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THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR VISITORS

The Brian Morley Exhibition at the Nottinghamshire Mining Museum has now closed  its doors. Eric Eaton, Chair of the Museum said, “We should like to thank all the many visitors who took this final opportunity to view the Brian Morley Mining Artist Exhibition, at the Nottinghamshire Mining Museum.” Brian’s drawings
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Tags: art, mining, museum, nottinghamshire, notts, update and working class.

A Personal Recollection by Colin Clews

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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Tags: history, lgsm, mining, notts and pride month.

PRIDE – Real Life Inspiration

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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Tags: history, mining, museum and notts.

PRIDE MONTH: LGSM HISTORY

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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Tags: lgbt, lgsm, mining history, notts, pride month and working class.

4 (WOMEN 1984-85) Women of the Working-Class.

Hello everyone, we do hope that you have been enjoying our blogs so far. A lot of time and effort has gone into this theme, as we feel women are an integral part of the mining community and wanted our blogs to give voice to that. On a personal level,
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Tags: activism, feminism, mining, notts, socialism, women's history month and working class.

1 (WOMEN 1984-85) THE MINERS’ STRIKE

Welcome to our fourth and final theme of the month. The core source material for this week’s topic is from the book ‘Hearts & Minds’ by Joan Witham, which shares the names and stories of prominent women of the Miners’ Strike in Nottinghamshire. The book centres around local Women’s Action
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Tags: 80s, blog post, history, miners strike, nottingham, notts and women's history month.

Women of Mining Parades & Galas

Good morning! We do hope that you have enjoyed our blogs so far, today is the 1oth blog on general history before we move into the theme of Women Writers of the Mining Community.   Through research into this topic, we came across some lovely photographs from The Chad –
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Tags: community, history, mansfield, mining, notts, pit, women's history month and working class.

Women’s History: Scratching The Surface!

Hello everyone! Today’s blog is a little different and will be a bit more text heavy. Through research into the topic, we have found some excellent sources that shine a light onto women’s integral part of the mining industry and will be using those sources, to share some highlights with
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Tags: history, mining, notts, women, women's history month and working class.

PIT LASSES

Good morning. Wishing you all a wonderful and safe International Women’s Day! As you can see from previous blogs, there is a lot of history surrounding women in the mining community. Our aim with this theme, is to shine light onto women’s contributions through history and share informative resources and
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Tags: history, international women's day, mining, notts, women and women's history month.

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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