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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DISASTER AT THE RUFFORD COLLIERY – 14 MEN KILLED AND 4 INJURED 7 FEBRUARY 1913 This is the first of our Mining Blogs concerning Nottinghamshire’s 20th century coalmining disasters, where a number of coalminers lost their lives. We are writing these Blogs in support of our campaign for a
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ONE OF THE BANNERS IN OUR EXHIBITION This Mining Blog gives a little bit of historical information about banners, their creation and purposes and gives a special focus on one particular banner. This introduction is by Dr Myna Trustram and is from a BBc History post BBC – History –
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“The fight against that infernal nuisance pit dirt, has been and will continue to be a long one, ” Coal News 1947 Following the 1926 General Strike a levy on coal owner profits was introduced that allowed for the creation of funds for the “welfare” needs of coalmining communities.
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‘SHERWOOD’ AT BERRY HILL, THE MINERS’ PARK In this week’s Mining Blog, we are continuing our celebration of Berry Hill Park, Mansfield, and reveal in detail the financial contributions made by Nottinghamshire’s miners to the Park, through their hard and dangerous labour. We also never forget, that Nottinghamshire miners families
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June was traditionally the month of the Miners’ Galas. Today we are remembering a very special Gala – “THE NOTTINGHAMSHIRE MINERS CENTENARY GALA – 6TH JUNE 1981 In his introduction to the Centenary Programme, which celebrated one hundred years (1881 – 1981) of trade unionism in Nottinghamshire, Bernard Taylor (Lord
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This text and the photographs are taken from the online source The historic roots and modern connotations of “Canary in the Coal Mine” (gale.com) │By Amelie Bonney, Gale Ambassador at the University of Oxford│ Most of us see bright-feathered, warbling canaries as pets, yet these tiny birds were not always
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We are continuing our Bentinck Colliery posts this week with further reference to the Bentinck Colliery cage collision in 1915. We wish to thank the Northern Mines Rescue Society for this text and their rigorous research. This is the link to the article: Bentinck Colliery Shaft Accident – Kirkby-in-Ashfield –
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Coal’s contribution to Nottinghamshire’s economy was immense Today we have a very interesting post from Mick Coakley, one of our volunteers. Mick is reminding us how much coal contributed to Nottinghamshire’s economy. We are also remembering how much we have lost since its demise and how great was the sacrifice
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