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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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