Heritage Open Days brings ten days of free history to Staffordshire, the public vote opens for the LoveNUL Business Awards, and Gareth Snell wins a government pledge to put British ceramics back on the procurement menu. This week in The Staffordshire Signal Weekly.
Dear readers,
On Monday we were in Abbots Bromley for the Horn Dance, the oldest tradition in the county and quite possibly the oldest in the country, watching six sets of reindeer antlers that have been carried round the same lanes for the best part of a thousand years. Standing there, it struck me that this is only the start of what turns out to be a very heritage-filled month in Staffordshire.
Because from this Friday, Heritage Open Days throws open the doors to bottle ovens, chapels, mines, mills, museum stores and country houses across the county (and the country) for ten days, and every single one of them is free. I've spent a good chunk of time pulling every Staffordshire listing into one guide, day by day, so all you have to do is pick somewhere and go. Get your boots on and get out exploring; it won't cost you a penny.
Elsewhere this week: Stoke-on-Trent could be getting up to 1,000 hire e-bikes, Gareth Snell has won a government pledge on British-made ceramics, the LoveNUL Business Awards public vote is open, and Signal TV went to Penkridge for a field full of classic cars.
Until next Wednesday.
Jenna
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