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& EVENTS 2012
February
Thursday 2
February( Stafford Historical and Civic Society) Railways
in and around Stafford speaker Dr John Wilcock.
All members are requested to pay a fee of £1 for each meeting.
Please bring a £1 coin if possible. There will be a charge
of £2 per person for all visitors. Subscription For 2011 –
2012 the subscription remains at £5 per person. Contact William
Read 59 Burton Bank Lane, Stafford, ST17 9JJ (01785) 255552 william.read@dunelm.org.uk
All Winter Meetings will be held on Thursdays at 7.30pm in the Barn,
at the rear of Castle Church Hall, Newport Road, Stafford, ST16
1DP. Ample parking is available.
Wednesday, February 15th 2012 Landor (Local History) SocietySneydlands
7.30 p.m."The History of Rugeley Trent Valley Railway
Station" David Barratt and Robin Mathams will again visit us
to continue their talk. Conatct 01889 576674
March
Thursday 1 March (Stafford
Historical and Civic Society) Staffordshire’s
Designated Archives. Speaker Joanna Terry
Highlights from the Collections of County Archivist National Significance.
All members are requested to pay a fee of £1 for each meeting.
Please bring a £1 coin if possible. There will be a charge
of £2 per person for all visitors. Subscription For 2011 –
2012 the subscription remains at £5 per person. Contact William
Read 59 Burton Bank
Lane, Stafford, ST17 9JJ (01785) 255552 william.read@dunelm.org.uk.
All Winter Meetings will be held on Thursdays at 7.30pm
in the Barn, at the rear of Castle Church Hall, Newport Road, Stafford,
ST16 1DP. Ample parking is available.
Wednesday March 21st 2012 Landor (Local History) Society Sneydlands
7.30 p.m."The History of Education in Rugeley"
A talk by member and Vice Chairman of the Society, Dorothy Bradbury.
Contact 01889 576674
April
Thursday
5 April (Stafford Historical and Civic Society) 800 years
of coal mining on David Jackson, Cannock Cannock Chase Chase Mining
Historical Society.
All members are requested to pay
a fee of £1 for each meeting. Please bring a £1 coin
if possible. There will be a charge of £2 per person for all
visitors. Subscription For 2011 – 2012 the subscription remains
at £5 per person. Contact William Read 59 Burton Bank Lane,
Stafford, ST17 9JJ (01785) 255552 william.read@dunelm.org.uk.
All Winter Meetings will be held on Thursdays at 7.30pm
in the Barn, at the rear of Castle Church Hall, Newport Road, Stafford,
ST16 1DP. Ample parking is available.
Wednesday, April 18th 2012 Landor (Local History) Society Sneydlands
7.30 p.m. "The Life and Shropshire Works of Thomas Telford"
A talk given by Richard Bifield. Contact 01889 576674
Thursday 26 April
(Stafford
Historical and Civic Society) AGM
& Staffordshire Place; tour Mark Winnington and presentation
at Staffordshire Place. Contact William Read 59 Burton Bank Lane,
Stafford, ST17 9JJ (01785) 255552 william.read@dunelm.org.uk.
May
Tuesday 29
May (Stafford
Historical and Civic Society) Annual Dinner
3 courses Stafford College 6.30pm for 7pm Details to follow. Contact
William Read 59 Burton Bank Lane, Stafford, ST17 9JJ (01785) 255552
william.read@dunelm.org.uk.
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EXHIBITIONS
AND PROJECTS
Heavenly Spires and Headframes
Exhibition Dates:
9th January to 24th February 2012
Exhibition Venue:
Museum of Cannock Chase
The Museum of Cannock Chase’s 2012 exhibitions
programme opens with the work of accomplished Burntwood artist David
Brown MA. In forty years of painting and design, David has undertaken
a wide range of artistic commissions featuring pets, people and
places. Best known for his work as a portraitist and as a painter
of animals, David’s latest exhibition explores the contrasting
landscapes of the Cannock and Lichfield areas.
The exhibition features a series of paintings which
explore the impact of the communities on the life and landscape
of South Staffordshire from the mining community of Cannock Chase
during the 19th and 20th centuries to that of the cathedral city
of Lichfield prior to its rapid growth in the latter part of the
last century. The exhibition takes as its central theme the landscapes
of the ‘heavenly spires’ of Lichfield and the headframes
of the collieries of Cannock Chase but also seeks to show how different
life was in the two communities. His pictures
include people at work and play, contrasting the theological and
rural life in and around Lichfield with the mining and forestry
activities of Cannock Chase.
One individual portrait of a miner is based on an
old photograph and the artist is particularly keen to hear from
anyone who recognises themselves or a member of their family from
the painting. David has kindly offered to donate this portrait free
of charge to anyone who can accurately identify the subject.
David works in acrylics and his paintings incorporate
a wide variety of styles and techniques, making this a vibrant and
richly detailed exhibition.
The Museum of Cannock Chase – on Valley Road,
Hednesford – is open from Monday to Friday from 11am to 4pm
with last admission at 3.30pm. Admission is free. For more information,
call the Museum on 01543 877666 or log onto www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/museum.
Photo opportunities
Please call the Museum of Cannock Chase on 01543 877666 if you’d
like to arrange photographs.
Press contact
For more information contact:
Alastair Smith, Communications Officer
01543 464495
alastairsmith@cannockchasedc.gov.uk
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