The coal industry in Nottinghamshire by Professor John Beckett & Dr Denise Amos

Oral

Nottinghamshire Living History Archive (Nottinghamshire County Library Service)

The NLHA includes the following mining-related material and can be borrowed or consulted at Local Studies libraries in the county:

BBC Nottingham

The BBC Nottingham website has a number of downloadable interviews with ex-miners and one with Neil Greatrex, former leader of the Union of Democratic Miners:

Ollerton of Yesteryear project

This project was designed to preserve the history of New Ollerton, which developed solely as a result of the sinking of the colliery. A key part of the project was "to interview and record various people and preserve their memories and anecdotal evidence of the past."

Warsop Main Colliery, Warsop Vale Village and its inhabitants from 1900 - Present Day

This Heritage Lottery Fund financed project aims to "interview members of the community, record their memories and photograph residents of the village and their surroundings ... [the intention is to] produce a book and an oral history archive. " Contact the Warsop Vale Historical Society for more information:

Hucknall Heritage Archive Project

Hucknall Library Local History Group have recorded the heritage of this former mining and textile town by carrying out a variety of projects, one of which was an oral history project entitled 'Locally Speaking.'