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D1920 - National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area - 1867-2015
- 2 - Area Compensation Department - 1906-1997
  - 1 - Local Appeal Tribunals - 1948-1985
    - 9 - Local Appeal Tribunals 1959 M-Z - 1959

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D1920/2/1/9/15
Title	Local Appeal Tribunal case file for Thomas Edward Pressley, aged 66, Ripper at Westthorpe
Date	1959
Description	Date of birth: Marital status: Not given Address: 42 Bridge Street, Killamarsh Type of benefit claimed: Special Hardship Allowance Type of injury: Injury - arm Further information: Detailed typed A4 sheet headed: 'Wages of Rippers: Westthorpe Colliery, Thorncliffe Seam' for the 4 weeks of February 1959. Pressley was noted as retired 1 February 1958 after his final occupation of Gate Cleaner and his grounds of appeal included: 'the reason of my retirement was because of being unable to attend my work regularly even in the nature of light duties'. His stated occupation in 1949 was colliery repairer and this was the benchmark used to assess loss of earnings.
Extent	1 file
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area

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