: 07779 275762 Booking: 01283 222848 Join us for a fact filled stroll around the All welcome, the talk includes light area and find out more about the post refreshment. mill with a lady miller, the secrets of   8 St George’s graveyard, the Railway tunnel, the isolation hospital Repton School and other hidden treasures. Guided tour: From Priory to School  19 Start time: 6.30pm (two hours) The Cross, Willington Road, Repton The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s DE65 6FH Pottery Museum Booking: Essential - limited spaces Open evening Contact: 01283 222848 Between: 7pm - 9pm Enjoy a two hour guided tour by the West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG School Archivist of the historic buildings For further information refer to page 5. and grounds of Repton School, including a chance to look at some of the best items from the archives. TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER   18 Repton History Group Exhibition: Repton through the ages For further information refer to page 4. St Wystan’s Church Open day For further information refer to page 4.

Measham Museum Exhibition: Memorabilia belonging to David Nish Between: 10am - 12noon and 2pm - 4pm For more information refer to page 4.

www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 9 Ashby de la Zouch Museum Whitwick Historical Group Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby Exhibition and open day Statutes (1219 – 2019) Start time: 7pm - 9pm For further information refer to page 5. The Old Station, North Street, Whitwick LE67 5HA Ashby de la Zouch Town For further information refer to page 5. Centre WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) Repton History Group Exhibition: Repton through the ages For further information refer to page 5. For further information refer to page 4. South Derbyshire Mining St Wystan’s Church Preservation Group Open day Exhibition: Mining artefacts and For further information refer to page 4. memorabilia Between: 9.30am - 12noon Gresley Old Hall, Gresley Wood Rd, Ashby de la Zouch Museum Church Gresley, DE11 9QW Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby Contact: 07539 725227 Statutes (1219 – 2019) Browse a large collection of For further information refer to page 5. photographs, artefacts and other items related to the mining industry Ashby de la Zouch, Market including badges, lamps, plans and drawings, equipment, clothing, Street and Brook Street documents and much, much more. You Outdoor gallery: 800 years of will be very welcome and a cup of tea / Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) coffee is always available. For further information refer to page 5.  20 Whitwick Historical Group The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s Exhibition and open day Pottery Museum Between: 10am - 12 noon The Old Station, North Street, Whitwick Open day Between: 2pm - 5pm LE67 5HA West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG For further information refer to page 5. For further information refer to page 5.

10 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage Moira Furnace Museum and Ashby de la Zouch Museum Country Park Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby Open day Statutes (1219 – 2019) For further information refer to page 6. For further information refer to page 5.

Coalville Heritage Society Ashby de la Zouch Town Guided walk: The Beginnings of Coalville Centre Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Start time: 7pm - 9pm Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) Meet point: Public car park on London Road LE67 3FJ (adjacent to North West For further information refer to page 5. Leicestershire District Council Offices) Booking required: 07870 345781 or The Magic Attic [email protected] Guided walk around Foremark and A guided walk looking at how Stenson Heath Wood (4 miles) and Stephenson shaped the area that Start time: 1.30pm became Coalville. In the early 1800s Meet point: The Swan Inn, Milton, DE65 Coalville didn’t exist and was created 6EF by Whitwick and Snibston collieries and Contact: 01283 222848 the Leicester and Swannington Railway. You will pass Hangman’s Stone, Heath From the 1840s a new industrial town Wood’s Viking cemetery and Foremark grew to become a prosperous town. Hall, all of which provide historic interest on this circular walk. The 21   terrain will be field paths, bridleways and village lanes and include five stiles; please wear suitable clothing and THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER footwear. Donations to the Magic Attic Repton History Group will be appreciated. 22 Exhibition: Repton through the ages  For further information refer to page 4. The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s St Wystan’s Church Pottery Museum Open day Open day Between: 2pm - 5pm and 7pm - 9pm For further information refer to page 4. West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG For further information refer to page 5.

