Month: October 2014

Press Release – Grants – October 20th 2014

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After some months in setting up the Community Trust and an initial appeal for grant requests to be brought forward, the Trustees are delighted to award its first two grants. Pensford Primary School has received £1,500 towards their innovative iPad project. This will help equip the school with iPads which will be used to access … Read more

Mining into the Past – Sold Out!

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Shane Gould from English Heritage and Robert Bailey, retired Stint Measurer from Pensford Colliery guided a fascinated audience through the local mining heritage of North Somerset and in particular, life for men, women, children and horses working at Pensford Colliery which closed in 1958. Judith Chubb Whittle who was part of a team raising funds … Read more