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Digging For Coal During Miners Strike - Haswell (hasw0170)

Explosives Factory Tuthill ICI Quarry
Railway Tavern

Photograph with a typed note reading: Miners' Strike coal diggings, Haswell. 3. 2. 1972, showing three boys, aged approximately ten years, inside a tunnel of coal; they are wearing track suits and jumpers and are smiling at the camera; thay appear to be carrying something This photograph was submitted by Philip Soakell from the album 'History of Haswell and District', which was compiled by his grandfather Fred Soakell.

Digging For Coal During Miners Strike - Haswell

Photograph with a typed note reading: Miners' Strike coal diggings, Haswell. 3. 2. 1972, showing three boys, aged approximately ten years, inside a tunnel of coal; they are wearing track suits and jumpers and are smiling at the camera; thay appear to be carrying something This photograph was submitted by Philip Soakell from the album 'History of Haswell and District', which was compiled by his grandfather Fred Soakell.

Date: 1972

these three lads are gordon swallow,freddie swallow and steven ramsey

Comment added by Colin Luke on 31/08/2008 17:32:00

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