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To mark the soon to be published first part of our #NCB catalogue, we'll be sharing some of the highlights from the collection throughout July. To start, here are some images from the Daily Mirror reporting the 1912 coal strike which started in Derbyshire. #miningtheseams 1/2 pic.twitter.com/WDce4z3APq

— Derbyshire Record Office (@DerbyshireDRO) July 4, 2021

The NMM is also honouring those miners who fought in the two World Wars. and highlighting those who were awarded the Victoria Cross. Read Private Abraham Acton's story https://t.co/u9XdHbgOXv

— National Miners’ Memorial (@miners_memorial) July 4, 2021

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, the first ten plaques are fixed and it looks amazing, the detail is just wonderful please zoom in on each one of them! pic.twitter.com/MrwYhpy54n

— National Miners’ Memorial (@miners_memorial) July 4, 2021

This freshly mined coal will be on it's way to ⁦@BCLivingMuseum⁩ next week to power steam engines and heat forges! #TheLastPit #BlackCountryLivingMuseum #heritage #coal pic.twitter.com/BmTa4T9Rxw

— The Last Pit (@PitLast) July 3, 2021

In this weeks video we are down a mine. Having tea of course. We are civilised ?#urbex #mine #abandonedphotography #abandonedplaces #Lancashire pic.twitter.com/y0M1bY9p0X

— Martin Zero (@martin_0401) June 19, 2021

Finally got to visit the Auldton Colliery bath house visible from the M74 at #Lesmahagow partially derelict and used as cattle shelter and agricultural storage pic.twitter.com/j5vInjPOJ3

— landscape legacies of coal (@coal_legacies) June 18, 2021

The lettering NATIONAL MINERS' MEMORIAL is almost complete on the NMM memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum! Andy DeComyn has been chiselling the lettering; meanwhile Mark Walker is adding the higher blocks of stone – fabulous!! pic.twitter.com/i4kXQYxhHG

— National Miners’ Memorial (@miners_memorial) June 14, 2021