www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 11 Pudding Bag Productions St Wystan’s Church Film: Quick Flicks Open day Start time: 7pm for a 7.30pm start For further information refer to page 4. The Lyric Rooms, Lower Church Street, Ashby de la Zouch, LE65 1AB Contact: 07746 031037 Ashby de la Zouch Museum A Step on the Ladder, a story about Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby women voting for the first time in Statutes (1219 – 2019) the 1918 General Election, The Vicar of , a story of trouble and For further information refer to page 5. strife in the English Civil Wars and The Ferrers Murder, the villainous 4th Earl Ashby de la Zouch Town Ferrers shoots his loyal land steward, Centre John Johnson. A short preview from A Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Step on the Ladder can be seen on our website: puddingbagproductions.co.uk. Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) Free entry, drinks and snacks available For further information refer to page 5. to purchase from the bar.  23 Shardlow Heritage Centre Exhibition and open day and Between: 12noon - 5pm Donington-le-Heath Society Canalside London Road, Shardlow, Talk: Hugglescote at War DE72 2GA Contact: 01332 792489 Start time: 7.30pm - 9pm [email protected] Hugglescote Community Centre, Grange Road, Hugglescote LE67 2BR Make a visit to Shardlow Heritage Centre Contact: 07538 373846 and see all on offer, including exhibitions A talk to mark the 80th anniversary of on village weddings in bygone days and the outbreak of the Second World War. Shardlow Fire Brigade. Refreshments available from adjacent public house, on 24   site car parking available.

 25 FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER  Repton History Group Exhibition: Repton through the ages For further information refer to page 4.

12 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage Coalville Heritage Society Ashby de la Zouch Town The Many Faces of Palitoy guided Centre tour and talk Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Start time: 7pm - 9pm Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) Guided tour: 7pm - 7.45pm For further information refer to page 5. Talk: 8pm - 9pm Heartwood Conference Centre, Rothley Worthington House, Coalville Business Park, Coalville Village-wide heritage activities LE67 3NR Booking required: 01530 833521or Between: 10am - 12 noon [email protected] Worthington Methodist Church, Main Street, Worthington LE65 1RP The history of Palitoy in Coalville talk and guided tour of the factory site. In Come to Worthington and take part in a 1937 Cascelloid Ltd. opened its new village wide history lesson. There will be toy factory in Coalville and in this the a self-guided heritage trail, info boards, centenary of the founding of Cascelloid open Methodist Chapel, and Anglican there will be an opportunity to learn Church, display of classic cars and more about this important Coalville motor bikes, exhibition of artefacts from employer. local gardens including clay pipes, old bottles, pottery shards, and much more.   26 Light refreshments available in chapel, for a small donation. 27 SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER   Repton History Group Whitwick Historical Group Exhibition: Repton through the ages Exhibition and open day For further information refer to page 4. Between: 10am - 12 noon The Old Station, North Street, Whitwick St Wystan’s Church LE67 5HA Open day For further information refer to page 5. For further information refer to page 4. Castle Donington Museum Ashby de la Zouch Museum Exhibition: Schools- now and then Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby Between: 10am - 12.30pm Statutes (1219 – 2019) The Stone House, 4 Apiary Gate, DE74 2JA For further information refer to page 5. For further information refer to page 4.

www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 13 The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s Methodist Church Pottery Museum Open day Open day Between: 11am - 3pm Between: 10am - 1pm Brookfield Cottages, off Coopers Close, West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Acresford, Swadlincote, DE12 8AW Contact: 07715 139645 For further information refer to page 5. Viewing a church interior, history display St Helens Heritage Centre with photographs and text together Exhibition and open day with guide in attendance. Acresford Methodist Church opened in1910 and is Between: 10am - 1pm situated in what were once the maltings 4 Church Yard Ashby De La Zouch, and stores of Acresford Brewery now LE65 1AA a row of terraced cottages. It is unique Contact: 07435 564236 in Methodism. Because of this, and Look back at St Helen’s charities its history, it is a Methodist Heritage through the centuries in both the Site and only the second such site in Heritage Centre and the Church, and Leicestershire. We will be delighted to bell ringing. Rare documents on show welcome visitors to this hidden gem and opening our bell tour for viewing and Methodist Heritage Site and show and exploration of the bell peal and explain its fascinating history. monuments. Our bell ringers will be  30 ringing a ‘full peal’. Donations welcome. Refreshments: £1- £3 for tea, biscuits Moira Furnace Museum and and cake. Country Park  28  Open day For further information refer to page 6. Christ Church Shardlow Heritage Centre Open day Exhibition and open day Between: 10am - 6pm London Road, Coalville LE67 3JA For further information refer to Friday Contact: 01530 83828 page 12. Access to the church, Stephenson Sharpe’s Pottery Museum and Stenson family memorials, the Talk: Derbyshire Born and Bred Whitwick Mine Disaster memorial Start time: 2pm - 4pm plaque, war memorial along with West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG displays about Christ Church past and Booking: Advised call 01283 222848 present. Light refreshments available. Contact: 01283 222848 Guest speaker Shirley Horton 29   8 14 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage Repton History Group Shardlow Heritage Centre Presentation: A Simple History of Exhibition and open day Repton For further information refer to Friday Starting time: 2pm page 12. St Wystan’s Church, Willington Road, Repton, DE65 6FH Castle Donington Museum Contact: 01283 703079 Exhibition: Schools- now and then And a display by Repton History Group. Between: 2pm - 4pm The Stone House, 4 Apiary Gate, DE74 2JA 1   For further information refer to page 4

SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER Coleorton Heritage Group Guided walk along the Coleorton Repton History Group Heritage Trail Exhibition: Repton through the ages Start time: 2pm For further information refer to page 4. Meeting point: Coleorton Wood Car Park, Pitt Lane, off Coleorton Moor, St Wystan’s Church LE67 8FS Open day Booking essential at www.coleortonheritage.org.uk or For further information refer to page 4. contact Sandra on 01530 440000 Moira Furnace Museum and Stroll around the lanes and footpaths of Coleorton and hear about the Country Park history of the houses, places and Open day people who lived and worked in them. For further information refer to page 6. The Coleorton Village Heritage Trail is a two and a half hour walk through our lovely village, and our local guides will Ashby de la Zouch Town describe its rich history as you walk Centre along its route. Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019)  31 For further information refer to page 5. Hough Mill Open day For further information refer to page 8.

www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 15 MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Ashby de la Zouch Museum Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby Repton History Group Statutes (1219 – 2019) Exhibition: Repton through the ages For further information refer to page 5. For further information refer to page 4. St Wystan’s Church Ashby de la Zouch, Market Open day Street and Brook Street Outdoor gallery: 800 years of For further information refer to page 4. Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s For further information refer to page 5. Pottery Museum Open evening South Derbyshire Mining Between: 7pm - 9pm Preservation Group West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Exhibition: Mining artefacts and For further information refer to page 5. memorabilia For further information refer to page Ashby de la Zouch Museum 10. Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s Statutes (1219 – 2019) Pottery Museum For further information refer to page 5. Open day Between: 1pm - 5pm Ashby de la Zouch Town West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG Centre For further information refer to page 5. Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Whitwick Historical Group Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) Exhibition and open day For further information refer to page 5. Between: 7pm - 9pm The Old Station, North Street, Whitwick TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER LE67 5HA Repton History Group For further information refer to page 5. Exhibition: Repton through the ages For further information refer to page 4. WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER St Wystan’s Church Repton History Group Open day Exhibition: Repton through the ages For further information refer to page 4. For further information refer to page 4. 16 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage St Wystan’s Church Repton School Open day Guided tour: From Priory to School For further information refer to page 4. For further information refer to page 9. Whitwick Historical Group Coalville Heritage Society Exhibition and open day Films: Coalville Through the Lens Between: 10am - 12 noon Start time: 7.30pm - 9pm The Old Station, North Street, Whitwick Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ashby Road, LE67 5HA Coalville, LE67 3LF For further information refer to page 5. Booking required: 07870 345781 or [email protected] Ashby de la Zouch Museum A journey through Coalville’s past Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby through the eye of the camera with rarely Statutes (1219 – 2019) seen films and pictures. Members of the For further information refer to page 5. Coalville Heritage Society will talk about the places and events on the films. Ashby de la Zouch Town   32 Centre Outdoor gallery: 800 years of THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) For further information refer to page 5. Repton History Group St Helens Heritage Centre Exhibition: Repton through the ages Exhibition and open day For further information refer to page 4. Between: 10.30am - 1pm St Wystan’s Church 4 Church Yard Ashby De La Zouch, LE65 1AA Open day Contact: 07435 564236 For further information refer to page 4. Look back at St Helen’s charities Ashby de la Zouch Museum through the centuries in both the Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby heritage centre and the church, and Statutes (1219 – 2019) bell ringing. Rare documents and opening our bell tour for viewing For further information refer to page 5. and exploration of the bell peal monuments. Our bell ringers will be Ashby de la Zouch Town ringing a ‘full peal’. Donations welcome. Centre Refreshments: £1- £3 for tea, biscuits Outdoor gallery: 800 years of and cake. Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019)   28 For further information refer to page 5. www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 17 Community Group The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s Guided walk to see the remains of Pottery Museum industries Open day Start time: 10am Between: 1pm - 5pm and 7pm - 9pm Booking required contact 07914 West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG 097907 (start location information will be given on booking) For further information refer to page 5. www.griffydamhistory.com Swannington, a Historic main Guided walk to see the remains of industries that provided employment Street in Griffydam and the local area and Guided walk with the Swannington evidence in the landscape. Heritage Trust Start time: 6.30pm 33  Meeting point: Swannington Primary School car park, Main Street, LE67 8QJ Booking: essential, limited places Coleorton Heritage Group swannington-heritage.co.uk 07779 275762 Guided walk along the Coleorton Heritage Trail Find out all about Swannington on this Start time: 10.30am guided walk. Find out more about the Meeting point: Coleorton Wood Car former farms, the poverty of the Tan Park, Pitt Lane, off Coleorton Moor, Yard, the life of Lady Beaumont and the LE67 8FS lost pubs. Booking essential at  34 www.coleortonheritage.org.uk or contact Sandra on 01530 440000 Stroll around the lanes and footpaths FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER of Coleorton and hear about the history of the houses, places and Repton History Group people who lived and worked in them. Exhibition: Repton through the ages The Coleorton Village Heritage Trail is a For further information refer to page 4. two and a half hour walk through our lovely village, and our local guides will St Wystan’s Church describe its rich history as you walk Open day along its route. For further information refer to page 4.  31

