ARE YOU ONE OF THESE EXCITED CHILDREN? As our final Mining Blog of the year we are taking a trip down memory lane to Christmas Parties of the 1950s , with a special call out to the mining folk of Hucknall and surrounding areas. Lots of names here, see if
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We recently published Roger West’s article about the 1937 South Normanton Colliery disaster. Roger is continuing his research and would like to contact any relatives of the men who sadly lost their lives, or of those involved in the rescue. If you would like to be put in touch
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Remembering the South Normanton Colliery disaster Roger West pays tribute to those lost at the mine in 1937 – and the brave men who risked their lives for others. We are handing over this week’s Remembrance Blog to Roger West who has kindly sent us this article previously published in the
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WE REMEMBER AND WILL NEVER FORGET A TRAGIC LOSS OF 80 LIVES – A VILLAGE IN DEEP MOURNING CRESWELL COLLIERY 26TH SEPTEMBER 1950 We are continuing our theme of Remembrance to take in the appalling loss of life that occurred at Creswell Colliery on the 26th September, 1950.
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