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The Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum
Welcome
NEWS - See this month's Railway Modeller - The Norden Mines model that resides in the Forman's Office is featured
The website has been created to inform of the progress of the museum and the history of Ball clay mining in Purbeck. The name of the museum is such that includes other minerals extracted in Purbeck and their history can be be found on this site.  
We hope that this site will encourage you to visit the Museum at Norden on the beautiful Isle of Purbeck

               
 is part of the

           

Swanage Railway Trust – Swanage Railway,    
Station House, Swanage, Dorset. BH19 1HB    
A Company Limited by Guarantee No.4115126
           Registered Charity 1087318 

The Museum urgently needs funds.
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(100 people surfing the internet for a year would bring in £2500 and in 10 years produce £25,000 enough for a really decent narrow gauge layout at Norden and it wouldn't have cost anyone, anything!!!) 

 

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Middlebere Tunnel built in 1807

Changes to Website

Revision

Date

 Details
Revision O 25th November 2007 Newspaper cutting added to Memories
Revision P 6th December 2007 Clay Workers page added
Revision R 11th December 2007 Memories updated
Revision S 22nd December 2007 Memories updated
Revision T 3rd January 2008 Link to BCHS Gallery added   and new Wants added
Revision U 7th January 2008 Progress Photos updated
Revision V 17th February 2008 Electrical help required 
Revision W 22nd February 2008 Progress updated 
Revision X 22nd February 2008 Progress photos updated   Swanage Railway Page added
Revision Y 9th March 2008 Progress photos updated   
Revision Z 17th March 2008 Progress photos for Transhipment shed updated   and for Demonstration NG Railway 

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