�Vesting Day', Nationalisation of Coal Miners (Emmanuel Shinwell - Centre) - Easington Colliery (easc0084)

Photograph showing Emmanuel Shinwell in the centre of the photograph accompanied six other men and watched by two boys with the exterior of, possibly colliery, buildings in the background; the men, including Shinwell, are raising their hats in celebration; the photograph is described as marking Shinwell's visit on Vesting Day (the nationalisation of the coal industry) on 1 January 1947

�Vesting Day', Nationalisation of Coal Miners (Emmanuel Shinwell - Centre) - Easington Colliery

Photograph showing Emmanuel Shinwell in the centre of the photograph accompanied six other men and watched by two boys with the exterior of, possibly colliery, buildings in the background; the men, including Shinwell, are raising their hats in celebration; the photograph is described as marking Shinwell's visit on Vesting Day (the nationalisation of the coal industry) on 1 January 1947

Date: 1947 - 1948

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