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BFI synopsis: research carried out at the Central Engineering Establishemnt at Bretby in Derbyshire is playing a big part in raising efficiency and safety standards. A 350-ton tunnelling machine developed at...
BFI synopsis: The setting-up of a Central Engineering Establishment at Bretby NCB Commentary - Back in 1953 a decision was taken to set up at Bretby in Derbyshire a Central Engineering Establishment for the...
BFI synopsis: the Bretby Selective Heading Machine developed by Board engineers (609). NCB Commentary - What’s this - a caravan holiday sits above the seashore; and a giant crane to help build the...
NoS synopsis: Delegates from the international mining congress visit the Board’s Central Engineering Establishment. NCB Commentary - To London’s Olympia this summer came the world’s mining experts to...
BFI synopsis: 20 year-old Alan Bottril, an NCB welder and plater is also a magician. NCB Commentary - At the Coal Board’s Area Workshops at Swadlincote, near Burton-on-Trent, 20-year old Alan Bottrill is...
BFI synopsis: blinded miner makes good. NCB Commentary - One dark day 12 years ago, Joe Hare, a South Derbyshire miner, didn’t return his safety lamp to its usual place in the pit lamp-room. Joe, at the...
NoS synopsis: How an idea for a coal cutting machine, the Anderton Shearer Loader, became a reality. James Anderton, the inventor, is awarded the Institute of Mining Engineers Medal NCB Commentary - On...
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