SONG OF THE COALFIELDS: The Sandgate Nursing Man

Series

Series Name

Mining Review 10th Year

Issue

Issue No.

8

Date Released

Apr 1957

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1HUNGARIANS IN BRITAIN
2. 2DOUBLE DUTCH
3. 3PULSED INFUSION
4. 4SONG OF THE COALFIELDS: The Sandgate Nursing Man

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Section Title

SONG OF THE COALFIELDS

Summary

BFI synopsis: a mining ballad from Newcastle.
NCB Commentary - The face of Newcastle has changed since this ballad was first sung over a hundred years ago.
But many of the old landmarks remain. So, too, along the waterfront, do the descendants of the keelmen who form the subject of the song.

Researcher Comments

Commentary recorded 4th March 1957.

Keywords

Music and dance; Mining

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.12 No.137 March 1958, p118.
The National Archives COAL 32   /12 Scripts for Mining Review, 1956-1960

Credits:

Production Co.

Documentary Technicians Alliance

Sponsor

National Coal Board