Mining Collection (page 15)

Lord Thomson with W. E. Spooner after successfully making petrol from coal
Lord Thomson with W.E. Spooner after successfully making petrol from coal and testing in a plane at Stag Lane February 1929

A stay down strike in a Colliery in the coal foelds of England June 1959

Coal Miners sit inside the mine at Penallta Colliery in South Wales October 1991

The practice of using young boys down the pits was abolished earlier this century. These young boys were still at school but were taken down a coal mine to learn about the workings of a pit

Coal Miners of Guyderbottom pit near Barnsley which is one of the smallest in the country September 1969

Coal Miners of Guyderbottom pit one of the smallest in the country seen here traveling from the coal face via the small gauge railway

Coal Miners stopping for a cigarette break at the Whitehill Colliery 1947

A miners banner being raised in preparation for the march through Bedlington and the annual Miners picnic in 1961

Crowds mingle with the balloons and banners at the Northumberland Miners Gala at Bedlington as they await the marchers in June 1968

Durham Miners Gala - The South Hetton Colliery banner which is to paraded

Durham Miners Gala - Michael Foot and Dennis Healey watch the march pass by

Durham Miners Gala - Michael Foot watches the march pass by

Stormy seas have been a blessing for many Sunderland housewives, for they have brought an abundant supply of sea coal to the beach at Roker

The hearth and most important part of a miners cottage

Frank Clough (left) and Bobby Bell (Right) the two miners from County Durham pictures with Lion, oneof the pit ponies appearing in the new film, on the set at Pinewood Studios

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