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Coal mining

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 308 Collections and/or Records:

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Speeches: speech notes., 03 May 1946 - 31 May 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/5A-B
Scope and Contents Newscutting reporting WSC's speech (3 May, Dorchester Hotel, London) at the Jubilee dinner celebrating 50 years of the Daily Mail, and reporting speeches delivered by 2nd Lord Rothermere [earlier Esmond Harmsworth] Chairman of the Daily Mail, 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken], 1st Lord Tedder and G Ward Price.Speech notes for WSC's speech of thanks (7 May) on receiving the freedom of Westminster entitled "The British Commonwealth" including: his standing for election in Westminster...
Dates: 03 May 1946 - 31 May 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: Speech notes., 04 Oct 1946 - 28 Oct 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/9A-E
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech of thanks (4 October 1946, Blackpool [Lancashire]) on receiving the freedom of Blackpool.Speech notes and galley proofs of WSC's speech (5 October 1946, Conservative Party conference, Blackpool) entitled "Every Dog His Day" on subjects including: criticism of the Labour government; the need for a concerted opposition to Communism; foreign policy; the deterioration of relations with the Soviet Union; post war reconstruction; the electoral system; taxation;...
Dates: 04 Oct 1946 - 28 Oct 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: speech notes., 14 Jun 1945 - 31 Mar 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/11A-E
Scope and Contents Speech notes and Hansard report of WSC's speech (10 February 1947, House of Commons) on the coal crisis including: criticism of the policies of Emanuel Shinwell, Minister of Fuel and Power; the need to plan for winter and the inefficiencies of cutting the coal supply. Source material includes: notes from "N S" ["Jo" Sturdee, later Lady Onslow, Secretary to WSC]; notes on the increased numbers of civil servants; press cuttings on subjects including the challenge by Gwilym Lloyd George [later...
Dates: 14 Jun 1945 - 31 Mar 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: speech notes., 03 Jun 1947 - 16 Aug 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/13A-E
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (3 June, House of Commons) on India and the transfer of power including: the need for agreement of all parties and the likelihood of unrest. Source material includes: a paper on government policy regarding Indian independence and partition. Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp 7499-500.Speech notes for WSC's speech (4 August, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire) at the West Country Conservative Rally entitled "A Doctor's Mandate" including: criticism of the...
Dates: 03 Jun 1947 - 16 Aug 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: speech notes., May 1945 - Dec 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/15A-C
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (5 November 1947, House of Commons) on Burma [later Myanmar] including: the agreement made in 1945; the need for development of a constitution in Burma; protection for the frontier tribes; criticism of the Labour government's proposed bill granting full independence; and the cases of U Aung Sang and U Saw. Source material includes: a copy of the bill granting independence to Burma; a statement of government policy on Burma (May 1945) and a Hansard copy of a...
Dates: May 1945 - Dec 1947
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: speech notes., 12 Nov 1948 - 11 Feb 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/22A-B
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (12 November 1948, Westminster Abbey) at the unveiling of a memorial to President Franklin Roosevelt in which WSC pays tribute to Roosevelt. Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp 7730-31.Speech notes for WSC's speech (16 November 1948, House of Commons) entitled "The Iron and Steel Bill" on the nationalisation of the steel industry including: the contrast between unemployment after World War I and full employment after World War II; a loan from the United States...
Dates: 12 Nov 1948 - 11 Feb 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: speech notes., 04 Feb 1950 - 09 Feb 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/31A-D
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's election address (4 February, Town Hall, Leeds [Yorkshire]) including: criticism of the Labour government's economic policy and manifesto; party politics and the numbers of candidates fielded by the Liberal Party; quotes by [Clement] Attlee [Prime Minister] on socialism; the rejection of socialism in Canada, Australia and New Zealand; nationalisation and its effect on the coal industry; the planned nationalisation of the steel industry; the continuation of rationing;...
Dates: 04 Feb 1950 - 09 Feb 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1984-04 - 1984-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/14
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Subjects include: pit closures; the European elections.

Dates: 1984-04 - 1984-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1984-07 - 1984-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/15
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Includes NK’s speech from the Trades Union Congress conference, Sept 84. Other subjects include: the coal industry and the miners’ strike; trade unionism; European policy.

