Our final Remembrance Blog is a heart-breaking record of Nottinghamshire’s 20th Century mining disasters; where multiple deaths occurred. The underlined links will take you through to the Healey’s Heroes website where a detailed description of each disaster can be found. We are humbly grateful to this site and
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WE MUST REMEMBER ( 2) Continuing our theme of Remembrance, this is the story of – THE COURAGEOUS STAND OF SID PAGE SENT TO PRISON BECAUSE HE WANTED TO JOIN THE ROYAL NAVY* During the 2nd World War, in the period from July 1939 to July 1941, a
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WE MUST REMEMBER As we reach Remembrance Sunday, the Nottinghamshire Mining Museum wishes to remember all those who lost their lives working in the coalmining industry in Nottinghamshire, all those who died as a result of industrial accidents and diseases and all those who lost their lives in their
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BLOG 7 – NATIONALISATION THE MINERS’ DREAM REALISED – VESTING DAY – JANUARY 1947 “We were told we were dreamers and would never live to see the day” “For the common good.” Notts Miners Herald King Coal’s New Era – Nottingham Journal, 6 January, 1947 Herald King Coal’s New Era
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