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Spent a productive few hours or so helping to make all the sandwiches for HCT's Children's Packed Lunches. I had great fun assisting the amazing HCT Team. We served 1️⃣1️⃣3️⃣ packed lunches to local school children from #Hadfield, #Padfield & #Tintwistle this afternoon. The...1/9 
lunch packs generally consisted of a sandwich (cheese, ham or chicken), a piece of fruit (apple, banana or orange), a packet of crisps, a carmel millionaire slice, a yoghurt and a drink (apple juice, orange juice or water) to wash it all down with. We also gave free arts...2/9
& crafts and a variety of other toys to every child who attended today's session. We even had our very own pizza station where local youngsters could make their own pizza out of the following ingredients: chicken, cheese, ham, mushrooms, onions, pepperoni, peppers,...3/9
It felt wonderful to be back at Carmel Church for the very first Carmel Coffee Morning of 2023. I had a cracking time catching up with local residents after a pleasant Christmas and New Year. It was dead pleasing to see everyone enjoying themselves this morning. As usual,...1/5
the amazing Carmel Team were on hand to ensure that folk were very well looked after. It was nice to kick off my community engagements for the year with a couple of nice biscuits and I got treated to a lovely hot orange to wash it all down with. You always get well fed and..2/5
watered when you walk through the doors of Carmel. Just a quick reminder, Hadfield Coming Together's Packed Lunches are taking place tomorrow (4th January). Collection for the Packed Lunches is between 12pm - 2pm from Carmel Church. There will be a pizza station and...3/5
Happy New Year to all my Twitter followers. 1st January 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the nationalisation of the British coalmining industry & formation of the National Coal Board #NCB The East Midlands coalfields formed into 8 areas, by 1950 rationalised to 6. 1/4
How the #Nottinghamshire local newspaper, the #Mansfield Chronicle, known locally as the @ChadNews reported nationalisation of the British coalmining on 2nd January 1947. 2/4 #miningheritage
1st January 1947 is known as 'Vesting Day' when the British coalmining industry was nationalised. Four days of celebrations took place in coalfields around Britain. Here is 'Vesting Day' celebrations at #Bolsover Colliery in the North #Derbyshire coalfield. #miningheritage
Perched on a cliff overlooking the Derwent Valley is a small chapel. Hidden behind trees and draped in ivy, is a jewel of the Arts & Crafts movement. This private treasure house was dreamt up by Louisa Harris, who didn't like how things were done at the parish church...
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To get to the chapel you need to pick your way up a steep hill. From high above, an oriel window overhangs the path. Below, a horse trough is fed by a natural spring. It’s all very romantic.
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In 1897, Mrs Harris chose Guy Dawber, founder of @CPRE, to design the chapel. Dawber, in turn, chose a glittering array of craftsmen to turn his design into a reality.
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