Hough Mill

Hough Mill is being restored by Swannington Heritage Trust who have former railway and coal mining sites. Family activities are key.

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The last session by our partners LIHS at the Califat coal mine engine house - after 200+ monthly sessions over 16 years the excavation and landscaping is complete. #coalmining #heritage #Swannington https://t.co/8t9ky6kKYv

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@adunkley44 @LeicsWildlife Glad you enjoyed your visit

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It was a pleasure to host @AshbyArtClub last week https://t.co/PIYjVWMKv1. Always happy to open up for artists just for pleasure or for them to help interpret our fabulous history

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Swannington Heritage Trust won Museum of the Year, Best Research and Best Project Under £750 at the #LRHFheritageawards plus highly commended for behind the scenes - see https://t.co/yE24mIn1Zj
It reflects the work of our fabulous volunteers.

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An infectious disease closing a school in 1909 - shows history repeats itself

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Found this in a pile of school things from Thringstone School - 1909 - school cleaning after closure for infectious disease. Quite apt at the moment.....

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Always great to see people posting photos of Swannington's fabulous heritage

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A walk up to @HoughMill as the light was starting to fade

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While pruning the gorse and removing brambles our volunteers discovered a bent silver birch - shows how hard it strived to seek the light #Swannington #birch #Leicestershire

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The Berkin family of St George's Hill and Montana. More amazing tales of our extraordinary ordinary people. We are still researching the part of the Berkin family that lived in Main Street. #Berkin #Swannington #Coleorton #Montana #familyhistory

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Prairie Pioneers! From Main Street To Manitoba - the story if the Fewkes family who emigrated from Swannington to Canada. See https://t.co/7oCRNzrEDr #Swannington #Leicestershire #Canada #Fewkes #familyhistory

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Raymond, Wright and George Fowkes - Swannington Brothers, Seafarers of the World - describes their WWII era sailing trips. See https://t.co/qwmfMku8Nh #Swannington #Coalville #Leicestershire #history #fowkes

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@NWLeics to be congratulated on financing the Hello Heritage boards

[FriendsofThringstone @Thringstone2]

This is one of three Hello Heritage Boards in Thringstone put together by Friends of Thringstone. This one is outside Ruby's. Have a walk round the village and learn a little about its past.

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Our permissive path along the Swannington Incline is closed Tuesday 25th August as high winds are forecast. #Swannington #Coalville #Leicestershire #winds #keepsafe

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Even though Hough Mill is not opening this year, maintenance work has continued. Volunteers have been busy cleaning and painting the fantail sails.

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Volunteers at Robert Stephenson's 1833 Incline apologise to the ants for disturbing them while weeding the coal pavement. Hope you find a new home soon. #ants #Swannington #Leicestershire #railway

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@SarahMuseums @MSpaceInvaders Perhaps @MusDevEM could be persuaded to run a grant aided programme for museums wanting to tell more stories about women - this can be challenging as there are fewer written records than for men - but it is achievable.

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#Swannington Incline winding engine manufactured by The Horsely Coal & Iron Company in 1833 - it was in regular use until the beginning of 1948 and taken to National Railway Museum York in 1951. Anyone remember it in use or being removed? #railways #Leicestershire

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Buglife https://t.co/58nsGeovzv has designated bee friendly corridors to help bees (and other wildlife) thrive. The Gorse Field, Califat Spinney and Incline are all in the corridor, which is great. @Buzz_dont_tweet

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Yesterday the diggers had to dodge a small swarm of bees during the Califat dig. Very topical as this article https://t.co/YxjCwdPLsb reports on the creation of bee friendly highways in the UK @guardian @guardiannews #bees

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A fabulous new painting for our collection - Rock Fall the death of 14 year old Thomas Webster - by Swannington Artist Christine Davies. See https://t.co/jo9CQO6uoH…/child-coal-miners/ for the newspaper reports of the incident. A picture paints a 1,000 words thank you Christine

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Added the 1911 census and 1939 register for Hough Hill, Swannington to the website https://t.co/UBwee6jukE Anyone with photos of Hough Hill? #Swannington #Coalville #Leicestershire