Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1904 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

New exhibition a hit: Nearly 1,000 school children booked to visit Rhyme Around the World

07/03/2017
Image showing a blue archway into Rhyme Around the World exhibition with images of a fox with an umbrella, a lion leaping with two happy children and an antelope on its back and photos on the walls.

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery’s new exhibition, Rhyme Around the World, a touring exhibition from Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s…

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Early Bronze Age gold bead fragment from Much Wenlock declared treasure

28/02/2017

News from the finds liaison officer for Shropshire Mr Ellery, HM Coroner for Shropshire, held a treasure inquest today into a recently…

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E-learning in Shropshire Libraries to highlight National Careers Week, 6 March to 10 March 2017

27/02/2017
Logo of FutureLearn, Open University's social learning platform

Shropshire Libraries have teamed up with FutureLearn to highlight career and personal development opportunities using free online courses that can be easily…

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Crossing the river: fords and ferries on the Shropshire Severn

27/02/2017
Severn Valley Country Park

Shropshire Council rangers are very happy to be welcoming local historian and author, Neil Clarke to Severn Valley Country Park on Thursday…

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Shropshire’s Big Conversation seeks residents’ views on their community

17/02/2017

Local residents are being asked their views on their community as part of Shropshire Council’s Big Conversation survey.

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Shropshire Libraries to extend Shared Memory bags scheme

15/02/2017

Shropshire Libraries is to launch five new Shared Memory bags at an event at Oswestry Library on Saturday 4 March 2017. Largely funded…

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Mere-side bungalow in Ellesmere now available to hire following refurbishment

10/02/2017

A former house that overlooks The Mere in Ellesmere is now available for local groups and organisations to hire after being given…

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Shropshire Archives celebrates national Accreditation

09/02/2017
National Archive accreditation certificate being presented to Shropshire Council by Jeff James

Shropshire Archives this month celebrated the award of Archive Service Accreditation, the UK quality standard which recognises good performance in all areas…

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Health remains a key topic in Shropshire’s Big Conversation

07/02/2017
Big Conversation logo

With health being high on the agenda both nationally and locally, Shropshire Council is asking all local residents to have their say…

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In the running: Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery among finalists for local award

07/02/2017
An image of the inside on Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery has been shortlisted as a finalist in the What’s On Readers awards 2017 in the category of…

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