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Prince George Visits the Oakdale Colliery

Date released

21 Dec 1931

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

151

NoS ID

138406

Story no

7 / 9

Extras

1 commentary sheet

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LIFT ON THE WAY

Date released

Sep 1953

Series name

Mining Review 7th Year

Issue no

1

NoS ID

345799

Story no

1 / 4

BFI synopsis: Installation of a passenger lift from pithead to baths at Oakdale Colliery NCB Commentary - For years now "get up them stairs" has been the rule at Oakdale Navigation Colliery in South Wales....

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DOWNFALL

Date released

May 1964

Series name

Mining Review 17th Year

Issue no

9

NoS ID

346245

Story no

2 / 3

BFI synopsis: The fall of Oakdale’s redundant smoke stacks as this South Wales pit changes from steam-winding to an automatic electric winder. NCB Commentary - For almost 40 years the smoke of the steam...

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PROGRESS REPORT: PITHEAD BATHS

Date released

May 1958

Series name

Mining Review 11th Year

Issue no

9

NoS ID

346000

Story no

1 / 4

BFI synopsis: a report on the progress of washing facilities, from the tub by the kitchen fire to modern baths NCB Commentary - To a miner the end of the shift doesn’t mean that he’s finished with coal...

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