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We are a group of young people from Moira and Donisthorpe exploring and mapping the heart of the National Forest
Sophie and Kristen’s great Aunty Irene shared some stories with us this morning about her experiences growing up in Donisthorpe – war-time memories of bombs and bullets, harvest time as a land girl,… Continue reading
Last week we set up our film base at Moira Furnace and set about a 6-day shoot – sorting out cameras, sound and questions to interview local residents with links to the key… Continue reading
This evening we invited 2 experts to Donisthorpe youth club to help us with our research into Pit Talk and local dialect – Dr Natalie Barber, a senior lecturer in Linguistics from Nottingham… Continue reading
These Photos were shot around Sarah’s wood for our coming film ( taking place in just over a weeks time). If you have any stories about pit talk you wish to share with… Continue reading
Come and see our new exhibition at Moira Furnace! We installed it today in the Bridge Loft- a great opportunity for us to represent the project’s journey and what we discovered about this landscape’s… Continue reading
On Wednesday the 10th we will be installing our exhibition at moira furnace. We’ve just been finishing off making and mounting things to put on display. Please come along to our exhibition. It… Continue reading
Alas the summer is finaly upon us and our exhebition draws close. We have many resources but please share more of your stories and photos. Please come along to moira furnace to support… Continue reading
We have some rubbings of leaves here but can you guess what kind of leaf it is? Please comment on the picture to tell us what you think it is. We know the… Continue reading
We now have photographs from sharpe’s pottery come online from last week. Well worth a visit. Enjoy.
On Monday we took a trip to meet Graham Knight at Moira Replan to have a look at the archive of local photos and maps that’s held there. We took a look at… Continue reading
