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Stage Electrics relights Ironbridge fires  -  Oct 22, 2008
L&Si Online (press release),UK - Stage Electrics provided a spectacular lighting display to illuminate the historic monuments of Ironbridge Gorge, birthplace of the industrial

Ancient Fort Discovered  -  Nov 9, 2008
istockAnalyst.com (press release),A team of experts from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust has been carrying out investigations at a site in St Mary's Road, Wednesbury.

Historic contract for Wirksworth companies  -  Oct 29, 2008
Matlock Today,Wirksworth companies Orange Box Design and Harvest Creative have won a new contract to film an advert for the Ironbridge Gorge Museums in Shropshire and

Summers sees a sunny future for local tourism  -  Nov 13, 2008
Birmingham Post,Award for best cultural experience, sponsored by the Birmingham Post, went to Ironbridge Gorge Museum. The winners will go forward to the national awards by

Top award for the Black Country Museum  -  Nov 15, 2008
Sunday Mercury,Ironbridge Gorge Museum picked up the ‘Best Cultural Experience’ trophy, thanks to the support of Birmingham Post readers, and Shropshire was voted ‘My

Benidorm seeks UNESCO World Heritage status  -  Nov 12, 2008
Travel Weekly UK,...said Benidorm should not be compared with the Taj Mahal or Stonehenge, but industrial sites like the Ironbridge Gorge in Shorpshire.

Remains of Iron Age fort found in Wednesbury  -  Nov 14, 2008
BirminghamMail.net,BCHG commissioned the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust to carry out an archaeological survey on the site before the development work starts.

Benidorm: A New World Heritage Site?  -  Nov 9, 2008
Focus on Travel News,...but with industrial world heritage sites like the Ironbridge Gorge, Telford, Shropshire or Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, South Wales amongst others.

CultureLabel set to launch website  -  Nov 12, 2008
Design Week,Culture Label commercial director Peter Tullin says the company is currently in talks to make the Tate and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum partners.

Digging deep to pin down Iron Age fort  -  Nov 12, 2008
expressandstar.com,For the past two weeks, a team from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust have been carrying out investigations in St Mary’s Road. They were called in because

A tour through Great Britain  -  Nov 9, 2008
San Antonio Express,In Shropshire, we saw the first cast iron bridge, which was built in 1779 over the river Severn and Ironbridge Gorge. Today, it's a UNESCO World Heritage

Heritage counts in the West Midlands  -  Nov 2, 2008
PR-USA.net (press release),The Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, Shropshire, is experiencing major land instability problems. Telford and Wrekin Council have estimated that in

Polska PiÄ™knieje - jak stać siÄ™ turystycznÄ… atrakcjÄ…?  -  Oct 26, 2008
Kurier Lubelski,Pomocą posłuży gość specjalny, Katie Foster, wybitny znawca w dziedzinie marketingu i rozwoju turystyki, twórca sukcesu słynnego Ironbridge Gorge Museum.

W turystyce zaczynamy od pracy nad sobÄ…...  -  Oct 27, 2008
Kurier Lubelski,Rozmowa z Katie Foster, gościem specjalnym konferencji „Polska pięknieje – wiedza czyni cuda�, dyrektorem ds. marketingu Ironbridge Gorge Museum i jednym z

Landmark trips the light fantastic  -  27 Sep 2008
Shropshire Star,More than 1200 people turned out as dusk fell in the Ironbridge Gorge last night to celebrate the county’s involvement in the run-up to the 2012 London

Days Out: Ironbridge Gorge Museums  -  Sep 15, 2008
Coventry Telegraph,FOR a packed day out, the Ironbridge Gorge Museums provide a range of activities to entertain and educate all ages as ANN EVANS found out when she travelled

Gorge to aid small business  -  Sep 16, 2008
Shropshire Star,The Ironbridge Gorge could soon become the first national centre for Britain’s growing army of home-based entrepreneurs. The idea is to give would-be

Business summit for entrepreneurs  -  Sep 22, 2008
Shropshire Star,The free Entrepreneurs Summit will be held in the Ironbridge Gorge on September 26 between 11am and 4pm for the region’s home business entrepreneurs.

