News and Events
The Pit Poets
An evening of pit poetry and songs as part of the 2019 Nottingham Poetry Festival – Horse and Jockey PH, Selston, NG16 6FE.
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Coal, Community and Change (1965-2015)
The Coal, Community and Change (1965-2015) travelling exhibition is on at Chesterfield until 27th April 2019. Free event.
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Digging Deeper: The Women Nottinghamshire’s Coalfield
An afternoon of talks and discussion on the role of women in the former Nottinghamshire Coalfield.
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Who Killed Edwina Beer – a play by Alan Dawson.
‘Who Killed Edwina Beer’ by Alan Dawson is on at the Black Bull and Clipstone MW over the weekend of 22nd and 23rd March 2019. Tickets £6 each.
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Dealing with the Past: Coal, Community and Change (1965-2015)
Dealing with the Past: Coal, Community and Change (1965-2015) at Mansfield Museum – 9th to 30th March 2019. Funded by the Global Heritage Research Fund at Nottingham Trent University. Free event – all welcome.
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East Midlands Coalmining Heritage Forum – Saturday, 30th March 2019
Next meeting on Saturday, 30th March 2019 (10.30am – 4.30pm) at Coalville & Swannington. Free event – all welcome.
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Video
Snaptime represented an opportunity for old-timers to introduce young recruits into the ways of the world. Filmed on location at the D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum and the National Coal Mining Museum for England.
A history of the iconic headstock. How giant pit wheels and steel frameworks came to dominate the landscape of mining communities.
A symbolic walk from Brinsley Headstocks to D.H. Lawrence’s Breach House to commemorate the end of deep coal mining in Nottinghamshire.
