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HISTORY

This article appeared in Edition 71 (Autumn/Winter 2003) of 'The Nottinghamshire Historian' published by Nottinghamshire Local History Association (NHLA). It describes how the residents of a small ex-mining community on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border came together to uncover the history of their village and its colliery. Links to the websites of Nottingamshire Local History Association and Warsop Vale Local History Society can be found below. ​Please note that any website or email addresses contained in this article are no longer valid.

01. A COLLIERY AND A COMMUNITY

A Colliery and a Community (2003)

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This is the first book published by Warsop Vale Local History Society in 2000. Co-authored by myself and Terry White. ​ISBN-10 0953854302 ISBN-13 978-0953854 It chronicles the hundred year history of the former colliery village of Warsop Vale, on the Nottinghamshire/Derbyshire border, from when it was first built to house the miners of Warsop Main Colliery to when the colliery was closed and the iconic headstocks demolished a century later. ​The research was done by the residents of the village and written up by myself and the landlord of the Vale Hotel where the residents met to share memories and photographs. A link to the website of Warsop Vale Local History Society, which was established to fund publication of this book, can be found below.

02. WARSOP VALE HISTORY BOOK

The Hundred Year History of Warsop Vale and Warsop Main Colliery (1889-1989) by Mave Calvert & Terry White (2000).

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This is the second book published by Warsop Vale Local History Society, published in 2001. ​ISBN 0-9538543-1-0 It is a collection of the memories of residents of Warsop Vale, past and present, about village life and working at Warsop Main Colliery. ​The memories were collected by members of Warsop Vale Local History Society and written up by myself. A link to the website of Warsop Vale Local History Society can be found below.

03. MEMORIES OF WARSOP VALE

Memories of Warsop Vale & Warsop Main Colliery (2001)

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I wrote this article when I was 19 years old and was a keen family historian. It was published by Belbroughton History Society in their booklet 'A Belbroughton Miscelleny' edited by Mary Hinton and Agnes Spier in 1985. ISBN-10 0950841129 ISBN-13 978-0950841120 ​The article describes how my maternal Moore ancestors, who were scythemakers from Belbroughton in Worcestershire, moved to the Sheffield area in the nineteeth century where they continued to work in the scythe trade. A link to the website of Belbroughton History Society can be found below.

04. THE MOORES OF BELBROUGHTON

The Moores of Belbroughton (1984)

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​This article appeared in the book 'Shire Brook: The Forgotten Valley' that was published by the Shire Brook Heritage Group, a group of local history researchers who shared a common interest in the Valley of the Shire Brook near Beighton on the outskirts of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, that is now a local nature reserve. ​ISBN-10 1901587657 ISBN-13 978-1901587654 ​It was to here that my maternal Moore ancestors from Belbroughton in Worcestershire moved in the nineteenth century, continuing to work in the scythemaking industry. The article describes the water driven forges in the Shire Brook Valley where they lived and worked.

05. WATER WHEELS OF THE SHIREBROOK VALLEY

Water Wheels of the Shire Brook Valley (2007)

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This article contains information that I collated about some of my paternal ancestors, the Brittains, who were farmers at Bilsdale in North Yorkshire in the 18th Century. The information was obtained from documents held at the archives departments at York and Northallerton. The websites of the Borthwick Institute at York and the North Yorkshire County Record Office at Northallerton can be found below.

06. THE BRITTAINS OF BILSDALE

The Brittains of Bilsdale (2005)

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My late father Gordon Stanley Calvert (1929-96) and his brother Bernard worked in the railway offices at York. Together with colleagues, they embarked on many hiking trips in the North York Moors during the 1960s and 70s. Being a keen photographer, Gordon would take his camera along and record their adventures by taking photographic slides. This document contains scans of many of those slides chronicling their adventures doing the Lyke Wake Walk and the Cleveland Way as well as shorter walks with other friends and family.

07. HIKING ON THE NORTH YORK MOORS

Hiking Adventures on the North York Moors (1969-72) by Gordon Stanley Calvert

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My late father, Gordon Stanley Calvert (1929-96) worked in the British Rail offices at York during the early 1980s. ​A keen photographer, with an interest in local history, Gordon would spend his lunch hours wandering the streets of York, taking photographs of buildings and other notable artefacts and researching their story. He collected together 100 of his best photographs and created a slide show with a commentary that he recorded on cassette tape. Those photographs and a transcript of the accompanying narrative that Gordon wrote are collected together in this document.

08. THIS IS YORK

This is York by Gordon Stanley Calvert (1982)

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