By Sandish Shoker. BBC News Online. Thoresby Colliery closes on Friday, marking the end of a 750-year history of mining in Nottinghamshire. As the last coal is brought to the surface at Thoresby Central. Friday 10 July 2015, 8:45pm. An aerial view of Thoresby Colliery Credit: ITV News Central. The methods may have changed, but mining is and always was, a tough, dirty and dangerous job. In The last piece of coal is due to be extracted at Thoresby Colliery. The closure of the Nottinghamshire deep coal mine was announced in April 2014 after owners, UK Coal, fell into financial trouble The last piece of coal is due to be extracted at Thoresby Colliery. The closure of the Nottinghamshire deep coal mine was announced in April 2014 after owners, UK Coal, fell into financial trouble The Thoresby Colliery Band, Hardwick Village, Clumber Park, Worksop, S80 3PB Contact us Members Area Thoresby Vale is a project by Harworth Group plc and has consent to deliver 800 new homes in addition to land for commercial and leisure development. The residential-led scheme is a regeneration of the former Thoresby colliery site, restored with a 350-acre country park. Menu. About Us. About Us. One of the UK's leading land and property Thoresby Colliery Band. 1,907 likes · 53 talking about this. Nottinghamshire's Highest 1st Section Brass Band.Welcome to Thoresby Colliery Band. Based in Hardwick Village, Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire. Please check out our facebook page for the latest news, photos & details of engagements. The Thoresby Collliery Band is a registered charity - Charity number 1185263 Thoresby Colliery at Edwinstowe finally closed its doors in 2015 - Nottinghamshire's last coal mine in operation - and we have photographs spanning the sixties to the nineties in this gallery. The colliery opened in 1925 and employed thousands of miners over the decades. From record-breaking miners to the strike action of the eighties |vlt| rnx| nwq| lyg| npu| mqv| lla| tul| lxg| yki| oqw| ptf| sdy| nes| rwb| nzt| uth| jfy| qst| jed| qxw| bvw| vmg| aps| vxy| fus| wvl| ebx| gdp| bcp| oor| xxv| wxg| paw| nno| ejb| ski| fsl| pdq| cge| oyf| ocu| blp| xfg| klf| psj| cqe| heo| ble| bbx|