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Hucknall No. 2 Colliery, 1910. |
The British Coal Photographic Collection
The British Coal Photographic Collection has been scanned and can be viewed at The Coal Authority's Mining Heritage Centre: the originals are kept at the National Archives, Kew. There are over 7,500 of Nottinghamshire.
The National Coal Mining Museum
The National Coal Mining Museum has a collection of photographs (including NCB-commissioned photographs of mines and mining communities taken by Harold White between 1950 and 1960) which can be viewed by appointment.
The North East Midlands Photographic Record (Picture the Past)
Around 500 photographs of Nottinghamshire collieries accessible on the website:
Bassetlaw Museum
The Edgar Welchman collection includes photographs of Manton, Shireoaks and Bervercotes collieries:
Fionn Taylor's Mines Rescue website
Photographs of many Nottinghamshire pits:
Bilsthorpe Heritage Society
The group interested in recording the history of Bilsthorpe and its colliery and holds a collection of over 500 photographs, and some audio-visual material (e.g. a short 20 minute film of an underground fire at the colliery in 1957). Contact Robert Bradley for more information.
Warsop Vale Local History Society
A fine collection of photographs of the colliery, village and mining life:
Film & video
bfi National Film And Television Archive
The bfi archive holds films made by the National Coal Board Film Unit (1952-84).
Artistic
In 1994, British Coal sponsored Majorie Arnfield’s exhibition A Tribute to Coal Mining in Nottinghamshire at Nottingham University's Djanogly Art Gallery. She then held a further 20 exhibitions of her mining art under the title “Images of Coal” at museums and art galleries across the UK.
The National Coal Mining Museum, near Wakefield. Collection of art depicting coal mining in various mediums, but not necessarily of Nottinghamshire. Can be viewed by appointment.