Poynton News - written by local people

The Bullock Smithy (a smithy so named after the forerunner to Hazel Grove) and the Bodging Shelter will be fully manned to demonstrate the ancient crafts of forging and bodging. The Smithy and Bodging Shelter are part of the Craft Centre set up at the Anson Engine Museum on Anson Road, Poynton.

The Craft Centre was set up by Peter Wood and other volunteers in a shelter in a clearing by the stream. It combines a shed that belonged to an old scouting friend of Peter’s and sections of the museums old generator house. The blacksmiths shop has an anvil, forge, furnace and some basic tools.

Peter will be demonstrating Bodging (traditional craft of working with green-wood using portable tools including a pole-lathe). Rod Ellis, another volunteer, will be working at the forge.

The Craft Centre also has features the ANSON COLLIERY (a dummy mine to recognise the fact that the museum stands on the site of the old mine shaft).

There is no additional fee to visit the Craft Centre, normal museum admission charges apply.

The museum is open 10:00 – 17:00 every Friday, Saturday, Sunday until end October. Admission is £4.50 Adults, £2.50 children under 14, Free for children under 5 and a family ticket (2+2) £12.00. See website www.enginemuseum.org for full details.