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Parliamentary speech by employment minister Albert Booth announcing an explosion at Houghton Main Colliery in south Yorkshire, with unknown causes resulting in five deaths and one man with serious injuries....
Speech in the Commons by Dennis Skinner MP, on the explosion at Houghton Main Colliery in south Yorkshire that has resulted in five deaths and one man with serious injuries. Asks that investigation takes...
Interview with three speakers (including Arthur Owen, safety officer; poss. Joe Gormley, miners leader; poss. Derek Ezra, NCB) on an investigation into the cause of an explosion at Houghton Colliery in south...
Report on a breakthrough in coal mining using compressed air; Tom Peters, North Derbyshire Chief Engineer explains the system. Reporter not identified.
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...
Mike Souter reports: Scots miners return to work after meeting with Mick McGahey and are to seek productivity deals. Speaking are: Mick McGahey; local miners spokesman Dougie(?) McGregor(?).
Coal Board Chairman, Sir Derek Ezra on the debate over early retirement for miners. Ezra says that workers under ground will be included but that the Coal Board cannot include above ground workers in the...
Interview with Derek Ezra on delays imposed by planning objections regarding the National Coal Board’s attempts to sink new mines. Interviewer not identified.
Sir Derek Ezra, Chairman of the National Coal Board, talks about NCB’s profits despite its difficulties. Male interviewer not identified.
Press interview with Jack Wood, National Coal Board area manager, on the scrutiny of underground transport systems prior to the pit disaster at Bentley Colliery near Doncaster. Seven miners were killed in...
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