A team of FoWP members embraced a unique opportunity to explore a part of the hall that’s typically off-limits to the public.
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Volunteering Activities in Wollaton Hall
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Cleaning the Roof
Friday’s cleaning task was on the roof of Wollaton Hall. We were getting the algae and moss off the walkway on the north-facing half roof.
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Top and Bottom
The volunteers undertook a clean-up of the Prospect Room and the Tudor Kitchen.
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Lodge 1
In November a team of volunteers returned to Lodge 1 to tidy it up. During the session information came to light that an American soldier called Fred Hall volunteered for gate duty during the war and was billeted in Lodge 1. After the war, he returned to Nottingham and used his skills in using explosives […]
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VW Volunteers
25 VW employees came to the park today to volunteer. They worked on the 508 memorial, Lodge 1, restoring memorial benches and tidying up around the lake.
Our volunteer session was joined by Henry. Boy did we have fun in the Elizabethan cellars. Hoovering up all that glitter and fake snow from the aftermath of the Christmas celebrations.
A small group of volunteers helped to tidy up Lord Middleton’s Library this morning.
Before and after shots of volunteer work in the Hall. There is also a photograph of a 2m high Figwort plant thought to be introduced to the hall by the Middleton family as a medicinal herb.
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Refurbishing the 508 memorial.
A group of volunteers refurbished the 508 memorial. Kevin Beswick, FoWP Chairman writes… On left hand side of the main field in front of the Hall you may have seen this war memorial. Here is the story behind this memorial. Owen Brian Hill 1921 – 2002 O.B.Hill was born in Fort Branch Indiana […]
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Cleaning Jackson’s Quarters
A small group of volunteers cleaned parts of what is known as Jackson’s Quarters in Wollaton Hall today. We think Mr Jackson lived in the hall and acted as a fire warden during the second world war.
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Lodge 1 Tidying
A dedicated group of volunteers helped to tidy up Lodge 1 this morning. We added plants to the beds cleared the guttering, painted windows and cleaned up the inside.