Mining Heritage, East Midlands – News and Events
Gedling Colliery: The Pit of Nations (1899 – 1991).
Gedling Colliery, in the Nottinghamshire Coalfield, closed thirty years ago in November 1991. Locally, it was known as the ‘Pit of Nations’ because of its very diverse workforce from the 1950’s onwards.
Coal in the Blood: Book Release, Music and Readings – The Pit, Newstead.
Book launch, music and poetry at The Pit Micro Pub, Newstead Village, Nottinghamshire on Tuesday evening, 23rd November 2021, starting at 7.30pm Tickets £8 per head with supper included.
Eastwood Hall and the Walker Family: A Brief History of one half of the Barber Walker Co. dynasty
Eastwood Hall has a long historical connection with the local coal mining industry and was the residence of the Walker family for a time in the 19th century, one half of Barber Walker Co, Ltd.
Researching the Seams: On Line Workshop
Free on line Coalmining Archives workshop organised by the Derbyshire Record Office on Wednesday 13th October 2021 (12.55pm – 4.00pm).
From the Pits to Paris: George Bissill Derbyshire’s Forgotten Pitman Painter.
From the Pits to Paris: Free Exhibition of the artwork of George Bissill (1896-1973), Derbyshire’s Forgotten Pitman Painter, at the Erewash Museum, Ilkeston from 2nd September to 19th November 2021.
Looking after your Photograph Collections: On Line Workshop
Free on line workshop on Friday morning, 16th July 2021, as part of the coal mining heritage project ‘Mine-Craft the Prequel: The Photographic Story of East Midlands Coal’.
A Brief History of Annesley Colliery (1865 – 2000)
A brief account of the colliery’s intriguing 135 year old history (1865-2000). Known locally as being as a ‘Family Pit’, it was the last deep mine to operate in the NCB South Nottinghamshire Area.
Bagworth Colliery – 30th anniversary of Closure
End of an Era for Leicestershire Coal Mining – Bagworth Colliery closure 30 years on. Production at the last deep coal mine in the north west Leicestershire coalfield finished in February 1991.
Longwall, Landscape and Legacies: The Coal Mining Memorials and Monuments of the East Midlands
Proposed coal mining arts and cultural project based on the coal mining memorials and monuments in the East Midlands at Bilsthorpe, Eastwood, Heanor, Coalville and Church Gresley.
Mining Heritage Video
Snap Tin. Based on ‘Coal Miner’ by G.A.W. Tomlinson (c.1930) shot on location at the D.H. Lawrence Museum and National Coal Mining Museum for England.
History of Coal Mining in 10 Objects
Historian and former mining surveyor, Dr Robert Bradley charts the development of the iconic colliery headstocks
‘A Requiem for Coal’ commemorates the end of 700 years of coal mining in Nottinghamshire, with traditional stories, songs and readings from D.H. Lawrence who came from a mining family in the county.
