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, trail and also the Swadlincote villages trails, which includes famous sons from Church Gresley, Midway, Newhall, Woodville and Hartshorne.
Design students from Burton and South Derbyshire College are also developing a phone app which will bring together nostalgic photographs, video clips and interviews about the people and places commemorated.
The trail consists of 25 plaques, three lecterns, an interactive map on the South Derbyshire District Council website and two leaflets, which will be available online as well as from Swadlincote Tourist Information Centre at Sharpe’s Pottery Museum.
The Heritage Lottery Fund provided vid a £ 30,000 grant and Ea East Midlands Airport Co Community Fund and De Derbyshire County Co Council also provided fu funding for the project, w which launches this w week.
Funds were also aw awarded to the Swadlincote c Town Team from th the Mary Portas Pilots s scheme.
The launch of the Heritage Trail takes place at 1pm tomorrow at a Sharpe’s Pottery Museum, in West Street, Swadlincote, a and will see displays boards b d commemorating each individual and place unveiled.
For further details about the Heritage Trail, go to https:// www. south- derbys. gov. uk/ ourservices/ things- to- do- and- placestovisit/ arts- and- culture/ heritagetrails/ swadlincote- heritage- trails
Plaque at the Midland Road entrance. The park has a rich history linked to mining including ‘ Owd Shoddy’ pit and the ‘ Eureka’ coal seam.
operated in Woodville from 1883 to 1996 under the company Tooth and Co. The showroom, a grade II listed building is all that remains of this important industrial past.
Plaque at 81 High Street, Newhall. Jean Hanson was a well- known and respected biophysicist and zoologist born in Newhall and a forerunner in the discipline of sports science.
At Swadlincote Road, Woodville.
Rene was born in Woodville and became a well- known broadcaster working on international projects for the BBC.
Plaque at Oversetts Road, Newhall. A well- known suffragette and political activist, Hannah lived in Newhall for most of her married life and her husband worked at Salts. part of Sabine’s Foundry, which made munitions during the First World War, remains on Belmont St. Sabine Brothers ( Engineering) Ltd are still based in Swadlincote, in Hearthcote Road, and run by Mr Tim Sabine, the 5th generation of the family to run the firm.
Plaque at the York Road entrance, Church Gresley. It was felt that there should be a memorial to the people from the district who had died in the Great War. Supported by the family of Maurice Lea, who died at the Battle of the Somme.
Lectern at Maurice Lea Memorial Park. The works of TG Green, Mason Cash and Granville Colliery stood a short walk from here and people used these paths to go to work.
Plaque at the Memorial Garden, next to Maurice Lea, in Market Street. Born in Church Gresley in 1885. Awarded the Victoria Cross “for most conspicuous bravery” at Bucquoy, during the Great War. Church Gresley.
Joseph started the business in 1895/ 6 at premises on Alexandra Road when he was only 19.
Plaque at The Thorn Tree pub, Newhall. Ben was born in Newhall and from 1899- 1900 he was a footballer for Derby County, from 1908- 1911 he played for Chelsea. He also played for England from 1906- 1911.
Plaque at 16- 18 Midway Road, Swadlincote. During the First World War he served King and country, however once this ended, he returned to pursue his local pastime – poaching. He was known for his generosity with his ill- gotten gains and often left a rabbit or two on the doorstep of poorer families. His legitimate trade was as a stallholder on Swadlincote Market.