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  1. AREA PROFILE: ST HELENs AREA

    Date released
    Mar 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    345949
    Story no
    1 / 3

    BFI synopsis: Lancashire coal mines; Colliery developments in the St. Helens area NCB Commentary - The roots of Lancashire’s prosperity go back over a century - when the cotton mills were clicking into...

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  2. OLD HANDS

    Date released
    Feb 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    345948
    Story no
    4 / 4

    BFI synopsis: The story of an old winding engine and of the two men who operate it. NCB Commentary - Once again near St. Helens stands Lea Green Colliery. On shift comes Jack Howard, 66 years old, to take...

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  3. 'By the Light of Knowledge ...'

    Date released
    Mar 1965
    Series name
    Mining Review 18th Year
    Issue no
    7
    NoS ID
    346280
    Story no
    3 / 3

    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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  4. BUT ONCE A YEAR

    Date released
    Feb 1957
    Series name
    Mining Review 10th Year
    Issue no
    6
    NoS ID
    345945
    Story no
    1 / 4

    BFI synopsis: A Christmas party for miners’ children NCB Commentary - Christmas in the mining community is a family festival. Here, at a Welfare Institute near St. Helens, mine workers and Union officials...

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  5. Lancashire - CASUALTY UNION

    Date released
    Aug 1967
    Series name
    Mining Review 20th Year
    Issue no
    12
    NoS ID
    346381
    Story no
    2 / 3

    BFI synopsis: Members of the Casualty Union at Parkside Colliery (Lancashire) devise ever new ways of simulating injuries, an essential in the training of first aid. NCB Commentary - Parkside Colliery in...

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