LOCAL HISTORY GROUP
The group meets at 10am on the 1st Wednesday of the month.
Next Meeting: Wednesday 3 April is a guided tour of Mansfield with Claire and David. Meet outside the museum on Leeming Street, Mansfield at 10.30am.
Following Meeting: Wednesday 1 May, 10am at Alfreton Heritage Centre.
In March, nine of us visited Nottingham Castle, refurbished in recent years. We started by
testing our outlaw skills, virtually. Val turned out to be a crack shot with the virtual bow and
arrow, but some of us proved useless fighting with a virtual quarterstaff, and as for herding
geese with one, no chance. After chasing money and ghosts around medieval Nottingham
we went to the Revolution Gallery, where holograms brought to life episodes from the
Castle’s past, amid quite a collection of historical artefacts. We then split up around the
various galleries of art, lace, pottery and militaria. Most arrived at the café on the castle
terrace for lunch. And we have annual passes to do it all again in the summer.
3rd April will be Claire and David leading us around Mansfield for Walk Number One. Claire
and David think that there is enough of interest for two walks, so we will slot in Number Two
next year. The meeting point is outside the museum on Leeming Street, NG18 1N. Meet at
10.30am.
1st May. We visit Alfreton Heritage Centre, the Heritage Chapel, within Alfreton Cemetery,
Rodger’s Lane, Alfreton, DE55 7FF. It opens at 10am, and they are expecting us. Very small,
but packed with information about Alfreton’s history.
If you are interested in joining the Group or would like to find out more about it, please get in touch with the Group Co-ordinator through the CONTACT page on this website.
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