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The Mining Blog

REMEMBRANCE AND RESISTANCE – The Derbyshire Miners Convalescent and Holiday Home

This is our last blog about the Derbyshire Miners Convalescent and Holiday Home. REMEMBRANCE We are REMEMBERING and celebrating the pleasure that it brought to so many mining families!                       RESISTANCE We are REMEMBERING the actions of RESISTANCE that took
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HOW IT ALL BEGAN – THE DERBYSHIRE CONVALESCENT HOME AND HOLIDAY CAMP

This is the full history of the origins of the Derbyshire Miners Convalescent Home and Miners Holiday Camp and this text is taken from the Derbyshire County Council Records Office website.  Follow this link for the article:  CalmView: Overview   19th century beginnings – Derbyshire Miners Association involvement A convalescent
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Skeggy Miners Holiday Camp. “Can you see the Wind Mill yet”

For our Mining Blog this week we are sharing a wonderful account of a visit to Skeggy Miners Holiday Camp by Eric Eaton in the early 1950s.       I spent a few holidays at Skegness Miners Holiday Camp, in my childhood with my family, Mam, Dad, brothers and
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AT LAST! SEASIDE HOLIDAYS FOR MINING FAMILIES WHO COULD NOT AFFORD THEM

“The Camp will provide accommodation for nearly 1,000 people and will enable families whose means have hitherto prevented it, to have a seaside holiday.”   In 1939 the Sheffield Telelegraph advised its readers of  an ‘exciting experiment’ taking place in Derbyshire, the creation of a Miners’ Holiday Camp at Skegness.
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HER STORY (AN INTRODUCTION)

Welcome to our month long theme, of women’s involvement in the mining industry and wider commu...

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INVITATION AND GOOD NEWS TO REPORT

SHINING A LIGHT; MUSEUM IN THE PARK – PROJECT TO CREATE A MINING SCULPTURE ON THE MINERS...

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WE ARE OPEN

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ALERT – WE CLOSE FOR THE WINTER ON SATURDAY, 2ND NOVEMBER 2024

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NAMING OUR PONY

Help us to NAME our new ‘model’ PIT PONY This is a call-out to all parents to encourage their childr...

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SHINING A LIGHT: MUSEUM IN THE PARK – VERY GOOD NEWS TO REPORT

SACRIFICE:  COMMUNITY:  LEGACY – REMEMBERING THE OVER 3,300 DEATHS IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE’S MINES We hav...

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