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  1. Feeling the Pinch

    Date released
    21 Apr 1921
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    765
    NoS ID
    081882
    Story no
    3 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Cold spell and coal shortage is being acutely felt in poorer districts. Lancashire miners "fed up" with being idle are sinking and profitably working their own little mines. And everywhere long queues have...

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  2. Historical Disasters: Black Christmas (2012)

    Subject
    History

    This documentary tells the story of the Pretoria Pit Disaster of 21 December 1910 in which 344 men and boys died, after an explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit, near Bolton, Lancashire. The film...

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  3. Mining tragedy (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Energy Secretary Tony Benn on where he was and his actions following the news of the [Golborne Colliery, Lancashire] pit explosion, and the repercussions of the unfortunate events.

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  4. Tony Benn visits colliery (1977)

    Genre
    Interview

    Secretary of State for Energy, Tony Benn, discusses the miners’ pay whilst on a visit to Parkside Colliery in Lancashire. He discusses the decision to hold out for a larger pay increase. Male interviewer...

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  5. Incentive scheme caused blast (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Miners leader Arthur Scargill blames the fatal accident [at Golborne Colliery, Lancashire] on the productivity incentive scheme, with the Coal Board cutting corners to get the coal out, and miners taking...

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  6. Mining tragedy (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Sir Derk Ezra, Chairman of the National Coal Board, talks about the recent mining accident [at Golborne Colliery, Lancashire] in which a build-up of methane gas was exposed to a spark, causing an explosion....

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  7. Gormley on mine tragedy (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Joe Gormley, President of the NUM, on the accidental explosion in the Golborne pit, in which 3 men died. Gormley reminds the public that this is the price of coal, and promises a full inquiry to find out...

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  8. Miners strike - Vote to end overtime ban (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the result of a vote to end the overtime ban for miners and for workers to return to normal working conditions as the year long strike ends, to allow negotiation with the Coal Board over wages....

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  9. Miners strike - Miners barricade themselves into NUM HQ (1984)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Lancashire miners leader Steve Howells on the reasons some miners have barricaded themselves into the North Wales NUM headquarters during the miners’ strike. Female reporter not identified.

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  10. Again King Coal Takes Toll!

    Date released
    17 Nov 1932
    Series name
    Pathe Super Gazette
    Issue no
    32/92
    NoS ID
    090253
    Story no
    4 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Twenty-five miners entombed, despite heroic attempts to rescue them - and over a hundred dependents have lost their bread-winners. Donations should be sent to:- Mr Albert Sykes, Clerk to the...

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