4-5 Zones (Coalface, Pit Top, Train Station, Machine Row and Tunnel)
Gift Shop - take away souvenirs
Ollerton Colliery exhibit - Mining history, 84 strike, Coal Queens, Ollerton of Yesteryear, Miner’s Welfare and potentially a miner’s memorial as well.
Pit Top: Can consist of a couple of Headstocks, potentially have a Zip Line, make it interactive, maybe be active Pit Heads as well.
Coalface: Consists of a coalface or wall of coal or potentially a coal structure and the Drill Zone, where you can see a drill in action.
Machine Row: Where some mining machinery can be seen in action, Steam Winding Wheels, Drills, Arch Setting Devices.
Tunnel: Potential underground experience for families where they can experience what it was like in the pit.
Train Station: Bit of history of the train station, where coal was delivered to steelworks and other outlets of the industry. Steam trains are more relevant.
Extras: Could be a potential Mine Cart activity along with a pickaxe activity that people may be involved in, maybe not child friendly.
Refreshments: For sustenance, there could be a Miner’s Welfare styled cafe for visitors and families. These may serve drinks in metal cups and general bottles and maybe some traditional plates for meals.
Gifts and Souvenirs: To take a piece of the colliery with you, you could visit a potential Gift Shop that may give people a chance to buy commemorative plates, merchandise branded by the mining museum and may be some consumables.
Environmental Conditions: With machinery, industrial equipment and technology, particularly the coal can generate a memorable atmosphere and smells, that people can envisage the mining industry. The Zones may allow them to actively experience the processes and history of mining and how it made the community today. The noises may be a problem so I might look for a way to contain them within the building but either way, that may help recreate the same sounds that once occupied the village. There might be problems with health and safety that can be worked out particularly for children and potentially hazards that may affect specific people with conditions.
In terms of my drawing and design, I will redesign a bit of the current final to match it to my new ideas. This means changes to the look of the architecture to fit the zones in, things that are exciting and potentially interactive. I can include drawings of the inside, designing the zones and other elements instead of random drawings of the interior. In order to avoid into time management pitfalls, I may spend as much time as possible, maybe cutting away free time I don’t really do anything with, take away at least an hour of sleep to push my progress back into place.
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