Mine-Craft the Prequel: The Photographic Story of East Midlands Coal
Mine-craft the Prequel was a NTU funded year long heritage project (2023-24) which focused on both the tangible and intangible coalmining heritage of the East Midlands.
Remembering Creswell
Event to commemorate the 1950 Creswell mining disaster on its 75th anniversary at Pleasley Pit Visitors Centre on Saturday, 20th September 2025 (11am-2.30pm). Free event, all welcome.
The Mystery of the Missing Undermanger
Mapperley Colliery, Derbyshire closed in late March 1965. It was the scene of the mysterious disappearance of Thomas Severn, a colliery undermanager, who went missing underground, without trace, on 5th June 1918.
Oral History Workshop
Free oral history workshop at the Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock, on 19th September 2023 (10am – 1pm) as part of Nottingham Trent University’s 2023-24 Mine-craft the Prequel heritage project