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🎄 We're delighted to welcome Tees Components Brass to Land of Iron on Sat 30 Nov for our Christmas Concert 🎅 Expect carols, timeless classics, hot drinks and even hotter brass. See the festive season in right. Tickets on sale now. 🎟️ buff.ly/3YNyOrI

This weekend at Land of Iron: 1) Our limited-time Skinningrove Works exhibit. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of this important industrial site. 2) Family Film Club. Rock Dog at 1.45pm on Sat 3) Movement & Memories - Music and dance for people living with dementia. Sun 1pm-3pm

2024 is the 150th Anniversary of Skinningrove Works. To celebrate, we've curated a time-limited exhibition of items from our collection that map the history of this important industrial site. But when we say limited time, we mean limited! It closes on Monday 7th October!

This Saturday's Film Club movie is the animated adventure ROCK DOG (PG). Bring the popcorn and rock out with Bodi and Angus as they fight the bad guys and try to save Bodi's village. Tickets online or on the door: buff.ly/3XANMAI

We're fine. Everything is fine. There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.

Amazing work from @GordonDalton_ As well as appreciating the wonderful interpretations of our local landscape, one of the staff members might have just started playing @obituarytheband to the rest of the office. Land of Iron and Gordon Dalton: None more metal 🤘

🎬 🍿 Our next Family Film Club is the riotous animated movie Rock Dog 🎸 🐶 Join us on Sat 5 Oct for another silver screen adventure. Tickets available here or pay on the door: buff.ly/3XANMAI

We still have some spaces available for our Christmas Fair on Sat 30 Nov. Get in touch if you'd like to join Santa and us for this wonderful day.

It's not completely dry in the tunnels but it's drier than out there. See you soon?

Our next talk on Fri 25 Oct will be The History & Prehistory of Saltmaking on Teesside with Dr Stephen Sherlock. Tickets available here: buff.ly/4em4gDE

We're at Eston & Normanby Social Club today. All set up. Come and mark the 75th anniversary of Eston Mine's closure with us. Artefacts. Photos. Kids activities. Music. Tea and coffee and biscuits! Here until 4pm. Come down!

⛏️ The mine is on the move this Sunday 22 September as we head to Eston & Normanby Social Club to mark the 75th anniversary of the closing of Eston Mine ⛏️ Join us from 10.30am-4pm for exhibits, artefacts, music, family history, photos and more! Free entry.

Tomorrow! Family Film Club returns 🎬 £3 gets you in. Bring your own popcorn 🍿 This week's movie is the animated adventure Pixies. Tickets available online or on the door. 1.45pm. See you soon! 🎟️ buff.ly/3MNXnz9

Sun 22 September! We're taking our Mine on the Move to Eston & Normanby Social Club to mark the 75th anniversary of the closure of Eston Mine. Expect displays, exhibits, artefacts, photos, music and more. 10.30am-4pm. Free admission. We will have badges.

This Thursday... The Rattle of Swords - East Cleveland & Sword Dancing Grace Redpath traces the history of the custom in the area and its origins through to its popularity in the 20th century and its decline, alongside the possibilities of revival. buff.ly/47kw3Cf

Coming up on Thur 19 Sept, a new talk from our very own @graceeredpath on East Cleveland & Sword Dancing... What is it? Who did it? Where did it come from? Find out with us. @TheEFDSS 🎟️ buff.ly/47kw3Cf

One Week to Go! Our Life in The Iron Valley exhibition featuring images by Chris Killip and Graham Smith closes on Sat 14 September. Come and see these rare photographs in the village they were made. Free with regular museum admission.

Our Family Film Club starts tomorrow with Ghosthunters: On Icy Trails. Doors open at 1.45pm with film starting at 2pm. Tickets available online or on the door. We have more Saturday films coming up...