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Willaston to remember its First World War fallen 11/03/2014 Today, Willaston Village Festival Society has received £9,800 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a project, Lest We Forget – Willaston Remembers Its First World War Fallen. Awarded through …

Roman Baths secures future of Beau Street Hoard Selection of coins from the Beau Street Hoard 11/03/2014 The project – managed by Bath & North East Somerset Council – aims to deliver a range of activities around one of the largest hoards of Roman coins …

Sisterhood and Solidarity 1914-18 Jo Ursell, Project Manager at Groundwork South Kent & Medway, holding the books that form part of the Sisterhood and Solidarity 08/03/2014 The project focuses on the impact of the First World War on local women and will …

Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales secures major collection of works by John Piper 21/02/2014 The series of works by Piper – the mid-20th century neo-romantic artist – has been purchased from a private individual with links to Wales, thanks to the …

HLF awards £9,200 to Friends of St Augustine’s Penarth to mark First World War Centenary 03/03/2014 Awarded through HLF’s First World War: then and now programme, the project will focus on the restoration and regilding of the Roll of Honour on the west …

Wicksteed Park Lake project update 10/03/2014 An amazing 50,000 cubic meters of lake silt has been moved. Roughly half has been taken out to dry on two sites within the park, the remainder has been fashioned to create a number of large reed beds around …

Remarkable First World War story of Mabel Stobart to be told 06/03/2014 Dorset County Museum is proud to announce an exciting new exhibition of national and international interest. Mabel Stobart: A Dorset Woman at War will open at the museum on Saturday …

Down Memory Lane 07/03/2014 On Saturday 15 March at the Broomhall Centre, ‘Our Broomhall’, the Heritage Lottery Funded project, is putting on a celebration event called ‘Down Memory Lane’, to mark its first year. Project Manager, Jennie Beard, explained: …

Tinsley Heritage and Environment Celebration 04/03/2014 The team behind the Heritage Lottery funded  ‘Exploring Tinsley Manor’ project, is inviting Tinsley folk to help them celebrate the project's first birthday with the first Tinsley Heritage and …

Multimillion pound boost to save UK’s Magnificent Meadows 04/02/2014 There were once natural wild flower meadows in every parish – today only 2% of the meadows that existed in the 1930s remain. Nearly 7.5million acres of wildflower meadow have been lost …