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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D1920/2/1/8/4 |
| Title | Local Appeal Tribunal case file for Wilfred Beardsley, aged 49, Filler at [colliery not stated] |
| Date | 1959 |
| Description | Date of birth:
Marital status: Married
Address: 14 Queen Street, Belper
Type of benefit claimed: Special Hardship Allowance
Type of injury: Injury - spine
Further information: Claim had been based on an 8 per cent disbalement life settlement in 1952. Orthopaedic opinion stated that Beardsley suffered a 'fracture of the lumbar transverse processes in 1950 and a satisfactory recovery has been made […] no further treatment required' and this had been endorsed by the Medical Board. Claimant stated he still had pain and limitations of movement and he was employed by the NCB as a general unskilled labourer on a reduced wage. Mr Swain from NUM reported that Beardsely had tried timber drawing but 'it hurt his spine' |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Level | File |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area |