Tag: Mining Records and researchHidden in plain sight: Finding working-class women in The National ArchivesWednesday 21 December 2022Archival records are a window to the past quite unlike any other. Their ability...Records and researchRemembering the Oaks Colliery Disaster of 12 and 13 December, 1866Tuesday 13 December 2022For anyone with mining ancestors or connection to the mining industry, the anniversary of...Records and researchManors, Mining and the G7Wednesday 21 July 2021What do manors, mining and the G7 all have in common?...Records and researchSeals, my miniature window into the pastWednesday 12 October 2016I had no idea I would find what must be one of the earliest...Records and researchFiles from 1984 – The Cabinet Within CabinetFriday 3 January 2014The events of 1984 – including the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher outside the...Records and researchWriter of the month: Dominic SandbrookWednesday 7 August 2013People often think that writing about very recent history is much easier than writing...Records and researchBevin Boys II: Searching living memoriesWednesday 12 June 2013The recent post on the Bevin Boys by Simon Demissie set off a couple...Records and researchBevin BoysWednesday 29 May 2013The recent unveiling of a memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas, dedicated...