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A town unearthed – Heritage Lottery Fund helps Folkestone discover its roots 24/12/2009 Folkestone People’s History Centre (FPHC) will work in partnership with Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) and Canterbury Archaeological Trust (CAT) to recruit …

Abingdon Old County Hall 15/03/2010 Plans to give Abingdon’s historic County Hall Museum a complete makeover will go ahead, thanks to a final grant of just over £1.7 million announced today by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). To date, the project has been …

Grand old Duke of York’s celebrates a cinema centenary 08/02/2010 Unlike other cinemas from the same era, the Duke of York’s has operated continually as a cinema throughout its lifetime and in order to capture memories and memorabilia the HLF-funded …

New Forest Centre branches out thanks to the Heritage Lottery 26/08/2009 What better way to teach families with children about the natural habitat of the New Forest than by using a tree? Not just any tree but a purpose-built two-storey tree 18 feet in …

Project will dig up the Land Girls’ stories 07/10/2009 Uckfield-based film and music charity Sound Architect will be working with local young people to interview surviving members of the Women’s Land Army and record their memories which will not only be …

Two Heritage grants for aspects of Forest life 20/01/2009 Two fundamental aspects of life in the New Forest are the subject of grants worth nearly £80,000 announced by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). One will study the history and work of the C, the …

Lottery help for laureate’s park project 08/04/2008 The multi-faceted learning project has been created by the Letcombe Brook Charitable Trust which established the park twelve years ago as a memorial to Sir John who lived in the town for many years. The …

Town’s history is fair game 13/07/2009 Groups of Eastbourne residents and schoolchildren will be working together to create a unique board game involving dramatic performances about the history of the town since the Victorian era. The project, run by East …

Heritage Lottery Fund gives £2million to redevelop Fort Nelson 21/10/2009 With attractions of military might ranging from a 15th-century Turkish bombard, cannon captured at the Battle of Waterloo, and more recently Saddam Hussein’s infamous Supergun, in …

Thames tapestry will be record achievement 10/11/2009 Thames Heritage Trust working with the Millennium Tapestry Company is contacting a total of 240 schools from the source of the river in Gloucestershire down to the estuary with the aim of creating a …