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NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994
- C - National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area - 1956-1989
  - PHO - North Derbyshire Area photographic collections - [20th cent]
    - 1 - Photographic collection, mainly of North Derbyshire collieries - [20th cent]
      - 1 - Photographs of or relating to Alfreton Colliery, deposited in the Central Records Office of the North Derbyshire Area by E. Williamson of Alfreton - [20th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	NCB/C/PHO/1/1/7
Former Reference	D4774/13/1
Title	Photograph of Alfreton Colliery mineworker taken from the front cover of "The Daily Mirror" on 27 Feb 1912, the day after the great coal strike began
Date	[26 Feb 1912]
Description	The caption at the bottom identifies the photograph as taken at Alfreton Colliery, showing John Marshall of Prospect Street, Alfreton, the first miner to leave work. He had started work at the pit mouth when he was 7½ years old. Copyright of print held by E. Williamson of Afreton.
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	National Coal Board
Format	Photographic

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