We should like to thank everyone who has expressed a wish to attend the Brian Morley Mining Artist Exhibition at Nottinghamshire Mining Museum, for the 6 Fridays commencing on the 23rd July. Unfortunately, because of the rising levels of infection linked to the Delta variant, and the fact that all
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This is a 1954 Coal News Report of a number of coalfield Galas. Pictures 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 refer specifically to the 1954 Berry Hill Gala. Picture 5: reports that June Wagstaffe (Bolsover Colliery faceworker’s daughter) is crowned 1954 Coal Queen by 1953’s Coal Queen, Brenda
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Notts NUM donates £5,000 to build a Band Stand This 1954 Coal News reports on the first of a number of donations by the Notts NUM: This drawing (courtesy of Mansfield District Council Planning / Archives Department) is an architect’s drawing of the plans for the Bandstand: Bandstand Drawing
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HIGH DAYS AND HOLIDAYS! NOTTS MINERS’ GALAS – WHEN DID THEY BEGIN? This report from COAL NEWS is dated 1953 and identifies it as the 4th Notts NUM Gala. If you have information or photos about earlier Notts Galas, we would love to hear about them! This report highlights
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A personal recollection by Colin Clews, a member of the LGBT+ community in Notts describing his experiences growing up as a as a gay man in a mining village in County Durham in the 1950s and 1960s and his feelings of loyalty to the mining community at the time of
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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MINING MUSEUM RE-OPENS We look forward to welcoming you to our Museum at these times Friday 23rd July, 2021 for 6 Fridays ONLY: 23rd, 30th July, and 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th of August* Half hourly pre-booked appointments commencing at 10.00 am (10.00 am, 10.30, 11.00, 11.30, 12.30
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For today’s blog, we thought we would share this interesting clip about the real stories and people behind the 2014 film, Pride. WATCH HERE Wow, it’s pretty cool to see the real people behind the characters!
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As many of you may know, a film about LGSM’s involvement in the Miners’ Strike of 1984-85 was released in 2014. If you haven’t heard, this is your sign to check it out. It is heartbreaking, funny, and shares a slice of history that may not always be known in
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LGSM (Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners) was formed in 1984, during the Miners’ Strike. Mike Jackson and Mark Ashton were its founding members, after organising a bucket collection for the striking miners during the London Pride march of 1984. Jackson and Ashton felt like there was a need to
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Big changes to the ways underground roadways were supported This photo shows the way coal mine roadways were supported until about the early nineties. The supports you see are what we called rings, rings came in three pieces a bow which is the middle bit you can see in the
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