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Coal Colliery

Pride Before The Fall - A Bevin Boy.icon for Recommended story

Letter from the Regional Director

The Night of the Baked Potatoesicon for Recommended story

View from Rosehill, Moresby looking downhill towards the coast. It shows Harrington No 10 & No 11 Collieries at Lowca, Micklam Tar & Brickworks, Moresby Church in the mid-distance & Moresby Vicarage roof at the bottom left.

Pit Village Life in Scilly Banks and Moresby Parks, Cumberland during World War Two

The Miners' Memorial, St Nicholas' Church Gardens, Whitehaven, Cumbria. This mosaic memorial was unveiled on 15 August 1998. John Skelly took part in the service. It commemorates those who have died in Cumbrian mining accidents, such as William Pit 3 June 1941.

"We Decided It Was Wrong For A Christian To Kill"

A social evening at the training centre on Beighton Lane. the men are mainly Polish volunteers.

The Overseas Volunteers at Birley East Colliery

The Bevin Training camp era at Birley East Colliery and a group of trainees and instructurs pose for the camara near the lamp cabin at the eastern end of the pit yard.

Bevin Boys at The Government Training Centre at Birley East Colliery

This is a pic of myself taken in Hereford a few days before my medical and before being told that I was to be directed to work in the mines. Ah happy smile I thought I was going into the RAF...

A SHROPSHIRE BEVIN BOY RECALLS

Tilbury Fort

Cilvilians at War

Frank Dentremont - not forgotten [The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has provided permission for printouts to be placed on this site]

Wartime Power Supply in Northamptonshire

This was taken 2 weeks before D-Day. I was 21 and gave my boyfriend a copy. He died during the D-Day battles.

A Welsh Girl’s Perspective: Part 3

All gathered together - Tranmere Road,Earlsfield u86

From Bricklayer to Fireman: On the 'Blue Watch' at Tooting Fire Station

Tom Ritson (3rd right) photographed with some of the 'Lads and Lasses' in May 1946 in front of Lowca Pit shaft before setting off for the World War Two 'Victory March' (Photo used by courtesy of 'The Whitehaven News')

Cumberland Miners' Representative in World War Two London Victory March

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