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NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994
- E - Individual collieries post-vesting - [mid 19th cent]-1994
  - OAK - Oakthorpe Colliery post-vesting correspondence - 1969-1986

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	NCB/E/OAK/1
Former Reference	N42/1/37
Title	Correspondence relating to Oakthorpe Colliery
Date	Aug 1969-Nov 1986
Description	Memorandum of the equipment and manpower at Oakthorpe and Walton Way, including introduction letter, 29 Aug 1969. Letter discussing saving money for demolition work, 21 Aug 1969. Printed copy of newspaper clipping about damage to homes in Oakthorpe following underground fires after spontaneous combustion of coal, 27 Nov 1986. Surface visit report of Oakthorpe Oct 1971. Printed copy of a short history of Oakthorpe shafts, 1850-1970.
Extent	1 bundle
Level	File
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Oakthorpe Colliery
Archive Creator	National Coal Board

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