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Monthly meeting – November 2023

Sunday, November 26, 2023

Our November meeting will take place on Wednesday 29th November at the Village Hall, Linby Lane Papplewick, at 7:30pm. Our speaker will be Laura Parker of York Archaeology, who will be discussing our recent archaeology project.  All will be welcomed. This will be our last evening meeting this year.

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Monthly Meeting – October 2023

Friday, October 6, 2023

The next meeting of the Friends will take place at the Village Hall, Papplewick at 7:30 on Wednesday 25th October 2023. The guest speaker will be Margaret Crittenden talking about Briophytes (mosses) and their identification. All welcome.

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Monthly meeting – July 2023

Tuesday, July 18, 2023

The July 2023 meeting of the friends is a free guided tour of the site. Members and non-members are welcome to join us. Meet at the Village Hall for a 6:30pm start on Wednesday 26th July.  It will be the last opportunity to view the outcome of our recent archaeology investigation before the site is…

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Monthly meeting – 26th April 2023

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

The next meeting of the Friends group will take place at the Papplewick Village Hall on Wednesday 26th April 2023 at 7:30pm.  Maiya Evans will speak to us about Amphibians and Reptiles in Nottinghamshire.  All will be welcome.

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Monthly meeting – February 2023

Thursday, February 16, 2023

The monthly meeting of the Friends will take place at Papplewick and Linby Village Hall, on Wednesday 22nd February 2023 at 7:30.  There will be a talk by Stephen Walker about the evidence for how the Papplewick Mills were operated,  All welcome.

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Monthly meeting – April 2022

Friday, April 1, 2022

The next meeting of the Friends group will be on Wednesday 27th April 2022 at 7:30pm at the Village Hall NG15 8FB.  The talk will be ‘Woodpeckers-Classification  and Characteristics‘ by Tony Wardell. All are welcome.

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Monthly meeting – March 2022

Thursday, February 24, 2022

The next meeting will be at the village hall at 7:30 on the 30th March. There will be a presentation about progress on the site over the last year and a discussion about what work and projects the members wish to carry out in the future. Based on the discussion, the management plan will be…

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Monthly meeting – January 2022

Monday, December 20, 2021

The Friends will meet at the Village Hall NG15 8FB at 7:30pm on Wednesday 26th January.  Keiran Lee will tell us about the progress being made on the Benneley Viaduct project.

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Monthly meeting – November 2021

Thursday, November 18, 2021

The Friends will meet at the Village Hall NG15 8FB at 7:30pm on Wednesday 24th November. In place of the advertised talk (the speaker is now unavailable), Dr. Stephen Walker will review his recent work investigating the workers at the Darley Abbey mills. The Evans’ mills at Darley Abbey date from the late 1770s and…

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September 2021

Friday, September 3, 2021

The group activities are beginning to return to normality. The next meeting will be the group AGM at 7:30pm on 29th September in the Village Hall, NG15 8FB. This will be followed with a social meeting and update on the LIDAR project which is being undertaken.

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