Enterprise project part of £4m plans  -  Sep 15, 2008
Shropshire Star,Members of Telford & Wrekin Council are tonight set to give the go-ahead to a £4 million spending bonanza for a raft of projects in the Ironbridge Gorge and

Tour of Britain stars ride in  -  Sep 10, 2008
Shropshire Star,A cavalcade of Lycra-clad riders, police escorts, team cars and motorbikes sped through the Ironbridge Gorge and the streets of Wellington and Hadley as a

Jazzing It Up for Olympics  -  Sep 23, 2008
RedOrbit,The ticketed event, hosted by Advantage West Midlands and the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, will launch the region's countdown to the 2012 Olympics.

Landslides threaten Iron Bridge  -  Sep 19, 2008
BBC News,Ironbridge Gorge, which took its name from the bridge, is a World Heritage Site and a major tourist attraction. The area's resources of coal, limestone,

Projects boosted by £4m windfall  -  Sep 8, 2008
Shropshire Star,Euro chiefs have handed Telford £4 million to spend on a catalogue of improvement projects in and around the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage site,

Crash driver still critically ill in hospital  -  Sep 16, 2008
Shropshire Star,Meanwhile, two people were taken to Telford’s Princess Royal Hospital today after a two-car smash that caused rush-hour delays near the Ironbridge Gorge.

County welcomes Olympic heroes  -  Sep 10, 2008
Shropshire Star,Today’s stage four - from Worcester to Stoke-on-Trent - was taking the riders through the beautiful scenery of the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site.

Columbia's Edvald Boasson Hagen wins stage 4 of the Tour of ...  -  Sep 10, 2008
VeloNews,...stayed with their lead gradually building as the race passed through Wolverhampton and across Shropshire, before descending into the Ironbridge Gorge.

Berges comes good to take yellow in Burnham  -  Sep 9, 2008
PPOLNews (press release),Wednesday sees the race visit the West Midlands, travelling north from Worcester to Stoke-on-Trent, taking in the Ironbridge Gorge and the climbs of Jiggers

Nominees sought for ‘Telford Champion’  -  Sep 9, 2008
Shropshire Star,In addition to serving as a councillor, she has worked for the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, helped start the YTS workshop at the Maws Tileworks in

Celebrate St Bartholomew's Day at Ironbridge Gorge  -  Jul 30, 2008
Easier (press release),St Bartholomew’s Day celebrations are being revived at Blists Hill Victorian Town in the Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire over the Bank Holiday weekend of

Mansell street savvy with addition to Victorian museum at Ironbridge  -  Jul 29, 2008
Birmingham Post,...company Mansell has begun work on a £9 million contract for major redevelopments at Blists Hill Victorian town, one of 10 museums at Ironbridge Gorge.

No panic on the home front  -  Aug 4, 2008
Shropshire Star,Dad’s Army may have descended on the Ironbridge Gorge at the weekend but it did not mean war had broken out. The World Heritage Site provided the setting

Work on visitor centre to start  -  Jul 17, 2008
Shropshire Star,Work to build a visitor centre in the Ironbridge Gorge is to start this month. Planning chiefs have given the green light for the centre that will be

Princess set to open £5m hospice  -  Jul 18, 2008
Shropshire Star,They will include Lord-Lieutenant of Shropshire, Mr Algernon Heber-Percy, and chairman of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Mr Barrie Williams.

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Radim Václavík: Ochrana průmyslových památek se zlepÅ¡uje  -  Jul 24, 2008
Stavební fórum,Osobně jsem v roce 1991 navštívil britské Ironbridge Gorge Museum – byla to návštěva velmi inspirující. Průmyslová archeologie se totiž zrodila před

Parking fees at museums  -  Apr 24, 2008
Shropshire Star,Car parking charges are to be introduced at museums within the Ironbridge Gorge, it was revealed today. Managers want to install solar-powered ticket

Gorge works on top priority list  -  Apr 1, 2008
Shropshire Star,The Ironbridge Gorge, cradle of the Industrial Revolution, is listed alongside Stonehenge and the Tower of London as Britain’s top three heritage sites in

TROY STORY - TELFORD MUSEUMS HELP KIDS GET THEIR FIVE HOURS CULTURE  -  Apr 18, 2008
24 Hour Museum,Zone is a partnership of education, culture and community organisations working with Birmingham's DanceXchange and Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.

