Owen Watson – Pitman Poet
Owen Watson (1912-1980) was a Pitman Poet from the Heanor area of Derbyshire who wrote in broad local dialect.
Songs and Rhymes from the Mines – Pleasley Pit
Pleasley Pit volunteers and friends presented an evening of coalmining folk songs and pit poetry on Friday evening, 29th September 2023 as part of the 150th commemorations of the sinking of the pit.