For this Mining Blog, we are remembering the Bilsthorpe Mining Disaster that occurred on the 1st March 1927 in which 14 men lost their lives. We would also like to pay tribute to the people of Bilsthorpe for their very moving Memorials erected in the Memorial Garden and the Churchyard
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Returning to our campaign to create a Coal Mining Memorial on the Miners’ Park, Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, we are remembering the Bentinck Colliery Cage Disaster which occurred on the 30th June, 1915, at a time when the country was in the middle of the 1st World War. Our Memorial,
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BANNERS AND BANDS EXHIBITION THORESBY NUM BANNER Our Banners and Bands Exhibition is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, 10.00 am to 3.00 pm, until Saturday, 17th December 2022, in the East Unit of Mansfield Railway Station, Station Road, Mansfield, Notts, NG18 1LP. All the Banners in this Exhibition were
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Another one of the amazing banners in our collection and available to view in our Banners and Bands Exhibition which is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10.00 am to 3.00 pm, until Saturday, 17th December 2022, in the East Unit, of Mansfield Railway Station, Station
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