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Yearly Archives: 2017
Merry Christmas
We’d like to wish all of our customers, volunteers, members and friends a very Merry Christmas. We’re closing for a couple of days by will be open again on the 27th. Its been a successful year for us with many school visits, a mining gala and the introduction of our new extended tours. The Extended […]
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Santa Train News
Santa Trains are running as scheduled today. Please drive carefully.
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Power off 6th Dec
Our power will be off on Wednesday 6th December due to maintenance by the power company. We will be open but while the power is off there will obviously be no hot food or hot drinks. We also wont be able to open the museum without lighting.
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New Ironworks display
We have a brand new display all about the Apedale Iron Works, courtesy of Tomas Starkey and Bobby Tasker of Madley High School. It was done as part of their Bronze level Duke of Edinburgh award and we think that they’ve done a fantastic job. The display has been very well researched and presented, covering […]
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Summer Mine Tours
Through August we are offering mine tours on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The museum will be open too, and the café is open everyday.
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Closed on 26th-27th July
We will be having some work done on our main electricity supply on the 26th and 27th July, and so will be closed for those two days. Apologies for any inconvenience while we carry out this vital maintenance.
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2017 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence
We’ve won a 2017 certificate of excellence from TripAdvisor. A big thanks to everyone who’s reviewed us, maybe we can make the hat-trick in 2018!
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Mining Gala and the Co-op
A bit of a dual announcement today – firstly we are now one of the causes being supported by the Co-op’s Local Community Fund. The second part is that the specific project being funded is the 2017 Mining Gala! Yes, the mining gala returns, with music, exhibitors and much more. Co-op members can help by […]
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Next Extended Tours
Our next extended tours will be held on the 25th March and the 29th April. Visit our Delve Deeper! page for more information.
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Winter Half Term 2017
It’s nearly half-term again and we’re going to be able to run mine tours on Monday 20th, Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd February. The museum will be open as well, so its just the thing thing to keep the little cherubs occupied! The extended tour that we are running on the 18th is now fully […]
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