Short History of Coal
Three or four hundred million years ago the majority of coal deposits were laid down.

Short History of Mining in the East Midlands
It was during the wood famine of the 16th century that fortunes were made, by 1588 Sir Francis Willoughby was able to finance the building of Wollaton Hall from the wealth created by coal mining.

The Wollaton Waggonway of 1603/4

Coal Mining in the Eastwood Area
Eastwood is a small town in Nottinghamshire in the UK. Coal has been mined in the area for nearly 700 years. The monks of Beauvale Priory held rights to coal mining and there may have been shallow workings dating back to Roman times.

A Brief History of the Shipley West Reclamation Site

Rise and Fall of Coal

Pit Ponies
What Do You Know About Pit Ponies? Any help would be enormously appreciated;
Former Mine Worker, John Talbot, tells about his life at Manners Colliery, Ilkeston, Around 1890.
Pit Ponies, Mapperley Colliery, and Alfred Shaw The Pits Ponies at Blenkinsop

Nutbrook Colliery Furnace Ventilation Cupola
This method of ventilation was seen as a considerable safety improvement on the underground furnace type, identified by a chimney constructed directly over a shaft.

HELP-What Do You Know About Pit Ponies?

The Fforest Uchaf Horse & Pony Rehabilitation Centre
For the Ponies, Volunteers and Trustees at Fforest Uchaf. Please feel free to visit our little website and tell your friends about us. We need you to help us, help them.
Roy & Angel

The Butty System
A butty was a man who had come up from the ranks of workmen, saved some money, as his business required capital to provide tools, timber, horses etc. He was a sub-contractor, and an intermediary between master and men.

By John Lumsdon

Bevin Boys are often known as the "Forgotten Conscripts"
Around 48,000 young men, who would otherwise have been conscripted into the armed forces, were sent underground between 1943 and 1948.