Coalmining heritage, arts and culture in the former East Midlands coalfields of North Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, South Derbyshire & Leicestershire.
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Backbone, a digitally immersive experience by Award Winning film-maker & miners daughter, Meloni Poole, re-examines her 2000 film, A Clean Slate, a quarter of a century on about the miners at Annesley- Bentinck Colliery. The film premieres in July 2026. miningheritage.co.uk/backbon…
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Pottering in #Donisthorpe Woodland Park in North West #Leicestershire created from the site of capped colliery lagoons planted with 74K trees in 1996 following the closure of the pit in 1990 after 133 years of operation #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage
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Bob Bradley, retired Senior Mining Surveyor, still working on coal mining plans at the preserved Pleasley Pit, Derbyshire,the age of 90!
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Lamp collectors meeting at the preserved Pleasley Pit, Derbyshire, Saturday, 6th June 2026.
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Harold Larwood was one of four England internationals who worked at Annesley Colliery. He appears in a 1920's colliery signing on book, interestingly on the colliery surface. The other 3 internationals were Joe Hardstaff Snr, Fred Barrett & Joe Hardstaff Jnr (Young Joe).
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Harold Larwood: Special event to celebrate life of Ashfield cricket great trib.al/xI5s6Kf
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Annesley Colliery signing on book (New Hucknall Colliery Co.), entries for 1925 including members of the Larwood family who lived at 17 Chapel Street, Nuncargate. Harold's occupation, aged 20, is Banksman (Shaft pit top area).
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Statues of Harold Larwood, Bill Voce & Don Bradman outside Kirkby-in-Ashfield library @NottsLibraries
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It's #LocalHistoryMonth so if you're interested in finding out about your local history check out our research guides. Our latest is on the Miners Strike of 1984-5: recordoffice.wordpress.com/2…
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Mororgreen mining heritage celebrated at Colliers Wood trib.al/QhXqoM1
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Recent 90th birthday celebrations for retired coalmining surveyor and coalmining historian, Dr Robert Bradley (Bob). With coalmining/ rail historians, David Amos (left) & Ian Castledine (right). Bob's comprehensive history of East Midland's coalmining is @ healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/indi…
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The Big Meet 18: The Miners Lamp Show at Pleasley Pit Museum, Saturday 6th June 2026 (9am - 2pm).
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'The Miners of Nottinghamshire 1980-1985'. PhD dissertation (2012), University of Nottingham, by David Amos @ heyzine.com/flip-book/7169b2…
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Photo exhibition of Hucknall & Babbington Collieries, 40 years since closure, at Eastwood Library @NottsLibraries 20th April - 15th May 2026. #miningheritage
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Our LampLight trail launches on Saturday 25th April, and if you want to see our wonderful digital miner @SharpesMuseum then it is only up for 1 day #swadlincote #peopleexpress #derbyshirecountycouncil #nationalheritagelotteryfund
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Self Rescuer - one of the coalmining objects as part of the 2013 heritage project, 'A History of Coal Mining in 10 Objects'.miningheritage.co.uk/self-re…
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A local saying from the past was that if you wanted a fast bowler, all you had to do was shout down the nearest mine-shaft! The coal and cricket connection appears in a chapter in the forthcoming book, 'Those Coaltown Days: A Glance Back at Social Life in the Notts Coalfield'.
A really good piece in today’s Observer by @tjaldred on cricket and the coal mines. I’m going to have to buy the new Wisden to read the full version. (In Nottinghamshire in the ‘60s I used to play against colliery and miners’ welfare teams; always competitive.)
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Talk on 'The Cotes Park Collieries' by Phillip Fearnley to the Alfreton & District Heritage Trust on Saturday, 18th April 2026 at 1pm.
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Talk on the Bevin Boys at the Post Mill Centre, South Normanton, Derbyshire, on Monday evening, 20th April 2026 at 7.30pm.
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