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Heritage open days

Last updated at 09:34, Thursday, 03 September 2009

MILLOM again leads the county with the number of places and events on offer for Heritage Open Days between Thursday, September 10 and Sunday, September 13. Around three dozens attractions are outlined in a free booklet which is at the printers now and will be available at most information outlets in a few days.

Details of events in Millom and elsewhere are available on the national website at www.heritageopendays.org.uk.

St George’s Hall in Lapstone Road is the headquarters for the Millom and district event and will be open on all four days from 10am to 4pm. It will host a wide range of exhibitions and activities for all ages.

Duddon and Furness Mountain Rescue Team presents a History of Mountain Rescue in the Millom Area.
There are Find my Past ancestry session to find out how to trace your family tree.
You can see Tannery Folk at Work and Play, an exhibition of vintage pictures and news items on the Haverigg Tannery.
and Millom & District Oral History Group has display boards relating to local history and the local history group.

One of the major events this year is at St George's Church which is hosting Origins: a Festival of Flowers.
The church was designed by Paley and Austin and consecrated in 1877 and features the stunning Norman Nicholson Memorial Window.
For the Heritage Open Days it will also be packed with floral displays to celebrate the life and work of Charles Darwin.
You can see the displays and enjoy refreshments from 10.30am to 4pm each day.

Captain Shaw’s CE Primary School on Main Street, Bootle is hosting displays and activities celebrating the history of the School and the School’s founder Captain Shaw. Details will be available after the school term starts.

Dunningwell Hall at The Green, Millom, offers a chance to explore the historic gardens and an arts and crafts gallery on Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13 from 11am to 4pm.
Haverigg School, in Atkinson Street, Haverigg, is holding an oral history afternoon on Thursday, September 10 from 1pm to 3pm. Visitors should report to reception and sign in.

Millom Guide Hall, off St George’s Road, Millom, is the venue for an exhibition on Girlguiding in Millom past and present, including the development of the present Guide Hall. It is part of national celebrations for the centenary of the Girl Guide Movement. It is open on Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13 from 1pm to 4pm.

Millom Folk Museum in the Station Building, Millom, offers a wide range of displays and artifacts on the discovery of iron ore, iron making, rural industries, social and domestic history. It is open on all four days of the festival from 11am to 4pm.

Nicholson House at 14 St George’s Terrace, is the former home of Millom poet and author Norman Nicholson. You can visit a display in the attic bedroom where
much of Nicholson’s writing was done. It is open on the Thursday and Friday from 08.30am to 3pm and on the Saturday from 8.30am to 12pm.

The Old Schoolroom, next to Holy Trinity Church, Millom, has a display with the theme When Darwin was born in 1809. This includes material on the birth bicentenary of Louis Braille and W.E. Gladstone. It is ooen on the Thursday and Friday from 12pm to 4pm, on Saturday from 10am to 4pm and on Sunday from 2pm to 4pm.

St James’ Roman Catholic School, in Lonsdale Road, Millom, has a display of artifacts and photographs and is open from 1pm to 4pm on the Saturday and Sunday.

Bootle Evangelical Church, in Chapel Lane, Bootle, was built in 1780 and is open to visitors from Thursday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm, with services on the Sunday at 11am and 6pm.

Holy Trinity Church, Millom, is a medieval church, which includes a rare fish-shaped window and Huddleston family monuments. There will be volunteer guides on hand to explain the interesting features. It is open from 12pm to 4pm on Thursday and Friday, on Saturday from 10am to 4pm and on Sunday from 2pm to 4pm. There will be a service on Sunday at 9.45am.

Millom Methodist Church, in Queen Street, dates from 1868 and was extensively refurbished and enlarged in 2008. Displays include historic photographs and documents. It is open on Friday from 9.30am to 1.15pm and on Saturday from 10am to 1.15pm. Lunches are available from 12pm and the Salvation Army Band will be playing during the morning.

Our Lady and St. James’ RC Church in Queen Street, Millom, was built by Thompson and Matthews in 1888 with cash raised from the weekly subscriptions of Hodbarrow miners. There are displays relating to the story of the parish, its school and people. It is open on the Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 4pm.

