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Field Work
Local school having a real life history lesson outside
the Dukes Wood Oil Museum. |
'Conkers'
Museum Curator Kevin Topham (left) prepares to take a
shot at the 'Conker' on a string held by Sherwood Member
of Parliament Paddy Tipping (centre). A colourfully decorated onlooker
awaits her turn.
A traditional English children's game played with the
Horse Chestnut. The person who
still holds the 'Conker' on the string at the end wins the game. |
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Video History
Local interest group watches one of the many films made
about Dukes Wood and the oil industry inside the Museum at Dukes Wood. |
Real History
A local school getting first hand experience of the
Industrial and Natural History on their doorstep. |
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Meeting the Oil Patch Warrior
A local woman's group alongside the statue dedicated to
the Roughnecks of Sherwood Forest |
New paint required
Keeping the exhibits of the museum in good condition is
a year round undertaking. Here we have two volunteers preparing one of the
'nodding donkeys' with wire brush prior to giving it a new coat of green
paint. |
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Old Times
Discussing the experiences of oil production in the UK
inside the Dukes Wood Oil Museum
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Checking the Wildlife
Some pupils looking at the pond life in the Harling pond
on the Dukes Wood Nature trial. |
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'Caring' for the future.
There's so much for the younger generation to see and do
at Dukes Wood |
