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2. AppealON YOUR MARKS! Press release to local newspapers Museum website Facebook Local radio station interview Community sports groups Leaflet into local libraries Appeal for objects Schools involvement 3. LOCAL HISTORY FAIRSOur Sporting Stories; MiningCommunities and the OlympicsFor the special summerexhibition of 2012, theNational Coal MiningMuseum is hoping tointerview people from exmining communities about their sporting interests. The Exhibitioncalled Our Sporting Stories; Mining Communities and the Olympicswill look at, amongst other things, the development of sporting facilities and groups withinmining communities and what has happened to them since the decline of the pits.We are really keen to make contacts with people in former mining communities. Anyone whois interested, please contact Anne Bradley, Curator (Social & Oral History) onsocial.history@ncm.org.uk or 01924 848806 NCMME, Pictures taken during an outreach session at Hemsworth Library 4. GET SET!Olympians and Paralympians 5. UNIVERSITY STUDENTS NCMME 6. STANLEY WHEELERS AND WOBBLERSProposalMembers of the Wheelers and Wobblers group preparea video that demonstrates the playing of a selection ofparalympic sports. The featured sports would befamiliar to the group e.g. boccia. This video wouldform part of our sports exhibition and would run, on aloop system, throughout the duration of the exhibition. 7. Outcomes for the group To help celebrate their 21stanniversary by presenting theirachievements as a sports group to awider community To demonstrate their expertise to awider audience To provide an opportunity toexperience sport in a dif ferentcontext i.e. opportunity to developplanning and presentational skills 8. Outcomes for NCM to encourage and inspire exhibitionvisitors to try the new sports to develop visitors understanding ofhow sport can support health andwell being to provoke an awareness of thesense of challenge andachievement experienced by thosewho play sport at all levels. 9. COAL INDUSTRY SOCIAL WELFAREORGANISATIONThe swimming and sl ipper baths(Scisset B a t h s ) we r e t h e u n i o n sidea there were no pi thead bathsthen and not a lot of recreat ionfaci l i t ies. We al l cont r ibuted tothe cost of bui lding i t . The moneywas taken out of our wages, 3dper week for under 18s and 6d aweek for over 18s, and i t wascompulsory.Er ic Newton, former miner. Ian Beesley 10. CROFTON ACADEMY 11. GO! 12. GO! Bivouac Bivouac NCMME 13. AnneBradleyCURATOR OF SOCIAL &ORAL HISTORYsocial.history@ncm.org.uk / 01924 848806