Local author Roger West is delighted that his talk and presentation on the ‘South Normanton Colliery Disaster 1937’, successfully helped raise £550 for Oncology Unit at Kings Mill Hospital (Sherwood Forest Hospitals). He is photographed presenting a cheque to Rachael Tomblin (Operations Assistant Trauma & Orthopaedics-Oncology Unit) Sherwood Forest Hospitals at Post Mill. The cheque…
Local author Roger West will present an evening talk and presentation on the 1937 South Normanton Colliery Disaster.The mining accident occurred on Monday 15th February 1937 when an explosion in the Waterloo Seam of the Winterbank Pit claimed eight lives and seriously wounded many other local men. Date: Wednesday 30th March 2022Time: – 7.00pmVenue: Post…
The team at Bolsover TV have sent us a direct link to the interview they recorded at last Tuesday’s South Normanton Mining Disaster Memorial event held at McArthur Glen East Midlands Designer Outlet. The video features interviews with centre manager David Jackson and our very own Councillor, Andrew Joesbury.
South Normanton Parish Council are extremely proud to announce that a new memorial plaque and informational signage board have been installed at the McArthur Glen East Midlands Designer Outlet to commemorate and remember the eight men who sadly lost their lives at South Normanton Colliery in 1937. Tuesday 15th February marked a very poignant date…
