MQP assist with rock donation

Hartshill Parish Council has remembered the former home of a local VIP thanks to MQP.

Michael Drayton (1563-1631) was born and lived in Hartshill, near the former MQP Jees/Boon quarry near Nuneaton. He was a famous English poet, who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era and was even favoured at the court of Elizabeth.  He was a friend of William Shakespeare, some rumoured he was actually the bard!  He is buried at poets corner in Westminster Abbey.

MQP donated a large piece of local granite rock to Hartshill Parish Council and a suitable commemorative plaque was subsequently fixed on the rock to mark the spot where Michael Drayton's house stood at Hartshill Green.   

John Randle, Chairman of Hartshill Parish Council said: "The Council was keen to honour and remember the spot where Michael Drayton lived as a record of historical importance. I am delighted with the help and support that MQP has provided helping us to realise this project." 

Photo caption: John Randle, Chairman of Hartshill Parish Council (centre) with David Bagshaw, Managing Director of MQP (far right) and Richard Nevin, New Cliffe Hill Quarry Manager (far left) also of MQP