Friday/Saturday/Sunday (5th/6th/7th October), Wirksworth community will be holding a weekend of celebrations/events to mark the 500th anniversary of the granting of the ore dish (The Miner's Standard) by Henry VIII .
As part of these celebrations ('The Dish Do'), Wirksworth Mines Research Group will be putting on a photographic display in Wirksworth itself (called 'Under Your Feet'), and we'll also be illuminating Hard End Shaft at Bage Mine for any one who wants to have a look down this 303 ft shaft. We'll have a shed over the shaft, so you'll be able to see the shaft gloriously illuminated from within, and even if I do say so myself, it will look rather stunning.
Details of the weekend's events are available on:
http://www.wirksworthwapentake.org.uk/Dish.htm Details of WMRG:
http://www.wmrg.org.uk Cheers, Ash