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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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July 2021 – update

Friday, July 9, 2021

We re-started the programme of volunteering in June. There is a timetable of forthcoming volunteer events. Many thanks to those who attended and/or supported our ‘Festival of Archaeology event on 25th July. It was a successful day. We do not meet in August. Our next planned meeting is September 29th.

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June 2021 News update

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

After our long ‘dormant period’, we are re-starting the programme of volunteering in June. There is a timetable of forthcoming dates. The next meeting of the Friends on 30th June will be a guided walk through the project area. We will point out the work that has been done in the last few months and…

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April 2021 – News update

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

We are re-starting volunteering on Sunday 11th April. For more information see the volunteer post or contact mpw@papplewick.org.  We have a backlog of work to improve the site, so something to do for people of all ages and abilities. The next monthly meeting will take place on Wednesday April 28th at 7:30. This meeting will…

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