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Dodworth, Miners Gala, Barnsley
Striking Miners early 1900s
Striking miners at a coal mine
Women Miners Victorian period
English women coal miners
Working the cage engine at a coal mine
Wigan Junction Colliery Pit Brow Lasses early 1900s
Coal Mining Working the Cage Engine early 1900s
Coal mine rescue team
A coal miner's family
Mine Rescue Team Victorian period
A Coal Miner's Family early 1900s
Southampton Floating Dry Dock 1930s
Southampton Turning the RMS Majestic probably 1932
Southampton RMS Olympic propeller Blades probably 1932
Music cover, Coal-Black Mammy from Co-OptimistsMusic cover, Coal-Black Mammy, foxtrot song, written by Laddie Cliff, composed by Ivy St Helier, at the Palace Theatre, London, sung in The Co-Optimists Date: 1921
Cries of London, coal heaverCries of London, Coal Heaver Date: 19th century
A West Lancashire Coal MineThis etching shows some active smoke stacks of a coal mine in Lancashire, steam and smoke can be seen billowing into the sky. Date: circa 1915
RMS Titanic and RMS Olympic - five modelsRMS Titanic and RMS Olympic - five modern souvenir models, constructed out of Coca Cola tins or coal, scratch built model in glass box case, and Olympic and Titanic models in glass display case
Advert for Wright's Coal Tar soapAdvert for Wrights coal tar soap. Created by William Valentine Wright in 1860, Wright's Coal Tar Soap was a popular brand of antiseptic soap designed to thoroughly cleanse the skin
How the coal strike affected the iron industryThe coal strike affected the iron industry by shutting it down as the furnaces did not have enough resources to keep going. The iron furnaces in this period were forced to shut, Date: 1912
London Family cutting FirewoodDuring the coal strike in 1912 families started to cut their own fire wood is response to the lack of resources. A family in London is seen collecting its own resources from their back garden
Strike scenes in Germany and BritainStriking in Germany and Great Britain in 1912. Men in Germany who don't strike are protected by soldiers. A mass strike during the coal mining strikes in the UK. Date: 1912
Henry III granting licence to dig coal in 1234. Different historical moments when coal was first noted to be used. The King is seen here giving permission to men in Newcastle to dig coal
How mines were ventilatedHow the mines were ventilated and drainer. One of the reasons for the mine strike of 1912 was the poor maintenance of ventilation and draining of the mines
Women and children, miningWomen and children of the mining districts. Children would gather coal. A Typical Pit-brow Woman; She was one of the 6, 221 females employed above ground
Coal Supplies in England which were gradually used up because of the coal strike. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom
Coal mining pit boys and girlsThe girls and boys who worked in the mines. Children covered in coal who had been working in the mines all day. The maidens (girls) who would sift the coal
Mining conditionsMiners lift to the mines in a dangerous lift. The conditions were drear for the men working in these mines. The nation coal strike was in protest of the conditions seen here. Date: 1912
The Coal crisisThe national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage
Coal crisis in PortsmouthNavy coping with the coal crisis in Cribb Portsmouth. The national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main goal was securing a minimum wage
Coal miners strikeThe conference of the miners federation of Birmingham meeting to discuss the coal miners strike. The names, reading from left to right, are: Sitting--Mr. H. Duff, Mr. T. H. Cann, Mr. M. C. Kerrell
Three mine workers in AmericaThe United Mine Workers (UMWA) had won a sweeping victory in an 1897 strike by the soft-coal miners in the Midwest, winning significant wage increases and growing from 10, 000 to 115, 000 members
Photographs of women at work, in traditionally male roles. With heading, Where Woman Wants To, She Can! The photographs captioned, Paris: Lady Billsticker, Leipsic: Girl Messenger
Advert for Wright's Coal Tar Soap. Date: 1943
Pit pony with handler underground in Lanarkshire minePony is pulling trolleys, known as hutches, of coal along small railway lines. From a postcard posted from Hamilton to the French Legation in Tangier Date: 1902
W. Heath-Robinson: Coal mine, drawn for the 1922 Heath Robinson Calendar commissioned by Atherton Collieries. Date: 1921
W. Heath-Robinson: Coal mine pi-head, drawn for the 1922 Heath Robinson Calendar commissioned by Atherton Collieries. Date: 1921
W. Heath-Robinson: Coal washing shed, drawn for the 1922 Heath Robinson Calendar commissioned by Atherton Collieries. Date: 1921
W. Heath-Robinson: Coal sorting shed, drawn for the 1922 Heath Robinson Calendar commissioned by Atherton Collieries. Date: 1921
Haden Hill Coal Pits, StaffordshireA typical Black Country coal mine. Sunk in 1893 by the Draycott Colliery Co, the colliery was originally known as the Klondyke and finally closed in 1943 Date: circa 1910
Women Digging for Coal during 1912 Miners StrikeThe national coal strike of 1912 was the first national strike by coal miners in the United Kingdom. Its main aim was securing a minimum wage
S B Jackson & Son, Coal Merchants, LiverpoolS B Jackson & Son, Coal Merchants, Castle Street, Liverpool, stationery. Date: 1889
Grenoble 1925 Exposition Internationale de la Houille blanche et du Tourisme (International Exhibition of Hydropower and Tourism) - The Grand Entrance Gateway. Date: 1925
Woman at home with baby elephant Date: circa 1960s
Advert for Coalite smokeless coal 1951Coalite was a ideal smokeless fuel for every type of grate, cooker and boiler. Date: 1951
1969 1960s 60s Sixties Electric Man Men Electricity1969, 1960s, 60s, sixties, electric, man, men, electricity, council, appliance, appliances, testing, laboratories, laboratory, leatherhead, surrey, lab, labs, test, experiment, quality, electrical
Lofthouse Colliery rescue workersGrim faced mines rescue men on their to go down the pit at the Lofthouse Colliery, West Yorkshire. On the 21st March, miners were working at a coal face unaware that nearby were some flooded 19th