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The last shift at Cotgrave Colliery, one of the last miners underground holds a Davy lamp. Circa 1992
Theres a look of keen anticipation on the faces of these Bevin Boys about to make their first descent of the Moirrison Pit. 19th January 1944
A miner below ground at Cotgrave Colliery for the final shift before the mine is closed. Circa 1992
The shot hole driller looks like a modern Hercules in modern industry, Daily Mirror Published Picture Wednesday 15th May 1935, Pages 16 & 17
Harnessing this pony at Ashington Colliery are some of the boys who are being trained under a newly instituted scheme. 17th June 1941
An instructor at the Government pit school showing Bevin Boys how to follow a seam of coal in Morrison Old Pit, Annefield Plain. 30th December 1943
Lead Mine, Rhydymwyn, near Mold, Flintshire, Wales, 5th March 1938. Miners return to surface