Our Executive Committee paid their respects to Durham Miners’ Association stalwart Frank Shaw at his funeral yesterday. Frank was a trade unionist for all his working life and continued to represent former miners as a full member of the DMA following his retirement. A miner at Dawdon Colliery, he was active in Dawdon Lodge and […]
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Durham Miners’ Association (DMA) is joining forces with Sunderland AFC in a new partnership celebrating the shared heritage of the two institutions. The partnership will see Sunderland AFC support the work of the DMA, with the club becoming a ‘Marra’ – an official friend of the Durham Miners’ Gala. The Marras group was set up to […]
The Durham Miners’ Association (DMA) has announced new leadership in its 150th year, as it seeks to secure a vibrant legacy for the region’s coal mining heritage. Alan Mardghum has said he is “proud and humbled” to begin work as the new President/ Secretary of the DMA, which was founded in 1869. The 63-year-old will oversee […]
Durham University and the Durham Miners’ Association (DMA) will meet tomorrow morning (November 28) to discuss positive ways forward from the offence caused by inappropriate and offensive student behaviour. The University Vice Chancellor Stuart Corbridge called the DMA to apologise for the actions of Trevelyan College students who had threatened to organise a planned social event based on a miners’ […]
The Durham Miners’ Association and Labour MPs have welcomed the Government decision to finally recognise an industrial disease following a four-and-a-half-year campaign. Dupuytren’s Contracture causes the fingers to curl over into a claw-like state, and can lead to amputation. Known as ‘Miner’s Claw’, the incurable condition is common among former pitmen. It also affected former […]
A special fundraising event in celebration of the great Sir Bobby Robson will be held at the historic home of the Durham Miners. A screening of the new film about Sir Bobby, a former Durham miner, will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with some of the people who knew him best. Sir Bobby, […]
A new feature film will tell the unique and inspiring story of the Durham Miners’ Gala. The team behind the acclaimed Nature of the Beast – about legendary Labour MP Dennis Skinner – is making the new film with the endorsement of the Durham Miners’ Association (DMA). Director Dan Draper and producer Christie Allanson will be filming […]
The Durham Miners’ Association has opposed opencast mining for many decades and support the locally lead campaign to protect Pont Valley in Co. Durham. It damaged deep mining in the past and now threatens to ruin our environment for no perceivable benefit. Our communities have suffered enough with the decline of the coal industry and […]
We have been informed that an error has occurred that has resulted in a number of MPS members mistakenly being issued with new tax codes. We are told that this is being rectified as a matter of the highest priority by Capita and HMRC. Affected members will be contacted shortly to advise them that neither […]
Durham Miners and the city’s University will work together to educate students in understanding the heritage and culture of the county in which they study. Miners leaders met with University vice chancellor Stuart Corbridge today to plan an education programme which helps incoming students understand the history and tradition of the Durham coalfield. The meeting […]