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Head of Masterplan and Capital Projects at the National Coal Mining Museum @NCMME; Director (Voluntary), Lichfield Discovered CIC @LichDiscovered

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RT @BElliottAuthor: May they never be forgotten: Norcroft Colliery, Cawthorne, Barnsley My 📷.⁦@NCMME⁩ ⁦@penswordbooks⁩ .
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RT @BElliottAuthor: Ten years after Hatfield Main’s (Doncaster) final closure so good to hear of plans for the regeneration of the site; a….
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RT @BElliottAuthor: ‘Markham Main miners’: superb art installation in the Miners’ Memorial Garden at Armthorpe, Doncaster. ⁦@NCMME⁩ https:/….
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RT @BElliottAuthor: Remembering my Dad on #Fathersday (commemorative glass cheque ⁦@NCMME⁩). You can do the same for a coalmining relative….
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Alongside today’s book launch, Mayor Cllr Darren Byford & @BElliottAuthor officially revealed new permanent displays here at @NCMME. They’re dedicated to the stories of miners who contributed so much in wartime, including the remarkable ‘Tunnellers’ of the First World War.
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All of us at @NCMME were proud to host a very special event today: the launch of @BElliottAuthor’s major new publication ‘Miners at War’. Thank you @PaulDragonwolf1 for such poignant poetry readings and Andy Featherstone for sharing his remarkable memorabilia collection too.
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RT @MaryjaneFurniss: @BElliottAuthor @NCMME @lynnfinlay1 @keepshovelling @PSHistory @HistoryJT It's a wonderful museum. We moved nearby 2 y….
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RT @BElliottAuthor: Great to be back @NCMME today. Always something new to explore including the amazing Time Tunnel. Fantastic guides as u….
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RT @BElliottAuthor: Forty shrapnel wounds, injuries to his r foot and leg and loss of L eye, Lanarkshire miner Willie Angus VC performed on….
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RT @GroomB: New 'time tunnel' exhibition tells history of British coal mining at National Museum of Coal Mining in Wakefield. https://t.co/….
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Surface-level interactive displays at the National Coal Mining Museum take visitors back in time.
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RT @BElliottAuthor: Posted before, but so festive couldn’t resist: End of shift by Mal Burton, 2011 (from my collection). @OwdAlbert @GrimA….
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RT @BElliottAuthor: Under the headgear, winding wheels and by the old screens @NCMME, it was great to meet veteran miner and museum guide….
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RT @BElliottAuthor: Good to recently view the large, old Elsecar Hemingfield banner on display in the Miners’ Lecture Hall at the NUM HQ,….
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RT @BElliottAuthor: A Miners’ life. End of day shift. And away, baths and light. (NCB booklet for schools c1960s) @NCMME @PSHistory @Histor….
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RT @BElliottAuthor: ‘Pitmen painters’ (2011) by James Downie (b.1949). Oil on canvas. @GrimArtGroup @OwdAlbert @IMcMillan @NCMME https://t.….
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RT @IMcMillan: My Christmas sonnet for my dad, broadcast on ⁦@BBCRadio3⁩ this morning.
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RT @WTComFoundation: 🎄 Our Youth Engagement team are back at the @NCMME this afternoon with Public Services students from @WakeyCollege com….
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RT @BarnsleyMuseums: #Museum30 This time last year we made the #Discovery of a Barnsley Christmas carol that had been lost for 90 years. It….
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RT @BElliottAuthor: My Portrait of Finn from a recent visit to @NCMME .Such a gentle giant of a horse. @lynnfinlay1 @HistoryJT @PSHistory….
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RT @IMcMillan: My poem in the superb new ⁦@poetrybusiness⁩ ⁦@NCMME⁩ ⁦@ace_thenorth⁩ anthology Coal. As my father-in-law said as the coppers….
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