St Anne’s Church at Thwaites, was built in1854 and has some unique stained glass windows. It is open to visitors on the Saturday from 10am to 4pm and the Sunday from 12pm to 4pm. There is a Sunday service at 11am.

St John the Baptist Church, Corney, is a charming early church in a peaceful, rural setting with stunning views. There are demonstrations of rag rug making by Mrs Mary Hogg and a selection of scrapbooks depicting local people and places over the years.It is open on the Saturday and Sunday from 1.30pm to 4pm.

St Luke’s Church, on St Luke’s Road, Haverigg, has a striking modern stained glass window by Peter Strong depicting village life. There will be a display of RAF Millom memorabilia from the Second World War and details on the formation of RAF mountain rescue teams. There is a quiz for children. It is open on the Friday and Saturday from 10am to 5pm and on the Sunday from 1pm to 3pm.

St Mary’s Church at Whicham, near Silecroft, is an ancient church with medieval bells and a Norman arch. It also contains the story of a Thomas Mayson, a local First World War Victory Cross winner. It is open from Thursday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm.

St Michael and All Angels Church in Bootle Main Street has a stained glass window by Henry Holiday and a local history display.It is open on all four days of the festival from 10am to 4pm.
Whitbeck Church is on the main road through the village with Black Combe in the background. It is open to visitors on the Sunday from 10am to 5pm.

There are a number of talks being held during the Millom and Districxt Heritage Open Days Festival.
To mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second Wiorld War there will be a digital picture presentation called Put that light out telling the story of Millom's Home Front between 1939 and 1945. It is being presented by Bill Myers from 7pm on Thursday, September 10, in Holy Trinity Institute, Holborn Hill, Millom.

A talk on Bootle at War will be held in Bootle Evangelical Church, on Chapel Lane, Bootle, by Glynn Griffith of the RAF Millom Museum, from 2.30pm on Friday, September 11.

Nicholson’s Flowers is the topic of a talk at the Bradbury Centre, on St George’s Road, Millom, from 7pm on the Friday. The illustrated talk is on the flora of Norman Nicholson’s poetry.

One of the most unusual settings for a heritage talk will be the new Millom Rock Park, off School Ellis, The Hill, Millom. The talks on the Friday and Saturday at 11am and 2.30pm will be given by a geologist and offer the chance to find out more about an area of Millom that has been in use for the quarrying of stone for decades. To find the rok park, drive to The Hill, take the lane signposted School Ellis and continue until you come to small car park on the left, then follow signs to Millom Rock Park.

There is a talk on Stained Glass Windows at St Mary’s Church, Whicham, near Silecroft, at 2pm on the Saturday. The presentation by Margaret Bratley will be about the recent Poets, Artists and Angels project.

Bootle Evangelical Church, in Chapel Lane, hosts a talk on the History of Bootle Coastguard by Rick Pugh at 2pm on the Saturday.

The last of the talks is at St Luke’s Institute, on Glencoe Close, Haverigg, from 3pm on the Sunday when Bill Myers will host a digital picture presentation on the history of Haverigg Tannery.
For those who like to mix their industrial and natural history with some fresh air and exercise, there are a few outdoor events in the Millom programme.

There is a Haverigg Heritage Trail based on a self-guided trail leaflet which can be picked up from Haverigg School on the Thursday or Friday, or from St George’s Hall, Millom, from Thursday to Sunday. The route and details of what you will see along the way was designed and researched by Haverigg School and is only available during the Heritage Open Days Festival.

Millom Ironworks Local Nature Reserve at Devonshire Road, Millom, offers a guided walk featuring the history of the ironworks and the present nature reserve.Walkers should meet at entrance to reserve on Devonshire Road at 2pm on the Saturday.

You can also explore the new Millom Rock Park, off School Ellis, The Hill, Millom, on the Friday and Saturday from 10am to 4pm. It features examples of rocks with geological descriptions and offers a spectacular viewpoint over a working quarry. To get there from The Hill, take the lane signposted School Ellis and continue until you come to small car park on left, then follow signs to Millom Rock Park.

Millom Folk Dance Association will be at Kirksanton Village Hall for a night of traditional folk dancing to walk or join in on the Saturday from 7.30pm.