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  1. Three Hundred Mini Cars Converge In Shropshire For National Event

    The British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry, Shropshire, hosted hundreds of Minis on Sunday 16th January. Organised by the Wirral Minis Owners Club, the Ironworks were chosen as the destination for their meeting after Wales restrictions meant they could no longer meet in their original location of Llandudno. With just a few weeks’ notice, we were delighted to assist the club in hosting their event. Our chairman, Clive Knowles, says “the nostalgia all the Minis brou...

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  2. New Year Makeover For Iconic Eagle Monument

    An iconic monument representing the history of the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, is in the planning for being refurbished by ourselves. The monument, which features the great eagle of legend standing guard over the gauntlet of King Oswald, is currently located at St Oswald’s Well, by Oswestry School. Originally created and supplied by The British Ironwork Centre in 2015 as part of plan to assist in boosting tourism to the Shropshire town, we will be collecting the monu...

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  3. Region’s Biggest Mini Convention to be held at the Ironworks

    Hundreds of Mini cars are set to converge on Oswestry this coming weekend. Wirral Minis Owners Club have organised an event for enthusiasts of the iconic car to view other Minis, as well as showcase their own cars. Hosted here at the British Ironwork Centre on Sunday 16th January, the event will start from 10am onwards and is completely free – you just need to bring a love for all things Mini! With plenty to see and do for all the family, there are expected to be aro...

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  4. Barrow-in-Furness Starts 30 Days of Anti-Violence Education

    The Knife Angel is continuing its National Youth Anti-Violence Educational Tour and Programme, with Barrow-in-Furness becoming the first host of 2022. Now on it’s 17th host location, The National Monument Against Violence and Aggression (the Knife Angel) has been touring the country since 2018. Created and designed by ourselves, the monument and tour aims to educate our youth on the catastrophic impact violent crime has on our communities. Whilst bringing about social...

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  5. The Knife Angel Lands In The North

    Carlisle, in Cumbria, are beginning their hosting period of the iconic Knife Angel which will be throughout December, making them the most Northern location the sculpture has been to so far on its National Youth Anti-Violence Educational Programme. Created and designed by The British Ironwork Centre, The National Monument Against Violence and Aggression (otherwise known as the Knife Angel) is touring the country to bring education and awareness to our youth and communities o...

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  6. Shropshire Playing Field To Display Jubilee Plaque

    Brynhafod playing field, in Oswestry, are installing a Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee plaque, commemorating their status as a Field In Trust. The plaque will be installed on the canopy in the field, which was designed and donated by ourselves at the British Ironwork Centre, which sits over the Oswestry Boys High School memorial stone. Once the High Schools sports ground, Brynhafod fields now joins 2800 other green spaces protected under the Field In Trust scheme. Having began i...

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  7. Kinnerley Primary School’s Owls Triumph In Mosaic Competition!

    Kinnerley Church of England Primary School have won a National award as the winners of our 2021 International Schools Mosaic Competition. The Primary School beat 600 schools, both from the UK and worldwide, to be crowned the winner. Inspired by their classes named after different owls, the children designed a mosaic to represent each class, with the most creative and eye-catching being chosen to be the designs of the final mosaics. Using pebbles donated by the community, th...

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  8. The Knife Angel Flies into Chelmsford

    The National Monument Against Violence and Aggression, otherwise known as The Knife Angel, continues its National Anti-Violence Tour and is now on display in Central Park in Chelmsford, where it will be throughout September. The sculpture, designed and created at The British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry, is made from over 100,000 seized knives collected from knife amnesties of all 43 police forces across the country. This iconic sculpture has been touring the country since 20...

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  9. Hospital Rainbow brings gold to charity fundraiser

    The British Ironwork Centre, in partnership with The Countess of Chester Hospital Charity, have so far raised over £39,000 for the Blue Skies Balcony Appeal. A Rainbow Sculpture, sponsored by Medicash, has been designed and created by The British Ironwork Centre in Oswestry and is a project that commemorates all the keys workers that have played a vital part in the pandemic, and to recognise all their hard work. Colourful hearts can be bought to be placed on the Rainb...

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  10. Taking a stand against Bullfighting

    One of the sculptures that is on show here at the British Ironwork Centre portrays a bull, mid-charge with its head down. However, this isn’t just any bull. This particular animal has found itself in the middle of a bullfighting arena, facing a matador. This emotion-provoking sculpture also depicts the bull being wounded with ‘banderillas’, harpoon tipped lances, as it struggles to defend itself.  Every year, over 250,000 bulls are killed during bullfi...

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