Salistune Sunset: The end of deep coalmining in a Nottinghamshire parish.
Deep coalmining ended in the Nottinghamshire parish of Selston 40 years ago on 9th August 1985 when the Pye Hill complex closed.
Moorgreen Colliery: 40th anniversary of closure
Moorgreen Colliery closed 40 years ago on 19th July 1985, ending deep coalmining in Eastwood, a town with a long and proud coalmining history.
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.