Good old-fashioned fun  -  Apr 8, 2008
Coventry Telegraph,The 10 fascinating Ironbridge Gorge Museums, near Telford in Shropshire, are set either side of the River Severn in the stunning Ironbridge Gorge.

Cornwall to Cumbria with not a penny to pay (if you're over 60)  -  Apr 4, 2008
Guardian,Richard Worrall, a pensioners' campaigner from the West Midlands, was one, leading a group of 16 to the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire.

Gloominess is next to godliness in spiritual heartland  -  Mar 30, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Lights were also dimmed at Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, managed by the National Trust, and Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, a World Heritage site.

Mr Telford moves on  -  Apr 3, 2008
Shropshire Star,Ray is also a trustee of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum, where he is involved in the trading company. There will be plenty to do there, too,

Great days out  -  Jan 26, 2008
Sunday Mirror,FEBRUARY 2-3: The Coalport China Museum at Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire will be celebrating the Chinese New Year with lion dancing, T’ai Chi and martial

What's on in the Bromsgrove, Droitwich and Redditch areas  -  Feb 8, 2008
Bromsgrove Standard,The Feckenham Forest History Society presents the talk Coal - Brookdale and Ironbridge Gorge by Brian Draper MBE at Webheath Village Hall, Redditch,

Work to stabilise slipping gorge  -  Nov 27, 2007
BBC News,A new phase of work to protect Ironbridge Gorge from land slips is set to go ahead with funding of £1.5m. Telford and Wrekin Council is providing the money

News from the gorge  -  Nov 9, 2007
Group Travel Organiser,The Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust, which includes 10 museums and attractions based in Ironbridge in Shropshire, has just released its new Groups Guide for

Dining under the Thames  -  Nov 19, 2007
Times Online,The Engine House displays, on loan from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum, a painting of the 1827 Underwater Banquet by George Jones.

Ironbridge hosts Blacksmiths Experience Day  -  Oct 2, 2007
Easier,The historic wrought ironworks at Blists Hill Victorian Town in the Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire is the setting for a brand new Blacksmithing Experience Day

Waist Reduction Improves Confidence  -  Oct 8, 2007
openPR (press release),...from their studio in an old Victorian tile works in the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge English Heritage site; where they were initially targeting the

Summer fun  -  Aug 10, 2007
Northwich Guardian,The ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums, in Shropshire are staging a series of fun family events throughout the summer. There's creative and hands-on activities

Chief visits area hit by floods  -  Aug 7, 2007
Shropshire Star,The regeneration chief for the West Midlands was due in the Ironbridge Gorge today to see how tourism in the World Heritage Site has been hit by flooding.

Residents win fight for road  -  Jul 28, 2007
Shropshire Star,Plans are in the pipeline to build a temporary road in the Ironbridge Gorge after residents won a battle to see it installed and hundreds of people signed a

Scouts worldwide make pledge  -  Aug 1, 2007
Shropshire Star,Hundreds of scouts were up early and in the Ironbridge Gorge today to celebrate 100 years to the day since the scouting movement was born.

Clent Hills  -  Aug 1, 2007
Worcester News,Ironbridge Gorge can be identified by the power station chimney, and Cannock Chase by the telecommunications tower and the slight bump of Castle Ring



£10 million Blists Hill delight  Nov 6, 2006
Bosses of Ironbridge Gorge Museum were today celebrating after scooping a £10 million grant that will secure the future of Blists Hill Victorian Town for ... - Shropshire Star,
Tate Britain Turns Six, Battles Image as `Opposite of Modern' Mar 23, 2006
...by appealing to their everyday preoccupations,'' says arts consultant Katie Foster, who for 18 years was marketing manager of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums Trust ...
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