Yearly Archives: 2015
Happy New Year
All at the Apedale Heritage Centre wish all of our visitors past, present and future a very Happy New Year. We’ve had a great year with the opening of the […]
2015 Santa Special Pictures
Click here for pictures from the AVLR 2015 Santa Special service.
Christmas Opening and 2016 Prices
Now that the AVLR Santa Specials are over and we’ve all more or less recovered, our thoughts turn to Turkey, Christmas pud and terrible jokes from crackers. We’ll be closed […]
The Apedale Bowl
We had a great event today at the Heritage Centre. Our new quiet garden, aka ‘The Apedale Bowl’ was officially opened by Newcastle Borough Mayor, Councillor Sandra Hambleton. The garden is […]
Mining Themed CD Released
Congratulations to Alex Caton (http://alexcaton.com/) on the release of her new Album, “Never Take a Daisy Down a Mine” inspired by a visit to the Apedale Heritage Centre. It combines […]
Oaks Colliery Disaster
We’ve been asked to pass on this request for information and help… Does anyone have, or know of anyone who’s relatives were a victim of the Oaks Colliery Disaster, Barnsley, […]
Book Launched Today
The Audley and District Family History Society held the launch of their new publication, Mark Casewell’s “Mining Deaths in North Staffordshire 1756-1995” at the centre today. It’s the first time […]
Book to be launched at the Heritage Centre
A new index of ‘Mining Deaths in North Staffordshire 1756-1995’, compiled by Mark Casewell of the Audley and District Family History Society, will be launched at Apedale Heritage Centre, Loomer […]
Website update
If you are a regular visitor to this website you may have noticed a few changes. We’ve just updated it to match our shiny new logo, with improvements all around. The headline feature […]
AVLR Gala Pictures
We hope everyone who visited during the Gala had a great time, we certainly did! No time to catch our breath because we have a Bank Holiday coming up with […]