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7. Artefactual
(a) Personal life
- Brewhouse Yard Museum, Nottingham
- Nottingham Costume Museum
- Mansfield Museum – Whitely Electrical Radio Company and Metal Box Company
- Bassetlaw Museum, Retford
- Newark Museums
- Flintham Village Museum
For coal there is no museum at Mansfield or in this area - all the material that was left was transferred to the National Coal Mining Museum, Wakefield (telephone: 01924 848806). They do not have photos or archives. There is a Catalogue of the British Coal Collection but there is only a limited amount from the Midlands National Mining Records Centre, Berry Hill Mansfield (telephone: 01623 427162) contains only mining plans (technical).
(b) Domestic life
See above
(c) Community life
See above
(d) Working life
The Boots company museum, Nottingham (not normally open to the public) telephone Judy Burg on 0115 9593413
Ruddington Framework Knitters Museum, Nottingham
Industrial museum at Wollaton, Nottingham
Green's Mill, Sneinton, Nottingham
Maltings at Newark: Millgate Museum, Newark.
Durban House Heritage Centre, Eastwood, Nottingham (telephone: 01773 717353)
North Leverton Windmill, Nr. Retford (contact Retford Tourist Board on 01777 860780)
© THOROTON SOCIETY | CREATED: 7 March 2003 | UPDATED: 12 July 2003