Blidworth colliery history books

Until the sinking of rufford colliery, rainworth consisted of a couple of farms, several small homesteads, and a pub. Blidworth and the first world war tells how life in the parish of blidworth which included fishpool, rainworth and blidworth bottoms changed during the first thirty years of the 20th century. The reference library at the national mining museum houses books, journals, trade catalogues and periodicals covering the history of the coal. Higgins, william of blidworth, pte our nottinghamshire. The only surviving colliery buildings today are the overmens houses on bridge road first built in 1874. Blidworth is a village and civil parish approximately five miles east of mansfield, nottinghamshire, england. National union of mineworkers mining, leisure, berry. Blowing warmth through his fingers, leslie cook, 58, a former miner at mansfield colliery, thrust his hands deep into empty pockets. Photos, maps, personal memories and local books of blidworth.

The blidworth druid stone has a hole in the middle, through which a child could pass. These are mainly in estates north of dale lane, known as new blidworth. The village became less dependent on agriculture as the as the mining industry developed and changed completely with the sinking of blidworth colliery. Rainworth is a village which is split between the newark and sherwood and the mansfield districts of nottinghamshire, england to the north of rainworth is the village of clipstone and to the east are the villages of bilsthorpe and farnsfield. We are a friendly fa charter standard club based at mansfield road, blidworth, mansfield, notts, ng21 0lr. Blidworth cwcc started its life as blidworth cc around 1926. Nb the village information above is taken from the nottinghamshire village book, written by members of the nottinghamshire federation of womens institutes and published by countryside books. Coal mining took place in the area from much earlier than the date you have been given i think the confusion lies in taking the dates of first coal mines to be the. Then in 1911two coal shafts were sunk by the bolsover colliery company ltd, bringing rufford colliery into being, as the pit expanded so did the village of rainworth.

Francis frith the uks leading publisher of local photographs since 1860. There were only 150 houses or so in the village 20 years before coal was sought, and most of them were in the old village. Belonging, memory and history in the north nottinghamshire. Since 1864 up to the end of 1908, 16,721,255 tons of the top hard and the coomb coal have been drawn. Blidworth, nottinghamshire genealogy heraldry and history. Over the years more than 200 men and boys died in these pits. The parish includes also the hamlets of bottoms, fishpool, and rainworth. Around 1890 the population was barely, and even by 1921 it was only 2000. Blidworth pit village typical view of the pit village. This may have been one of the holed stones in britain where mothers would bring their children to pass them through the stone as a protection against rickets, although this requires corroboration with local primary evidence. Since 2008, the club has played in the central midlands league. It has a post and money order office under mansfield, which is the telegraph office. After ten years of economic crisis and rightward political movement, at last a. Allen allerton bywater amongst miners argued arthur scargill bevercotes bilsthorpe blidworth branch delegate branch secretary british coal british coalfield bulmer cent class consciousness coal industry colliery in derbyshire colliery in south colliery in yorkshire cortonwood creswell decision defeat example fight going gormley government.

In order to keep wollaton villages poor law rates a kind of early welfare down, lord. A few pre1998 papers on nottinghamshire mining have been listed by brook and griffin gives an overview of the prenationalised industry there. Sherwood forest listed building barnsley coal mining local history derbyshire nottingham places to see england. The collections at the museum comprise over 60,000 items, including objects, archive material, photographs and books. Haunting photographs unlock the story of a colliery tragedy. Whereas by an act of parliament made and passed in the thirtyfourth year of his present majesty king george the third a. Jun, 2008 the only surviving colliery buildings today are the overmens houses on bridge road first built in 1874. Unlike parts of south yorkshire this area has very few workable coals above the barnsley or top hard coal. Haunting photographs unlock the story of a colliery. Nottingham history local history down the mine first impressions. The shafts were called the frederick pit, the victoria pit and the wellington pit. Although there are few pits left in nottinghamshire just a couple of decades ago they were still one of the main sources of employment in the county. Nottinghamshire history a history of suttoninashfield.

After ten years of economic crisis and rightward political movement, at last a major trade union stood up to margaret thatcher. Blidworth colliery nottinghamshire, originally known as newstead no2 colliery until around 1930, was sunk in 1924 1926 by the newstead colliery co ltd at blidworth to the north of the old village. Blidworth colliery closed in 1989 following a lengthy period of industrial action. The club became blidworth colliery when the local mine opened and moved to the current home at the welfare around about 1936. Blidworth, like many small villages at the turn of the 20th century was sparsely populated. Our guest speaker is chosen from a group of dedicated and well qualified individuals. Admin, first time ive ever posted on one of these forum thingies, so ignore the poor grammer, some additions to your notts pits.

