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Restoration Village

Restoration and Video Nation went behind the scenes of village life to discover the importance that rural buildings have to the communites they serve.

Watch the videos including the 2006 Restoration Village winner - Cheham's Yard.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	04 Sept 2006 HIGHERFORD MILL Garath Kirkbright, Laura Beard and Rachel Parker 3.00 mins Students from Nelson and Colne college help us discover the history of Higherford Mill in Lancashire.	PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	04 Sept 2006 HOWSHAM MILLS Val Hood 3.44 mins Howsham Mill in North Yorkshire is an 18th Century Water mill which closed in 1946.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	04 Sep 2006 HEUGH GUN BATTERY Amanda Southcott 6.12 mins An Open Day and ghost nights bring some fun to the restoration campaign of the Heugh Gun Battery.	PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	29 Aug 2006 THE WHITE HOUSE Newtonabbey 6.00 mins The White House is one of the oldest buildings in Belfast. It was previously used as a navigation marker for ships coming up the Lough towards Belfast.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	29 Aug 2006 GRACEHILL OLD SCHOOL Ballymena 3.21 mins Gracehill in Ballymena has strong Moravian links with religious communities across Europe. Many come to visit the local history presentations.	PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	29 Aug 2006 CUSHENDUN OLD CHURCH County Antrim 6.00 mins Residents of Cushendun in County Antrim are hoping to restore the old church and turn it into a centre of community activity.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	21 Aug 2006 PRICHARD JONES INSTITUTE Newborough 6.00 mins The villagers of Newborough are faced with essential restoration work to keep the Pritchard Jones Institute in working order.	PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	21 Aug 2006 PEN YR ORSEDD Nantlle 3.21 mins In Snowdonia local children have joined forces with the local heritage group to take a trip up to the Pen-Yr-Orsedd quarry.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	21 Aug 2006 PEMBREY COURT Carmarthenshire 6.00 mins The Elizabethan manor house at Pembrey Court Farm is the only one of its kind in Carmarthenshire .	PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	14 Aug 2006 DENNIS HEAD OLD BEACON Marion Muir 6.00 mins On the most northerly of the Orkney Islands the locals are hoping to restore the Dennis Head Old Beacon.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	14 Aug 2006 CROMARTY EAST CHURCH Black Isle 3.21 mins Members of the Cromarty Youth Café take us on a tour of their village and the Church which locals hope soon will be restored.	PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	14 Aug 2006 GREENLAW TOWN HALL Greenlaw 3.51 mins Life interweaves with history in Greenlaw, where local residents are hoping to restore the heart of their community - the town hall.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	07 Aug 2006 ALL SAINTS Sophie Martin 2.25 mins Sophie Martin is an art student from Beckingham. She tells us why All Saints is important to the community.	PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	07 Aug 2006 CHEDHAM'S YARD Wellesbourne, Warwickshire 4.03 mins Chedham's Yard in Wellesbourne is one of Warwickshire's hidden gems.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	07 Aug 2006 THE PENNOYER'S SCHOOL BUILDING Polly, Alex, Huffy, Jack, Ian and Josh 3.20 mins Members of the Restoration Supporters Group have made a short film with young people from Pulham St Mary in Norfolk.	PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	01 Aug 2006 NEWLYN TRINITY CHAPEL Julyan Drew 5.37 mins Reverend Julyan Drew leads us on a trail around the village of Newlyn, near Penzance.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Add your thoughts Find out more	01 Aug 2006 DAWES TWINE WORKS Ross Aitken 6.50 mins In Somerset the Dawes Twine Works in the village of West Coker was once a rope factory.	PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	01 Aug 2006 THE BARTON Marriane Suhr 0.26 mins The Barton is in the village of East Welcombe on the North Devon coast. The community is seeking to restore a group of buildings that form part of this small hamlet.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Add your thoughts Find out more	28 Jul 2006 WATTS' GALLERY Malcolm and Christine Hodgson 2.56 mins Malcolm and Christine Hodgson are volunteers at the Watts' Gallery near Guilford. The couple are very involved in village life, including the restoration of the gallery.	PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more	28 Jul 2006 TOLLESBURY GRANARY Julian Goldie and Keith Lovell 2.56 mins The Tollesbury Granary is to be found on the Essex coast. Julian Goldie and Keith Lovell have made a short film to tell us about the local history.

PLAY (56K \| ISDN) PLAY (BROADBAND) Find out more		28 Jul 2006 MASSEY'S FOLLY Robin Baumber 8.56 mins No-one knows quite how the original creator intended to use Massey's Folly. We explore the building's history in this short film.

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