Picking Coal during the Miners' Strike"

1912

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Buckley Society Magazine Issue Eleven, March 1986;

George Lewis: Selections from his diary, 1898 to 1962;

Part Two, 1906 to 1912

Diary entry 1912 - Feb 28 Wed

at 91.6 (entry below)

Feb28WedA national strike of Colliers throughout England, Scotland and Wales for a minimum wage. Over a million miners are out. The Buckley miners came out on 28^th Feb. Hundreds of tons of coal has been got in Hancocks, (105) Gibson's and Catherall's clayholes and sold at 23/6 per ton.

Apr 6 Sat Men (Colliers ITJ.) resumed work after standing out for 5 weeks and 2 days and worked the following Easter

This photo was included in the article.

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see 146.5 for "Coal Strikes and Hardship" in "Buckley 'Board' 100 not out" by Leslie Rowlands which details the "Buckley Strike" of 1884.

Author: Anon

Picking Coal during the Miners' Strike"

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