Author: jbrantom

For anyone who missed Greg’s talk at the Newcastle Mining Institute in November there will be a slightly changed version, focusing on the role of the Blacketts in developing the… read more

A week to go before the Carry On team tread the boards again. Catch them at Path Head Watermill Blaydon on Sunday 7th December, and have a tour of this… read more

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Slaley Commemoration Hall Saturday 8th November, 7pm. Premiere of ‘Carry on Mining…Ore’ a lighthearted look at the lives and times of the lead industry at the turn of the nineteenth… read more

Found interesting ‘artefacts’ in your garden? Have art works inspired by the Dukesfield Smelters and Carriers, the lead routes, the pack ponies? Enter them for the Dukesfield Smelters and Carriers… read more

This looks intruiging and is a one off chance to see something very different at the Arches. Places are still available

They came, they saw, they asked questions, they puzzled, they completed questionnaires, they explored the site. In all about 100 people came to the open days over the Bank Holiday…. read more

A Dowsing Day In Dukesfield Woods MB If you go down to the Arches on Saturday 12th April, look out for professional dowser Eleanor Burke. Eleanor will be leading a dowsing event… read more