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The Coal Industry after 1945

When coal was king! A National Coal Board advertisement of 1973 extolling the apparently indomitable strengths of the North Derbyshire coalfield, whose area headquarters was then the biggest white-collar employer in Bolsover, and whose pits were still looking for more miners.

Image courtesy of Chesterfield Local Studies Library

Content generated during research for the paperback book 'Bolsover: Castle, Town and Colliery' (ISBN 13 : 978-1-86077-484-3) for the England's Past for Everyone series

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