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Entry Type	Corporate
Corporate Name	Shirebrook Colliery Limited
Place	Shirebrook
Epithet	colliery company
Dates	1894-1947
History	The company was established in 1894 with Arnold Lupton as Managing Director. It was given its Certificate of Incorporation as Shirebrook Colliery Limited a year later. Lupton left the company following a 17 week wage dispute in 1898. The anger of miners, who were striking because of poor working conditions and low wages, was made worse when miners from Glasgow and Wales were brought in to replace the striking miners. Eventually they were sent home. The company only ever owned Shirebrook Colliery In 1947 Shirebrook Colliery was transferred to the control of the National Coal Board as a result of the nationalisation of teh coal industry.
Key Events	1894: Company established 1895: Became limited company 1947: Nationalisation
Source	‘Shirebrook’, http://www.oldminer.co.uk/shirebrook.html ‘Sinking Accident at Shirebrook’, http://www.healeyhero.co.uk/rescue/individual/Bob_Bradley/Bk-2/Bk2-1897-P1.html Amos, D. and Braber, N., Bradwell’s Images of Coal Mining in the East Midlands (Sheffield: Bradwell Books, 2017) Certificate of Incorporation for of Shirebrook Colliery Limited, N10/B/1 King’s Speech (Motion for an Address), February 1906, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1906/feb/20/kings-speech-motion-for-an-address#S4V0152P0_19060220_HOC_186 Letter from Arnold Lupton resigning as manager of Shirebrook Colliery in July 1899 Lupton, A., Voluntary Service versus Compulsory Service (September 1915) Mining Heritage in the East Midlands, Shirebrook Colliery: 25th anniversary of closure, http://www.miningheritage.co.uk/shirebrook-colliery-25th-anniversary-of-closure/ National Coal Board, A Profile of Shirebrook Colliery (1982) Shirebrook Colliery History, Feb 1951 Shirebrook Town Council, Local History https://www.shirebrooktowncouncil.gov.uk/local-history.html Workmen’s Compensation Bill, December 1906, Third Reading, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1906/dec/13/workmens-compensation-bill#S4V0167P0_19061213_HOC_309
Authorised Form of Name	Shirebrook; Shirebrook Colliery Limited; 1894-1947; colliery company

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