 6 August 2022
Bolsover provides the perfect setting for this quirky little market, where you will find a multitude of arts, crafts, food and drink.
The market aims to put the social back into shopping and help local talent to thrive in a vibrant, friendly atmosphere, where family and friends can meet, eat, drink, shop, and be merry.
The market celebrates independent producers and crafters. But more than that, it's about people and the community; it's about meeting the makers, conversing with friends, and keeping our High Streets alive and thriving.
So come along and rediscover the magic of markets.
31 July, 2pm
Creswell Crags
Join Elle Clifford and Paul Bahn as they launch their new book, Everyday Life in the Ice Age.
Elle and Paul will be holding a discussion session at 2pm followed by a book signing.
Everyday Life in the Ice Age is the first attempt to present a truly complete, balanced and realistic picture of life during the last Ice Age, with its many problems and challenges, while dispelling many of the myths and inaccuracies about our early ancestors.
One of the most common questions asked by visitors to Europe's decorated caves is "What was life like for these people?" No previous book has ever managed to answer this question, and most studies of the period are aimed entirely at academics, tending to focus on tool-types rather than what the tools were used for. Women and children are almost invisible in these studies.
The book examines all aspects of the lives of biologically modern humans in Europe from about 40,000 to 12,000 years ago, the period known as the Last Ice Age, a time of radical change in climate and environment. It explores how people were able to cope with and adapt to the often rapid alterations in their circumstances.
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19 August, 6pm to 8:30pm
Hardwick Hall
A special evening set aside for the big kids... bring your friends, a picnic and a few bottles of wine and spend a summer's evening in the beautiful walled orchard battling over bean bags and having a riotous games of rounders.
It's old school Sports Day fun for the adults only.
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1 August, 10am and 1pm
Creswell Crags
For 8 to 14 year olds with Dr James Dilley
Discover the art of the oldest craft in the world: Flintknapping. How did prehistoric people make tools to survive the Stone Age?
Find out with experimental archaeologist James Dilley who will guide you through the process of making your flint tools to take home at the end.
The oldest flint tools found in Britain date to around 1 million years ago, the latest around 3,000 years ago so you will have the chance to try your hand at a process used for 99.7% of human presence in Britain!
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6 and 7 August, 11:30am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm
Bolsover Castle
Witness expert horsemen in flamboyant 17th century costume, training for art and battle to baroque music in the spectacular surroundings of the Riding School at Bolsover Castle.
Behold breathtaking displays of horses in training as they refine the methods created by one of the great equestrian masters, William Cavendish. Be amazed as Peter Maddison-Greenwell and the team of El Caballo de Espana demonstrate the dressage movements from history with commentary explaining how these classical methods are still relevant today.
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13 August, 11am to 4pm
Post Mill Centre, South Normanton
Come along for an afternoon of family fun with your local emergency services team.
There will be stalls, games, food, drink and a very special appearance from Paw Patrol's Chase and Skye.
There will be representatives from:
- Derbyshire Police
- Derbyshire Fire and Rescue
- 4x4 Response
- Derbyshire Blood Bikes
- Nottinghamshire Emergency Scout Support Team
- Local CFR Groups
- SJA, Highways
- Royal Life Saving Society
- British Divers Marine Life Rescue
- Help for Heroes
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3 August, 10am
Creswell Crags
Bone and antler have been used from the start of prehistory up to the modern day for making tools and ornamentation. People in prehistory had a close relationship with the animals these resources came from, what does that tell us about the past?
There is a huge selection of prehistoric objects including harpoons, needles, pins, spear points and fish hooks to name a few - which will you choose? Your tools to make these replicas will include sandstone files and flint tools, just like in the Stone Age!
Dr James Dilley is an archaeologist and craftsman who specialises in prehistoric technologies with more than 18 years of experience. James has worked with museums and heritage centres around the UK such as The British Museum and Stonehenge alongside media companies such as the BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Smithsonian Channel and National Geographic.
This workshop if for ages 15+ and is not suitable for children.
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