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D7681 - Rod Thackray collection of papers relating to small scale drift mining - [1940s-1980s]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D7681
Title	Rod Thackray collection of papers relating to small scale drift mining
Date	[1940s-1980s]
Description	Plans, photographs and other papers relating to small scale drift mining on the area around Ludworth Moor, Marple, Chisworth and Compstall in the Peak District. The photographs have come from various sources, including some taken by the donor from when he was aged 16, upto the time of the mine closures. Some of the photos were also taken by Stockport Museum, and some by the Peak District Mining Museum. They show small family or one-man mining operations selling coal locally at a remarkably late date, and also include pictures of holes in the ground, and some from underground, such as clay pipes and sledges. The collection also contains working plans, including some dyeline photocopies of now lost plans, produced at Oddo & Arkwright.
Extent	2 boxes and 19 rolls
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
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Archive Creator	Rod Thackray
Administrative History	The donor of these records worked in one of the collieries, having had his interest sparked when he fell down a drift mine in 1961, aged just 14 year old. This collection stems from this interest.
Custodial History	These records were donated to Derbyshire Record Office in January 2014.
Organisation Sub-Type	Coal mining governance and organisation
Organisation Sub-Type	Local historians

Places

Place (click for further details)	Type
Ludworth
Chisworth

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