Welcome to the Website
Durham Mining Heritage Centre, has now ceased to operate from the first floor Rooms at Nevilles Cross Social Club,Durham City.
Our Group has provided the Mining Exhibition for just over two years, but due to rental costs and access problems for the disabled we have decided to relocate to a new venue hopefully by late Summer of this year, We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the visitors who came to see us over the past two years, and look forward to your return once the new venue is established etc, we shall keep you informed of our progress on this website.
We would like to 'Thank our Sponsors' who provided funding to our group to establish the first Mining Heritage facility within the City of Durham they are:
Year 1. Awards For All Heritage Lottery Fund,
Councillor Nigel Martin,
Pit Stop Cafe, Esh Winning,
Esh Winning 2000 Group,
County Durham Foundation,
Year 2. Coalfields Regeneration Trust,
Durham Miners Association Executive Committee,
The Barbour Trust,
County Durham Foundation,
Other parties instrumental in providing help and advice to our group:-
Durham and District Community Voluntary Service,
Durham County Council Community Heritage Department,
Nevilles Cross Social Club Committee,
Dr. Roberta Blackman Woods M.P. City of Durham,
Councillors Paul Taylor, John Turnbull.
Durham County Fire Brigade fire prevention officer,
Durham Constabulary Crime Prevention department,
Various Individuals from around the country,
and Residents of County Durhams Former Mining Communities
to numerous to mention for their donations and patronage
'We would like to convey our most 'Sincere Thanks' to you all for your kind support'
Over the past two years the group has produced a `School Pack` on Mining Heritage to assist Teachers and Pupils at Schools through out County Durham and this is still available as a free download from this website. Group Members also completed a number of Visits to local Schools with Artefact handling sessions, Art projects, and talks by former Miners who worked in the Durham Coalfield. We are Currently compiling our second part of the School project which shall contain information about the Homelife of the Miner and his family and social aspects like going to the Miners Gala, Club Trips, etc. which we hope to have available around September of this year for local Schools. In the mean time we are to stage four mini exhibitions at venues around the County to promote the School Project work, details shall be given in due course on this website. This year we staged a Miners Lamp exhibition, an exhibition of Mat and Rug making with thanks to the Clayport Matters Group who provided a variety of exhibits that really were works of art! and we commemorated the Stanley Pit Disaster which happened 100 years ago in February of this year,with the largest loss of life at a Durham Colliery in 1909. So for the moment we have no base to operate from, but the group is still very active and we hope to see some of you at this years mini exhibitions once venues are established and in due course at our new premises! Remember! To make sure to attend this years 'Durham Miners Gala'in July, which celebrates its 125th Anniversary year and 2009 sees the '25th Anniversary of the Miners Strike' the Gala will be a social highpoint not to be missed! by all who care about our 'Proud Mining Heritage in County Durham' Best Wishes and Kind Regards to you all! John Kitching Secretary D.M.H.G.
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Please take a look at the Photographs of the 'Nevilles Cross Exhibition' spanning the last two years! we hope you enjoy them as much as we did exhibiting our collection of mining artefacts for you !
BRANDON & BYSHOTTLES PARISH ARCHIVE: Allways wanted Brandon & Deerness Valley - areas covered Ushaw Moor , Esh winning, New Brancepeth ,Langley Moor, Browney : If you have any photos or other material that will be of some use to the Archive please contact us below or scan your photo's and send to the email address
