This is what the wind does to us! Trees aren't the issue here but it’s the sculptures that have suffered this week in the high winds. We have been battered by the wind, but our wind defences are going back up and we are planning on planting more trees to protect us next time.Turning a negative into a positive and helping the environment at the same time.

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Business students from North Shropshire College visited us recently to see if we could help them with their latest project. Charles, Marco and Jack are organising a Make-A-Wish event based around retail called “The Oswestry Christmas Retail Experience”. The event is for the chamber of commerce to help promote business in Oswestry. The event is on December 11th and there will be a number of stalls such as Arts & Crafts, Christmas wrapping, a Santa's Grotto, Fo...

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We don’t let the bad weather get us down, and neither do you it seems! Last week we still managed to sign up 613 members to the Ironworks and visitor numbers are increasing. A little wind and rain never hurt anyone….apart from a few of our taller sculptures!

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The Ironworks take receipt of weapons from across the whole of the West Midlands! DC David Webb and Michael Hall, Cannabis and Knife disposal manager at Holyhead road police station, were the police escorts which followed our vehicle to ensure safe passage to Oswestry. Thousands of weapons were collected and brought here, to the Ironworks so that our sculptor, Alfie Bradley, can continue the creation of the 'National Monument against Violence and Aggression...The 'Knife Angel...

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WOW! Ian Humphreys Photography has taken these incredible photos of our sculptures! We love how the coloured light hits our horse sculpture and illuminates it in a way we have not seen before!!! The weather cut Ian's visit short so we can't wait for him to return and create even more photos like these!

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Today is to be a momentous day for us!! We have the ‘official’ West Midlands weapons transfer taking place. Weapons from all over the West Midlands are being brought to Oswestry under heavy police escort. West Midlands Police have been collecting weapons off the streets and storing them in high security weapons stores. They are being brought over to be included in the creation of the ‘National Monument against Violence and Aggression which is being created ...

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Tony Bacon was given a 2 hour taster session in our forge for his birthday on the 31st October. He came in recently to be guided by Paul our blacksmith in the basic skills of the blacksmith trade. Tony really enjoyed his experience and got a certificate to prove it. It's a fantastic idea for a Christmas present. If you want to give something extra special this Christmas, why not a Blacksmith experience, prices starting at just £35. Visit our website for more information Click here

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We had a wonderful time at the Shropshire Star spotlight awards the other night. It really was an honour to be there and congratulations tooLudlow Food Centre who won the category we sponsored, 'best food and drink champion'. We also want to congratulate Hoo Farm Animal Kingdomwho beat us and Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre to the post in 'best family day out (small venue).... we will get you next time. Well done to all the winners on the night, Shropshire really does have...

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David Higman MBE our tourism volunteer is going to be here next week in the office. He's going to be banging the phones, contacting coach and tour operators across the country to pro-actively reach out to companies and organisations to let them know we are here. We've done enough talking, now it's time to act!

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The British Ironwork Centre hosted Ann Oakes Odger MBE to symbolically engrave and weld a blade to the national monument against violence and aggression. Ann did this symbolic gesture on behalf of her son, who was fatally murdered. Ann has worked courageously since and even had sentencing upgraded and redefined for knife crime and runs the organisation KnifeCrimes.Org She is going to help us with the progression of our project and we will support her fight against knife crime and violence.

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