The Churnet Valley Living Landscape Partnership is holding a Spring Wildlife and Heritage Fayre at Consall Nature Park on Sunday, April 14th between 10.00am and 4.00pm.
Activities include:
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Capture the Churnet Valley’s autumn beauty with your camera and enter your snaps in our photographic competition A Year in the Life of the Churnet Valley.
A Year in the Life of the Churnet Valley is a competition for amateur photographers of all ages.
Organised by The Friends of the Churnet Valley and The Phoenix Trust, the competition allows snappers to photograph life in the valley throughout the year. There are no categories and snaps can be taken of anything or of any activity in the valley. Here are a few suggestions. You could use your camera to photograph:
You can use any kind of digital camera, phone or other device to take your photos. The competition runs until the end of February, 2013. For more details go to www.northstaffordshire.co.uk/?p=9160
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A leading figure in the railway industry, Adrian Shooter, has become Chairman of Moorland & City Railways.
The chairman of Chiltern Railways for 18 years, Mr Shooter was awarded the CBE in 2010 for services to the rail industry.
Speaking of the appointment, Moorland & City Railways’ director David Kemp said: “We are delighted that Adrian has agreed to become our chairman.
“Adrian has vast experience of railways not only in the UK, but around the world and we are pleased that he recognises both the potential of the line and of our business model to own the line and operate services using our own rolling stock.”
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Alton Towers has been approached by Wall to Wall Media, the company that makes ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ for the BBC.
The company is researching the Towers’ history from 1925 to 1938 when several of the grand state rooms were run as tea rooms by Mary Zillah Waddicor.
Although a few photographs of the tea rooms survive very little is known about them. If you can help Wall to Wall’s researches please contact Maxine Ostwald on 020 3301 8471 or email her at maxine.ostwald@walltowall.co.u
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The Easter Bunny
A happy Easter to everyone who reads our posts.
If the weather is fine and you want to spend a day relaxing in beautiful surroundings why not visit the Churnet Valley?
Take your camera and enter your snaps in our photographic competition A Year in the Life of the Churnet Valley.
A Year in the Life of the Churnet Valley is a photographic completion for amateur photographers of all ages.
Organised by The Friends of the Churnet Valley and The Phoenix Trust, the competition allows snappers to photograph life in the valley throughout the year and record the changing seasons.
There are no categories and snaps can be taken of anything or of any activity in the valley.
You could use your camera to photograph:
You can use any kind of digital camera, phone or other device to take your photos.
The competition runs until the end of February, 2013.
Images which must be embedded in an email (attachments will not be accepted) should be sent to photophoenix727@live.co.uk giving your name and address and your age if under 18.
For more details go to http://www.northstaffordshire.co.uk/?p=9160
Have a most relaxing and enjoyable weekend. We look forward to seeing you again when we return to work on Wednesday, April 11th.
The Phoenix Trust Team
Visit http://www.northstaffordshire.co.uk/?p=8 to learn why the North Staffordshire Coalfield’s Industrial Landscape and the Churnet Valley merit World Heritage Site Status.
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