Our Mining HeritageIf you have any old photographs or newspaper articles about local pits - please contact the webmaster ! |
| Mining Photo Gallery |
| Local Pit Disasters & Fatalities |
| Diary of a Local Collier 1920s |
| Local Children Employed in Mines 1842 |
| The not so distant past - Pye Hill in the 1980s |
Above: A group of local miners - the brothers at the back were the Prothero's of Westwood, Notts.
LINK TO A COAL MINING SITE WITH A LOCAL INTEREST
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LINK TO The Coal Mining History Resource Centre 1842 Commission of Children in the Mines - Includes Bagthorpe, Codnor Park and many other local pits. Fascinating reading. CDs available for purchase. Fantastic on line gallery of old prints depicting life in the mines. |
