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Memories of Leadgate is non for profit group who via website content, talks and events will look to share and cherish the history of the village

Leadgate County Durham UK
Joined June 2020
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Our latest quiz is now live! This week's theme is naval battles. Test your knowledge of maritime engagements... and then tell us how you did! the-past.com/shorts/quiz/nav…
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Listen to our Prof Richard Hingley discussing 'Boudica, warrior queen' on the BBC World Service Forum programme, with Bridget Kendall, Prof Miranda Aldhouse-Green and Dr Jane Webster. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct1r…
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Today the club mourns the passing of one of its true legends, David Steadman. A fantastic cricketer and stalwart supporter of our club, ‘Stead’ played his cricket competitively and with great spirit and was a larger than life character to all who knew him…
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Another great District First Aid course run by Ken 😀 Thanks to everyone who gave up their time and attended from Derwentside, Durham City and Peterlee Districts.
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Congratulations to Dr David Petts for winning the Durham University Teaching and Learning Award for Most Impactful Innovation in Teaching and Learning for his work developing innovative new forms of assessment in Archaeology using social media durham.ac.uk/news-events/lat…
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This afternoon our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Young Leaders joined together to: Plant spring bulbs and seeds in remembrance and pay our respects to those who have served our country.
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All good to go with - 15 sets of football boots to be sent to Africa for young footballers to use. With thanks to our community partner @BlackfyneJfc 👍🏻❤️⚽️
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It's official! In November I'll be presenting my PhD research so far as part of the @RomanRoadsRA lecture series! Talk titled: "Modelling Public Roads in Roman Britain" See more at: romanroads.org/lectures.html #RomanRoads #RomanBritain #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology
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'Coal in the Blood: An East Midlands Coal Mining Anthology' edited by @NatalieBraber & @MuBuMiner published by @FiveLeavesBooks Book Launch event at #Mansfield Library @NottsLibraries on Sat, 18th Sept 2021 (2pm-3.30pm). Free Event, bookings at inspireculture.org.uk/whats-…
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There's lots on offer during @heritageopenday in Berwick, 10-19 Sep Check out the website for listings and a downloadable programme (coming soon): berwickhods.org.uk Booking via: eventbrite.co.uk/o/berwick-h…
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You can also buy #Hadrianswall #MilitaryWay from me via Amazon (tinyurl.com/x6zzetdf) or just direct from me (tinyurl.com/3k798tpz). You can even walk into your local bookshop and get them to order it via Nielsen's (ISBN 9781910238202). :-) #RomanRoads
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#Handwriting help required for today’s #postcard Can anyone decipher this surname? He is a #Barnsley soldier
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#OnThisDay in 1996 the gasholders & cooling towers of #Ravenscraig Steel Works, a Lanarkshire landmark for 40 years were demolished 4 years after the works was controversially closed You can find out more about Ravenscraig on our collections website culturenlmuseums.co.uk/story… #OTD
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As part of the #festivalofarchaeology find out more about the work of a University-based commercial archaeology service with our free online lecture - July 28th 7.30pm @durham_uni @archaeologyUK eventbrite.co.uk/e/163349551…
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Today's Postcard from the Past is from our MA student Natalie Wilkinson talking about @pparkmuseum youtu.be/_QW8Uj7ZMrE #festivalofarchaeology @durham_uni @archaeologyuk
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‘Mine-Craft the Prequel: The Photographic Story of East Midlands Coal’ youtu.be/PDaT1IkLy_w via @YouTube Recent on-line presentation by @MuBuMiner to the @DHLawrenceSoc on the Rev Cobb collection of mining photographs around #Eastwood from 1907 to c1913. #miningheritage
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A trip back to #WW1 for today’s #postcard A card from his French sweetheart. I’m guessing Joseph kept it safe in his pocket judging by the heavy crease down the middle
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