Grimethorpe miners on brass band championship

Title

Grimethorpe miners on brass band championship

Genre

Interview

TX Date

18 Oct 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:38

Description

Unidentified miners from Grimethorpe Colliery (and other speakers) comment on the importance of winning the National Brass Band Championship at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Grimethorpe is one of the pits due to close. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

None Identified

Keywords

Yorkshire; Unemployment; Coal miners; Grimethorpe Colliery Band; Contests; Coal mines; Mine closures; Redundancies; Grimethorpe; Brass bands; National Brass Band Championship

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