Poems

Barry Donlan reading two poems: ‘What shall we do’ and ‘Picket line’

What Shall We Do – A poem by Gary Roe read by Barry Donlan

 

Picket Line – A poem by Sue Petney read by Barry Donlan

Eric Eaton for the Association

 

Bob and Julia Collier: Bob is reading ‘Headstocks’ and ‘Unsolved mystery of 84’

Headstocks – A poem by Bob and Julia Collier spoken by Bob Collier

 

Unsolved Mystery of ’84 – A poem by Bob and Julia Collier read by Bob Collier

 

A tribute to Ida Hackett – A poem by Bob and Julia Collier read by Bob Collier

 

Spirit of Christmas 84 – A poem written by Bob and Julia Collier and read by Julia Collier

 

The Coal Mine – Written by Ron Booth and read by Hilary Cave

 

This page was added on 21/11/2012.

Comments about this page

I loved this page. Our son & family moved to Retford 3 yrs ago and I am very interested in the mining past of the area. So far I have seen a few reminders, but anything more about the miners’ lives would be so interesting to me. It’s amazing to imagine what it must of been like in the mines. I would love to read much more about the lives of the miners. I have been on trips out in the car and shown a miners’ village. Any more info would be very gratefully received

By Maureen Preissner
On 30/08/2013

Thanks Maureen – glad you liked our site and this page. Our project is just drawing to a close and so hopefully we will be able to update the pages with more video, poems, songs and other content. It is intended that the DVDs we produce of the interviews with the miners from our 6 communities will be in their local libraries. Ann

By Ann Donlan
On 07/11/2013