heritage

Apples, Wax and Oil

On February 27, 2011 By Paul Fillingham

Bramley apple tree planting 26th February 2011 at Dukes Wood in memory of Brenda Stephens and Audrey Ross, supporters of the Bramley apple.

Clipstone Mining Heritage Centre

On December 2, 2010 By Paul Fillingham

Clipstone Colliery Headstocks Having spent the past few months racing around the midlands from one meeting to another, I appear to have neglected the fact that we moved house last summer and now live in north Nottinghamshire. Recent snowfall has brought me out of my car, off the train and grounded me at home. So [...]

Enquire Within – A Victorian adventure

On September 7, 2009 By Paul Fillingham

In the early 1970′s my adopted Grandmother Alice Meason gave me a book that bore the intriguing title ‘Enquire Within Upon Everything’. She had been presented with the book in 1915 as a reward for good attendance at the Rosemary Girls’ “Evening” School. Although the book’s origins went back to the Victorian era, some of [...]