Concessionary coal was the main source of heating and hot water for most households, so coal was burned allyearround, resulting in a noxious haze of coal smoke that was strangely comforting to me as a child. Studies recurrently emphasise the critical role played by memory in the production of belonging in the context of deindustrialisation. Jun 28, 2007 admin, first time ive ever posted on one of these forum thingies, so ignore the poor grammer, some additions to your notts pits. Blidworth, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in mansfield district, notts. Haunting photographs unlock the story of a colliery tragedy forty miners died in an explosion but the son of one of them went on to become a respected trade union leader. Its history can be traced back to the 10th century, although many of the current houses were built in the first half of the 20th century to provide housing for workers at blidworth colliery 19261989. Blidworth pit village typical view of the pit village streets where i grew up. Nottinghamshire coalfield mansfield area northern mine. This paper examines the interrelations of memory, history and belonging among former coal miners in the north nottinghamshire coalfield surrounding mansfield, uk, an area of complex and contested memories and histories. On the outskirts of the village is a large stone known as the druid stone. National coal board, records of collieries deposited in the. Many of the homes in the village were built in the first half of the 20th century to provide housing for workers at blidworth colliery. Blidworth and the first world war tells how life in the parish of blidworth, that at the time included fishpool, rainworth and blidworth bottoms, changed during the first 30 years of the 20th century the book commemorates the local men who sacrificed their lives in the war to end all wars it also tells how the war might have been avoided if a shooting accident had. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 4,457.

The village stands in sherwood forest, 4 miles e of kirkby r. There have been many changes in the village, since the pit closed 22 years ago, a generation has passed, and some adults and children know little of the history of the village and the time coal was mined. In this township is situated the extensive silksworth colliery, the property of the marquis of londonderry, and one of the largest in the county of durham. To the north of rainworth is the village of clipstone and to the east are the villages of bilsthorpe and farnsfield. National coal board, records of collieries deposited in. When contrasted with their dramatic strike victories of 1972 and 1974, the shattering industrial defeat suffered by british miners in 1985 has been seen as evidence of the further weakening of workingclass solidarity.

Highly rated activities with free entry in blidworth. The story of blidworth will live in spite of the fact that a colliery has come to mar the rural scene, and the old village will long be loved as the setting of forest folk, a tale of nottinghamshire life written in our own time by a nottingham man, james prior kirk. Blidworth welfare was initially formed in 1926 as folk house old boys f. However, mining is declining with the closure of the colliery in 1989 will the blidworth of the future become a commuter satellite. The shafts were filled in and covered with concrete caps. Refreshments are provided and there is a small charge of.

Bbc nottingham history down the mine first impressions. The book, which contains 2 pages is richly illustrated with photographs of blidworth parish and its people, many of which have not been previously published. This results from a mixture of seam thinning and erosion. Blidworth colliery 1979 as a 16 year old, one day a schoolboy the next in a mans world. All books purchased which need to be posted will be subject to an additional charge for post and packaging at cost. It also tells of how the war might have been avoided if a shooting accident had ended in a fatality. Nov 22, 2012 haunting photographs unlock the story of a colliery tragedy forty miners died in an explosion but the son of one of them went on to become a respected trade union leader. Nottinghamshire history arthur mee, the kings england. Blidworth pit village typical view of the pit village stre. Memories of a nottinghamshire coalfield is a book by david bell that, among other things. The principal seams are the maudlin, about 5 feet 9 inches thick, and the hutton, 4 feet thick. Some ancient forest visitations were held here, as it stands nearly in the centre of old sherwood.

Blidworth and the first world war tells how life in the parish of blidworth which included fishpool, rainworth and blidworth bottoms changed during the first thirty years of the 20th century the book commemorates the local men who sacrificed their lives in the war to end all wars. Photographs of blidworth coal mine on the mining history web site uk. Banners of the durham coalfield, norman emery, 1998, sutton publishing ltd. Heworth colliery had 5 owners over its 142 year history. Typical view of the pit village streets where i grew up. The book commemorates the local men who sacrificed their lives in the war to end all wars. He worked underground at blidworth colliery until his retirement at 65. The parade which started on chesterfield road at 10. Waged with complete unity, the strikes of 1972 and 1974 brought the miners substantial material gains, contributed to the downfall of a government, and reinforced the national. Usworth colliery sinking of the shaft at usworth was commenced in 1845. For many it was a case of leave school one day, head down the pit the next.

Information, photographs and plans for blidworth coal mine on the mine exploration web site uk. We continue to meet on the 1st tuesday of each month with a starting time of 7pm and the meetings normally end at 9pm. Again, there is no evidence to link the stone with druids. Blidworth photos, maps, books, memories francis frith.