1900 - 1994
Dedicated to the Miners of Silverwood
History of the Mine
SIMPLY THE BEST
South Yorkshire England
Webmaster John Doxey
Main Photos Jonathan Dabbs.
Additional content Mick Carver
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Dedicated to the Miners of Silverwood History of the Mine SIMPLY THE BEST |
South Yorkshire England Webmaster John Doxey Main Photos Jonathan Dabbs. Additional content Mick Carver |
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Welcome to a new page where you can add local news, or advertise an upcoming event related to Silverwood Colliery or mining.
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| May 2008 |
1st May 2008
15th May 2008,
We will explore Toys and Childhood during the session on Thursday 15th May 2008, exploring childhood and family life, school and the games we used to play—share many old toys and games, sweets and drinks.
15th May 2008,
Experience Amami Nights on the afternoon of 22nd May 2008, dance halls and picture houses, make up and hair dos, stockings and lippy all add up to a good night out on a monkey run.
On 29th May 2008
Sessions are between 1pm
and 4pm and include free tea and biscuits. The Tenants Resource Centre is at
the 2010 Eastwood Depot on Chesterton Road on Eastwood Trading Estate. If
you would like to book a place on one or all of these sessions please
contact Steve on 01709 822258 or e-mail
steve.ruffle@rotherfed.org Tenants Resource Centre |
| June 2007 |
There will be a Miners reunion at the Silverwood Welfare club on the 15th December 2007 .Contact: Silverwood Welfare Club
Doncaster Road
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May 2007 |
YOUR SITE MAKES THE LOCAL NEWS
I would like to thank the Rotherham Civic Society for including this site in a recent [ 4th May 2007 ] article by the Rotherham Advertiser concerning the Society and it's endeavours to produce what should be a very successful heritage theme. "Our Heritage in Stones" Now I know everyone that can will attend this marvelous event, so if anyone would care to take a photo of the Civic Society stand and send me a copy, I'll place it on the site so that those like me [ Ex Pats ] can at least see an image of the event. SECRETARY REQUIRED The Civic Society badly needs a secretary, so if you would like to join this worthwhile group who amongst other things play an important role in the preservation of local heritage please contact them at information@rotherhamcivicsociety.org
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May 2007 |
Tenants Resource Centre 10am and 12.30pm on Tuesday 19th June 2007 Rotherham Federation
of Tenants and Residents is a new organisation supporting tenants and
residents groups around the Borough. We are interested in collecting
information about the history of community associations and tenants and
residents groups in the Borough throughout the 20th Century.
We are particularly interested in the history of social housing in
Rotherham. We would be very interested in hearing from anyone who has
any memories of being involved in TARAs and community associations or
photos they could share.
E-mail:
steve.ruffle@rotherfed.org
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April 2007 |
MINERS WANTED AUSTRALIA If anyone is interested there are 3,244 mining jobs available in Australia at this moment [ April 2007] Top rates being paid. Be aware that many of the jobs are in isolated areas with mining camp accommodations. The Australian coal industry is booming, with China being one of the major customers. Visit here for more information. |
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April 2007 |
LOCAL YOUTH ENCOURAGED TO LEARN ABOUT SILVERWOOD In a recent correspondence I am
informed that " young people are being encouraged to be in touch with their local environment and taking
ownership of their local area and reminiscing about what there
grandfathers and great grandfathers did for a living back in the day. The project is to include memories old and new by
portraying those memories onto boards using graffiti methods to do so. The pictures would be very useful indeed and to pay a tribute to the
project at the site would be fantastic for these young people as they
then could in years to come tell their children that just like their
great grandparents they have had some involvement in Silverwood Mine."
This is a marvellous project and Matthew and his associates are to be congratulated for it's conception, and I'm sure that all ex miners will be delighted to know that they are to be paid a tribute by the youngsters of today. Hopefully the finished work will be made accessible to one and all, and I hope that many of you will go along as a show of support to these youngsters, and perhaps tell them a story or two about what it was like to be a miner. I will keep you posted with what ever further updates I receive, meanwhile lets wish the project and the young folks every success. I for one can't wait to see the result, some of these young graffiti artist have a great talent, and putting that kind of talent into a project like this, has to be an all round winner! John.
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Rotherham
Federation of Tenants and Residents (Rother Fed) is holding free
reminiscences activity sessions led by Joanne Brunt on Thursday afternoons
during May 2008 at the Tenants Resource Centre. All the sessions are
practical and fun and open to all Rotherham tenants and residents 
Thanks
to Sheila Cameron and Stan Crowther of the Rotherham Civic Society this
site was invited to help with an upcoming tribute to the men who died
and those injured in the 1966 paddy train disaster at Silverwood. The
tribute will be part of the Rotherham
Heritage Fair on 19th May.
