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Whats Gray’ner than Gray’n? – Moorgray’n: Moorgreen Colliery closure 35 years on.
“What’s Grayn’ er than Grayn – Moorgray’n!” was the local dialect saying which translated means “What’s Greener than Green – Moorgreen!” Thirty-five years ago, on 19th July 1985, Moorgreen Colliery, the last Eastwood pit, closed after one-hundred and twenty years. Along with the nearby Pye Hill Complex which was to…
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Taormina
Literary walks are always good fun, whether it be mooching along a Nottingham canal path, thinking about Arthur Seaton and his cousin Bert fishing on a tranquil Sunday Morning, after a riotous Saturday Night in town, a gentle ice cream stroll up Haworth Main Street to pay one’s respects at…
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Lawrence’s Sandals
Here we have an interesting item from the Lawrence collection at The Manuscripts and Special Collections Department, Nottingham University; a pair of DHL’s sandals listed in the catalogue as La Ac 3/1-3: Palette, sandals and poncho believed to have been used by D.H. Lawrence during his stay in Santa Fé,…