18 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage Ashby de la Zouch Museum St Wystan’s Church Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby Open day Statutes (1219 – 2019) For further information refer to page 4. For further information refer to page 5. Ashby de la Zouch Museum Ashby de la Zouch Town Exhibition: 800 years of Ashby Centre Statutes (1219 – 2019) Outdoor gallery: 800 years of For further information refer to page 5. Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) For further information refer to page 5. Ashby de la Zouch Town Centre Shardlow Heritage Centre Outdoor gallery: 800 years of Exhibition and open day Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) For further information refer to Friday For further information refer to page 5. page 12. Coalville Heritage Society Castle Donington Museum The Many Faces of Palitoy - Your Exhibition: Schools- now and then Toy Story Between: 10am - 12.30pm Between: 7pm - 9pm The Stone House, 4 Apiary Gate, DE74 2JA Heartwood Conference Centre, Rothley For further information refer to page 4. House, Coalville Business Park, Coalville LE67 3NR Booking required: One-to-one session Whitwick Historical Group will be limited to around 10 minutes Exhibition and open day please contact for a time slot. Call 01530 Between: 10am - 12 noon 833521 or email coalville.heritage@ The Old Station, North Street, Whitwick gmail.com with your preferred time. LE67 5HA Bring along your favourite Palitoy toy For further information refer to and ask the former Palitoy Chief Toy Saturday 7 September, page 5. Designer for its development story.   26 The Magic Attic at Sharpe’s Pottery Museum SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER Open day Repton History Group Between: 10am - 1pm Exhibition: Repton through the ages West Street, Swadlincote, DE11 9DG For further information refer to page 5. For further information refer to page 4. www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 19 St Helens Heritage Centre Swannington Incline Exhibition and open day Guided walk along the Swannington Between: 10am - 1pm Incline Start time: 10.30am 4 Church Yard, Ashby De La Zouch, Meeting point: Snibston No 3 Coal LE65 1AA Mine, off Spring Lane, LE67 8QR Contact: 07435 564236 Booking: Essential - limited spaces The ground floor bell chamber will contact 07779 275762 be open to the public for viewing of See diary on swannington-heritage.co.uk the charity and bell peal monuments Walk in the footsteps of Robert boards. Donations welcome. Stephenson on a guided tour of Refreshments: £1- £3 for tea, biscuits the Swannington Incline at the and cake. western end of his 1832 Leicester and   28 Swannington Railway.  36 St Peter’s Church Open day Between: 10am - 4pm Sir John Moore Foundation Last tower trip: 3.30pm Open day, exhibitions, activities, Church Street, Hartshorne, DE11 7ER tours, talks Contact: 07966 194954 Between: 10.30am - 3.30pm An opportunity to climb the spiral Top Street, , DE12 7AH staircase to the top of the church Contact: 07803 586805 tower to see the bells and clock room. The Sir John Moore Foundation, Churchyard trail and quizzes to learn designed by Sir Christopher Wren, was more about the history of the church built in 1697. It is grade 1 listed and and churchyard. There has been a is home to Appleby Magna’s primary church on the site since the beginning school. We welcome all visitors to of the fourteenth century. Come along experience our 17th school heritage and find out more about the ‘Church on centre and engage in light activities the hill’. that celebrate both our history and our   35 local community. Refreshments will be made available.  37

