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Fossil Fun
30/08/2010 to 03/09/2010 Pipe-cleaner dinosaurs and plaster-of-Paris fossils are the order of the day for our last week of the holidays. To book at activity slot please visit the Museum'd Reception on the day, the activity times are 1.00pm, 2.00pm and 3.00pm. There will be weekday performances from Peggy Thorpe and Fred at the Pithead Baths. Plus look out for Maurice the Miner.
Special Exhibition - Memories of Coal Queens
17/05/2010 to 26/09/2010 Coal Queen competitions started as small local colliery contests but developed into a national event. Between 1969 and 1983 the National Coal Board ran the Coal Queen of Britain competition, sponsored by Coal News, where regional winners competed for the national title. Winners of the national competition won a range of prizes from holidays to clothes and money and also went on to represent the National Coal Board at a variety of events during their reign.