Coal Mining Historian and Researcher based in Nottinghamshire, UK. Researcher at Nottingham Trent Uni (2016-19) and worked as Project Officer (Heritage) and as a Tutor in Adult and Community Education from 2002 to 2015. BA (Hons) in History at age 45 and Doctorate at age 55. Previously worked in the coal mining industry at Annesley Colliery from 1974 to 1998.