20 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Shardlow Heritage Centre Exhibition and open day Repton History Group For further information refer to Friday Exhibition: Repton through the ages page 12. For further information refer to page 4. St Wilfrid’s Church St Wystan’s Church Open day and tour Open day Between: 1.30pm - 5pm For further information refer to page 4. Church Lane, Barrow upon Trent, Sir John Moore Foundation DE73 7HB Contact: : 07740 125990 Open day, exhibitions, activities, tours, talks An opportunity to view our alabaster For further information refer to page 20. effigy, possibly the earliest of a priest in the country, examine the signs of Ashby de la Zouch Town an anchorite cell and other intriguing Centre features. We welcome you to visit this Outdoor gallery: 800 years of hidden gem of a church which has Anglo-Saxon origins, was developed by Ashby Statutes (1219 – 2019) the Knights Hospitallers and is set in a For further information refer to page 5. beautiful, peaceful rural setting. Tea and Ravenstone Almshouses biscuits, with juice for the children will be available. A one off open day and guided walk   39 Start time: 11am - 4pm Hospital Lane, Ravenstone, LE67 2AJ Contact: 01530 832804 A guided walk around the village Castle Donington Museum at 2.30pm. The eighteenth century Exhibition: Schools - now and then Almshouses chapel will be open for Between: 2pm - 4.30pm visitors with an exhibition on the The Stone House, 4 Apiary Gate, DE74 2JA history of the Almshouses, and the For further information refer to page 4 story of Ann Ayre Hely, a resident who nursed in the Crimean War. Books about the history of the Almshouses and Nurse Hely will be for sale. 38

www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage 21 Coalville Heritage Society Walk and Talk: “The Town I Knew” Start time: 2pm - 4pm Meeting point: Margaret Street Car Park, Coalville, LE67 3LW Booking required: 07870 345781 or [email protected] A guided walk and reminiscence of what Belvoir Road and Marlborough Square area of Coalville was like in the 1950s. John Jacobs of the Coalville Heritage Society will take you back in time to the Coalville he remembers as a young man and will give a guided walk and talk about the places and people of Coalville 60 years ago.   40

Hough Mill Open day For further information refer to page 8.

22 www.nwleics.gov.uk/helloheritage | www.southderbyshire.gov.uk/helloheritage THE MANY FACES OF PALITOY A CENTENARY OF TOYS EXHIBITION

Did you play with Tiny Tears, Pippa, Tressy, Action Man, Star Wars toys or Playdoh…? Did you work at the factory or collect these iconic toys? This will bring back memories! The Many Faces of Palitoy – A Century of Toys celebrates the story of Palitoy. Marking 100 years since Alfred Pallett founded the Cascelloid Company in 1919, leading to the formation of Palitoy in 1935.

Saturday 12 October - Sunday 10 November Daily from 10am – 4.30pm | Admission free Heartwood Conference Centre, Rothley House, Coalville Business Park, Coalville LE67 3NR

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