Bestwood Winding Engine House

Another piece of Notts industrial heritage...

See you at our board games afternoon tomorrow, and Mini Miners Go Fishing on Saturday!

We're making mini miners banners today until 1pm.

We have the lovely Katharine Dryden here at Bestwood tonight with a recital in aid of Friends of Bestwood Country Park. Katharine is a mezzo soprano and is accompanied by Paul Ricard.

This Sunday afternoon we'll be joined by Mansfield Fire Museum bringing their vintage fire engines to Bestwood for the first time. You'll be able to tour the Winding Engine House and enjoy a cuppa and a homemade cake in the restored Dynamo House. All the usual family fun too!

Tales and Rhymes from the Mines - A Travelright free event at Bestwood Winding Engine House on Saturday 14th March 2015 at 10.30am. All welcome.

Free Travelright event "Tales and Rhymes from the Mines" at Bestwood Winding Engine House on Saturday 14th March 2015 at 10.30am. All welcome. Light refreshments and hot drinks available in the Dynamo House from 10am - 1pm.

An interesting recent mining memorabilia acquisition is this 1912 Minimum Strike mottie. It was found whilst metal detecting near the site of the former Hucknall No. 1 Colliery (Top Pit). DH Lawrences short story, Strike Pay, is based during the 1912 dispute.

Would you like to support the campaign to save Clipstone headstocks? The deadline is tonight!

Lovely morning taking Mini Miners on tour to Mansfield Woodhouse library as guests of Mansfield Woodhouse heritage link. Thanks to the lovely library staff for such a warm welcome and lots of help. Some very productive mini miners and lots of great miners' lamps built!

On line survey for Bestwood Country Park on till 13th March 2015 to air your views on the future of the park. Survey is at www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/bestwoodcp

Another image from the Bestwood Poetry Walk - Saturday 21st February 2015.

A scene from yesterday's Bestwood Poetry Walk, organised by Travelright Gedling and led by Dave Wood, Poet and Wordsmith. Twelve hardy souls participated in the event, the soup back at the Dynamo House following the walk was a life-safer!

A talented young visitor whose Grandad was a miner at Bestwood did this marvellous picture of a miner's lamp after making her own LED lamp with us.

Tickets now available for the evening recital "All in the April evening", due to take place at the Bestwood Dynamo House on Friday evening, 24th April 2015 (7pm for 7.30pm start). Tickets are £5 per person (maximum 40 people).

Map of the railway network around Bestwood when both the Midland and the Great Northern Railway Companies had branches into the pit.

A guided tour at the preserved Bestwood Winding Engine House on Saturday 14th February 2015, Volunteer, Darren Leach, explains the operation of the former colliery winding engine.