Open Day and working weekend, 30th September 2017

Progress

For the last open day weekend in September, the Friends of Hemingfield Colliery gathered in numbers. Site Manager Glen was joined by Friends Chair Steve, and regular volunteers Nigel, Alan, John, together with John, Phil, Chris, Mike and another Phil – a very full crew.

Full house. Catching up with Friends and volunteers

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Open Day and Working Party, 20th February 2016

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Site Clearance and Teamwork

The Friends and volunteers arrived on site early on Saturday, hopeful of getting a few hours of work done before the impending doom of the forecast rainclouds. In the event, however,  the weather held out long enough to make significant progress and the friends were joined by some very welcome visitors with stories to share.

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