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Bevercotes Colliery

Index Bevercotes Colliery

Bevercotes Colliery was the first fully automated mine. [1]

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  1. 11 relations: Bevercotes, British Coal, Cotgrave, Daily Mail, England, National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain), Nature reserve, Nottinghamshire, Ollerton, Union of Democratic Mineworkers, 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike.

  2. Coal mines in Nottinghamshire

Bevercotes

Bevercotes is a hamlet and civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England, about six miles south of East Retford and five miles north-east of Ollerton.

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British Coal

The British Coal Corporation was a nationalised corporation responsible for the mining of coal in the United Kingdom from 1987 until it was effectively dissolved in 1997.

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Cotgrave

Cotgrave is a town and civil parish in the borough of Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire, England.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper published in London.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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National Union of Mineworkers (Great Britain)

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is a trade union for coal miners in Great Britain, formed in 1945 from the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB).

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire (abbreviated Notts.) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England.

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Ollerton

Ollerton is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Ollerton and Boughton,OS Explorer Map 270: Sherwood Forest: (1:25 000): in the Newark and Sherwood district, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England, on the edge of Sherwood Forest in the area known as the Dukeries.

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Union of Democratic Mineworkers

The Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM) was a British trade union for coal miners based in Nottinghamshire, England, established in 1985, following the 1984–85 miners' strike, when the Nottinghamshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was involved in a number of disputes with the National Executive Committee that led to a split from the NUM.

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1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike

The 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike was a major industrial action within the British coal industry in an attempt to prevent closures of pits that the government deemed "uneconomic" in the coal industry, which had been nationalised in 1947.

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See also

Coal mines in Nottinghamshire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevercotes_Colliery