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Local rector becomes brickie for a day As historic redevelopment of Cleveland’s Ironstone Mining Museum gains momentum
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n Friday 28th January 2022 the Rector of Loftus, Carlin How & Skinningrove (in the Diocese of York) and Chairman of the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum’s board of trustees, Father Adam Gaunt, joined colleagues in laying a brick as the construction of the museum’s exciting new extension gains pace. On site Father Adam Gaunt received a brief training course from Luke Rayner and Simon Haley of L&S Brickworks, and under the watchful eye of Tolent Site Manager Graham Wood, the rector laid his first ever brick!
Father Adam Gaunt said: “It was wonderful to fulfil the ambition of laying a brick on such a historic construction project such as this! The museum’s trustees are delighted with the progress being made on site and we are looking forward to seeing the fruit of our labours when the museum reopens later this year. “The trustees’ vision is to share and celebrate the unique industrial heritage of Cleveland with the widest possible audience and our new facilities will enable the visiting public to engage with the fascinating and unique ironstone heritage of our region.” The Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, in Skinningrove, is part
way through a major redevelopment after successfully receiving investment funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Coastal Community Fund,and the Tees Valley Combined Authority. The project is also being actively supported throughan official partnership with Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. In August 2021 construction company Tolent weresuccessfully awarded the £1.3m project to refurbish the old museum building and to construct the iconic new three-storey extension. The new building will link to the historic buildings and make the museum more accessible and inclusive for
the visiting public. The redevelopment of the museum is also being supported by British Steel, who’s nearby Skinningrove plant provides employment for the community. British Steel have donated the materials for the heavy steel sections of the new build, and with the steel frame in placeL&S Brickworks North East have made great progress with the facing brickwork. The museum is expected to open later this year and regular updates on the project can be found on the museum’s excellent website https:// landofiron.org.uk and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ cimmuseum
Vaccine bus pops up at Lingdale O
By Councillor Steve Kay
n a, thankfully sunny, winter Wednesday, Redcar &Cleveland Borough Council’s pop-up vaccine team arrived in an East Cleveland village to boost local people’s resistance to Covid. As usual, the team was accommodated in Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation’s ‘Boro Bus’,in which the vaccinations were administered. The aim of the session was to make it as convenient as possible for the people of Lingdale, and the surrounding area, to get their vital jabs. With the Boro Bus parked outside Lingdale Village Hall, supported by the Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the team administered first vaccines, second vaccines and boosters to both adults and teenagers. And, to make the vaccination experience a little
more pleasant, Lockwood Parish councillors kindly handed out free refreshments to jab-givers, jab-takers and morale-boosters alike. The visit to Lingdale is part of a council-led vaccination programme aimed at supplementing the mass vaccination scheme administered by the NHS, as well as the excellent service provided bysome GP practices and pharmacies. At the time of visiting Lingdale, over 10,000 residents had been vaccinated in Redcar & Cleveland via the council’s programme: a figure that has now surpassed 12,000. Of course, the vaccine may not stop you contracting Covid but it gives you a much better chance of staying out of hospital. The council constantly updates its pop-up vaccine programme in the press and social media. So, if you need a jab, look out for a convenient advertised venue, and just turn up on the day.
There’s no need to make an appointment for this council service. Please note, Lockwood and Loftus ward residents (and anyone else, for that matter)
can, alternatively,book convenient vaccination appointments at Lingdale Pharmacy, 29 High Street, Lingdale (01287 650985)and at Harrops Pharmacy, 1 Zetland Road, Loftus (01287 640557).
● Cllr Steve Kay, RCBC's Fran Anderson (in red) and parish councillors Anne Clayton, Tamara Mitchell, Wendy Stiff and Bob Stiff with vaccination staff at Lingdale