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A powerful one-man play comes to Clowne
On Friday 28th June at 7.30pm Clowne Parish Church are staging the Hand on the Tap production ‘Without Malice or Ill Will’, an award winning play written and performed by Ray Castleton. The main character, Geoff Marsh began his working life as a coal miner. Ten years later he became a Police Officer. Ten Years after that he faced his old mates across the picket lines during the year-long strike. A year which became the most bitter and divisive in…
New Community Mining Mosaic now installed in our Miners Chapel
Last weekend we held a very successful Mining Festival – hopefully the first of many. The star of the show was our newly installed mosaic in our Miners Chapel. Watch a video with images of how the mosaic was made along with an interview Rev’d Bryony gave on BBC Radio Sheffield on Sunday 23rd June 2019: Interview by Sarah Major on BBC Radio Sheffield Photos by SophieMarplesPhotography & Bryony Taylor Project Managed by Junction Arts Mosaic Designed by Coralie Turpin Thomson Artist Project funded by…
Community mining mosaic brings hidden stories of Clowne to light
An inter-generational group of people have come together at Clowne Parish Church to create a new mosaic as tribute to the mining heritage of Clowne and the surrounding area. Clowne Miners Chapel (inside the church) has not been used for many years. Most residents of Clowne have a connection with mining in their families and Rector Bryony Taylor wanted to involve as many local people as possible in the refurbishment of the space to make it a fitting memorial to…
Clowne celebrates its rich mining heritage with a vibrant festival
Clowne Mining Festival will take place on Saturday 22nd June from 10am-3pm at St John the Baptist Parish Church. This will be an opportunity for people to celebrate the mining heritage of our district and share their family history with the next generation. Explore our exhibition of mining memorabilia created by Clowne History Society. Come and see our brand-new mining mosaic created with artist Coralie Turpin and Junction Arts for our newly restored Miners Chapel. Visit our traditional church fair stalls…
Help us to create Clowne Mining Mosaic – come to a workshop
As you know, we have been successful in our bid to Tesco Bags of Help to create our mosaic for the Miners Chapel at St John the Baptist, Clowne. We are working with artist Coralie Turpin and Junction Arts to create a mosaic to go on the front of the altar in our restored Miners Chapel for future generations to enjoy and celebrate our mining heritage. We are running a series of workshops at church to create the mosaic, all…
St John’s bags £2000 from Tesco’s community grant scheme for its Mining Mosaic Project
We are delighted to announce that we have bagged £2000 from Tesco’s Bags of Help community grant scheme! Millions of shoppers have voted in Tesco stores up and down the country and it can now be revealed Clowne Parish Church PCC has been awarded £2000. Work will now begin on bringing the project to life. Clowne Miners Chapel has not been used for many years. Most residents of Clowne have a connection with mining in their families and we want…
Clowne Parish Church calls out for votes to bag a share of Tesco’s bag fund
Clowne Parish Church is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco stores awarded to local community projects. Three groups in every Tesco region have been shortlisted to receive the cash award and shoppers are being invited to head along to Tesco stores to vote for who they…