Dates: 1984-07 - 1984-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1987-06 - 1987-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/35
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Includes: speech for the G7 Summit, Venice [Italy], June 1987; speeches for the Scottish, Yorkshire and Durham Miners’ galas; speech for the Transport and General Workers’ Union (TGWU) conference (see also KNNK 26/2/50); speech to the Parliamentary party; speech to the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR); Party Conference speech; speech to the British Institute of Management on the need to develop manufacturing industry.
Other subjects include: lessons from the General Election.

Dates: 1987-06 - 1987-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1989-01 - 1989-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/39
Scope and Contents Includes: text of an article by NK for the Irish Labour Party; on the European economy; tribute to Bernt Carlsson; speech for the anniversary of trade unions being banned at GCHQ; speech to the Scottish Trades Union Congress Poll Tax lobby; speech on the Coalfields Communities campaign; speech to a Labour Youth Conference; speech to the Confederation of European Socialist Parties, supporting the adoption of the European Socialist Manifesto; speech at the Pontypridd by-election rally [Wales];...
Dates: 1989-01 - 1989-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"The Coal Dispute", 15 Jun 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/96/53-54
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Draft statement to be made by the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin] when announcing the decision of the government to legislate on Miners' Hours, covering miners hours and wages. Typescript marked "secret".

Dates: 15 Jun 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Union of Democratic Mineworkers (UDM), 1986-02 - 1986-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 15/1/12
Scope and Contents Correspondence and cuttings on Nottingham and the union, including: letter from John Concannon on Nottinghamshire miners’ being removed from local Labour Party committees as the UDM was not affiliated to the Party; text of an address by Arthur Scargill, President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), at their annual conference; issues of the Nottinghamshire Miner newsletter; copies of correspondence between Scargill and the Hotel and Restaurant Employees and Bartenders International...
Dates: 1986-02 - 1986-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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(Untitled), [1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/41/6-9
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Report on the large ground rents and royalties received by landowners as a result of the development of the coalfield in the Rhondda Valley [Glamorgan, Wales]. Annotated typescript.

Dates: [1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jul 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/41/14-17
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Notes by Crompton Llewelyn Davies on duties on minerals and on a call at the annual conference of the Scottish miners for the taxation of coal royalties received by landowners.

Dates: 09 Jul 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Jul 1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/41/18-19
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Notes [by Crompton Llewelyn Davies] on the burden of royalties on the mining industry.

Dates: [Jul 1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Jul 1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/41/20
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Notes [by Crompton Llewelyn Davies] showing that wages of the entire stoke-hole crew of the "Lusitania" for two Atlantic crossings amount to less than the royalties received by the landowner for the coal consumed on the voyages.

Dates: [Jul 1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Jul 1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/41/21-24
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Notes [by Crompton Llewelyn Davies] on evidence taken before the Royal Commission on Mining Royalties of 1893 showing that royalties led to the depression of wages and the closing of collieries.

Dates: [Jul 1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1909]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/41/43-44
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Memorandum on the royalties paid on coal and iron ore in Durham and the North Riding of Yorkshire. Typescript.

Dates: [1909]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1910]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/42/39-44
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Notes on the reduction of tea duty and sugar duty and the miners' eight hour day as much surer means of improving the condition of workers than a protective duty.

Dates: [1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [c 1908]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/47
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Notes on the consideration of measures in 1892-95 to limit the working day in the mining industry to 8 hours.

Dates: [c 1908]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Apr 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/52/4
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Letter from C B ?Cranston [chairman of the Yorkshire Coalowners Association] to Walter Runciman [later Lord Runciman] complaining about having to rely on Conservative MPs to put the Association's case on the Coal Mines Bill and about the representatives of the miners dictating to the owners. Sent with CHAR 2/52/3.

Dates: 10 Apr 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/56/67-68
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Letter from WSC (Admiralty) to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] urging that the Government should not introduce a bill which, whilst coercing the coal mine owners, does not satisfy the miners or give the Government the necessary powers to end the strike. Two drafts in the hand of Edward Marsh, both annotated: "not sent".

Dates: 15 Mar 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [c 1910]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/46/134
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Notes on the work to promote safety in the coal industry done by W E Garforth of Snydale Hall, near Pontefract [Yorkshire], chairman of Pope and Pearson Ltd. On the notepaper of 28 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster, [London).

Dates: [c 1910]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Sep 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/179/44
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Letter from CSC to WSC, commenting on the coal dispute.

Dates: 09 Sep 1926
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open