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Woodhorn Archives

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… Northumberland people held in the Woodhorn archives will now be easier to explore, thanks to an award of £249,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a major catalogue and digitisation project. The collections of some of … people as possible. It will be shown at the museum and then toured around a variety of regional venues. Notes to …

Regeneration of Ballymoney’s historic heart one step closer

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… HLF’s Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI) programme and includes a development grant of £50,000 to support the … more detailed proposals. Ballymoney Regeneration Company now has up to 12 months to submit the fully developed plans … is an indication of positive support. The applicants can then progress to the second round and submit a further, …

East End’s boxing lives revealed with Heritage Lottery help

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… East End have clinched an array of British, Olympic and world titles and the story of their efforts has also been a story of social integration. Now that story will be told for the first time, thanks to a … with other school children. It was a culture shock and then a friend took me along to a boxing club and the …

McArthur centenary celebrations win Heritage Lottery Fund support

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… The project will be delivered by Ballymoney Museum and include an exhibition on McArthur, in addition to a new … of Potchefstroom Museum, these precious artefacts will now be released on loan and transported to Northern Ireland. … drawn, not by horses, but by the people of the Borough! He then travelled to Dervock where he was greeted by the …

Million pound National Lottery win for the Gwent Levels

The Gwent Levels
The Gwent Levels

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… The Living Levels project joins the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley, and the Elan Valley as recipients of this HLF … nation’s economy. “Thanks to National Lottery players we now have the chance to support three stunning areas, each … of Victorian engineering that brought clean water to the then rapidly expanding industrial city of Birmingham. Today, …

Stockton town centre recieves £1.8m lottery boost

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… recieves £1.8m lottery boost 14/05/2010 The project can now start working on plans for the vital restoration of some … reinstating historic features of existing buildings and improve links with the town centre and cultural quarter. … is an indication of positive support. The applicants can then progress to the second round and submit a further, …

Changing lives: Unearthing slave histories gives Clive a better outlook on life

Clive outside Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire

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… who brought the often hidden links between heritage sites and African slaves into sharp focus through the Slave Trade … in more recent times came from Nelson Mandela, who was then retired from public life but told Clive to “keep going” … in a message sent from his office. The self-starter, now 43, did just that and joined the Legacies project which, …

Hyde Park Picture House awarded £2.3million

Hyde Park Picture House
Hyde Park Picture House Leigh Harrison

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… Harrison 10/01/2019 Hyde Park Picture House in Leeds can now begin work on The Picture House Project - a vital … War, it gained popularity by screening patriotic dramas and newsreels to boost morale during the war. The picture … it to progress with its plans. Detailed proposals were then considered by HLF at second round, where a final …

Boston Castle to reach new heights

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… Occupying one of the highest points in Rotherham and visible for many miles around, Boston Castle is to be … a welcome New Year boost for Rotherham residents who can now look forward to a revitalised Boston Castle. The project, … exhibition will be held at MAGMA in March 2010 which will then travel to libraries around the town. Rockingham Pattern …

Tate launches world-wide access to unpublished archives of key British artists

A tender love letter from Paul Nash to his wife Margaret
A tender love letter from Paul Nash to his wife Margaret. Nash’s black-and-white photographic output (numbering over 1,000 images) has been digitised showing his captivation with the beauty of the British landscape

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… letter from Paul Nash to his wife Margaret. Nash’s black-and-white photographic output (numbering over 1,000 images) … a grant of £2million. These items from Tate Archive can now be viewed online and include sketchbooks, drawings, … ‘Happy New Year’ letter sent to Ben Nicholson and his then wife Barbara Hepworth. Over 100 letters by Walter …