Weardale Field Study Society presents: Ponies, Pieces and a Helpful Round of Drinks – How Weardale’s Lead was Carried to Tyneside – An illustrated talk by Ian Forbes at the Dales Centre Stanhope… read more
Newcastle Journal think we’re Oresome too
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/analysis-news/new-beer-celebrates-northumberland-lead-7876652 Alongside a gallery of cracking photos, one of their top journalists, Tony Henderson, wrote: “Volunteers behind a celebration of centuries of lead mining history were able to drink to the… read more
Cheers! Our ‘Ore’some Ale on draft from today
Our thirst quenching beer, specially brewed for the project has been Launched today by Paul Mooney from BBC Look North at the Rose and Crown Slaley. Available from hostelries… read more
Dukesfield and Killhope fire the imagination of Whitley Chapel pupils
What a great display of painting, prints and spar boxes at the Hexhamshire Leek Club Show on Saturday! Pupils from Whitley Chapel First School took part in various activities at… read more
Autumn Events – UPDATES!
Events Autumn 2014 In the Footsteps of the Lead Miners – Guided Walk, Allendale Thursday 2nd October. 10.30am – 3.30pm. Part of the North Pennines Walking Festival 8 mile walk… read more
Heritage Open Day at the Arches this Sunday
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We’ve had the lads from Heritage Consolidation on site this week, starting the conservation of the water wheel pit, and there’ll be some archaeologists digging in the mill leat too…. read more
Dukesfield’s beer – a family connection
The voting booth to name the beer that Geoff Brooker of the Hexhamshire Brewery and Dipton Mill pub is going to produce in the autumn was visited by many at… read more
Name Our Beer competition!
Corking suggestions are coming in for our Name the Beer competition : Head Smelter Lead Head Lead Quencher Canny Carrier Lead Poisoning Which one is worthy to win a meal… read more
Slaley Show entries
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
