Sneak peek: Your first look inside Clipstone Headstocks Museum

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Explore the fascinating Clipstone Headstocks Museum, a unique historical and educational experience centre at the former colliery site on Mansfield Road.   Video features Stuart Mills, director of Nottinghamshire Heritage Mining Museum.   Guided tours are available every Friday from March 14 to September 26, 2025.  These tours are run by volunteers, with all funds raised going directly to purchasing materials for the ongoing restoration of the buildings.  For more information about events and costs, please visit: www.clipstoneheadstocks.com.

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00:00Introduce yourself and a bit about what the new exhibition is.

00:03Hi I'm Stuart Mills the Director of Nottinghamshire Heritage Mining Museum

00:08here at Clipston Headstocks and our museum is just about ready to open so we

00:12look forward to welcoming you and we're going to show you around the

00:15Mining and Military Exhibition because of course military is a very

00:19important part of Clipston's history from when we look back to Clipston camp

00:23in World War One when there were over 30,000 troops

00:26stationed here at any one time. Then of course we became a colliery so there's

00:30lots of interesting stories I've got to tell you.

00:32Please come and see us.

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