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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D1920/2/2/93/14
TitleMedical Appeal Tribunal case file for Thomas Lowe, aged 47, Coal miner at Grassmoor, relating to a Prescribed Industrial Disease
Date1961
DescriptionDate of birth: 02/10/1913
Marital status: Not given
Address: 7 York Place, North Wingfield
Type of injury: Not applicable
Description of accident: Not applicable
Further information: Former address 18 Burns Drive, Grassmoor. From medical report 1960: 'He is a tall thin melancholy man. He is deaf and very nervous'. From Lowe's letter April 1961: ' I was not wanted by the Army, I was turned down by the NAFFI. The Labour Exchange told me to get my own job there was work for everyone yet because of my skin no one wanted me. I have to apply for National Assistance, Free School Meals and grants We have never been on Holiday [...] Who are these doctors?'
Extent1 file
LevelFile
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorNational Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
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