Calverton Calling

Calverton Calling is an oral history project collecting the voices and memories of people connected to Calverton, Nottinghamshire. Each story is recorded, transcribed, and shared here as a living archive of the community — its working life, family histories, and the everyday moments that shaped a place. Calverton Calling is made possible thanks to National Lottery players and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

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Two years in Calverton

We've been living in Calverton for just over two years now and I'd love to say thank you to all of the local people for making me and my husband so very welcome in the village. We absolutely love it, the people are friendly and we would never ever contemplate m…

New Beginnings

This is Calverton calling on 1 April, 2026. I'm Pat and my talk is called New Beginnings. In the summer of 1956, I moved from a small village in the Trent Valley to the growing village of Calverton. This growth was due to the opening of a coal mine. And in orde…

Esther Atkinson

I'm Esther Atkinson, was Beaumont, Village born and bred, escaped for four years at university but other than that, I got drawn back and that was here, I brought my children up in the village and I love the place.The earliest memory I have is at Play School whi…

Ernest Worthington's mother

My name is Ernest Worthington. I just want to talk about my mother, and her family. My mother was Ida Mary Worthington, Nee Swift. And she was born in 1905. Her mother was Rosa Swift, Nee Lookett, my grandmother. Rosa was born in London in 1879, one of several …

Ernest Worthington - Mining

Right, my name is Ernest Worthington and I was born in 1938. I've lived in the village all my life and when I left school I became an indentured apprentice in the electrical contracting industry. Then when I had served my apprenticeship, had to serve my nationa…

Alan Pearl - Calverton Colliery

When did you first come to Calverton?I first came to Calverton when I joined the National Coal Board in 1970. Our previous setup to that house, living with my parents in West Bridgford. But I finished my job at Rolls-Royce and started working for the National C…

Brownies Singing

I'm Luna and I'm nine years old. I'm the sixer of elves and I like brownies because you get to go on lots of fun trips and be with your friends.My name is Harriet and I'm on second Calverton brownies. I'm the seconder of pixies and I love brownies because you c…

Twinning in Calverton & Longue-Jumelles

In Calverton, a number of street names are derived from the names of individuals who were prominent members of the village community. So, Collier Road for example has nothing to do with coal mining but instead is named after the Calverton-born John Collier who …

Horses & Ponies

I was born in 1977 and lived first of all down on Broadfields and I think I was probably about three or four when we moved up to Rowan Close and I went to school at St. Wildfred's Calverton and then went up to Colonel Frank Seeley Secondary School. I'd say that…

Billy's Bus

So I'm Tracy Howlett and I'm one of Bill's, William Hunt's daughters. I've got two sisters and there's my mum as well. I'd like to talk about my dad, and my dad was called William Hunt and through talking to my sisters and myself we've come up with a little bit…