Upon looking into this theme, I have spoken with several of our team members about their own experiences and encounters with women, in the mining industry and wider community. Barry Donlan spoke about his vivid memories of women workers at the Hosiery Factory, back in the 1970s, as a
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HER STORY (AN INTRODUCTION)
Welcome to our month long theme, of women’s involvement in the mining industry and wider community! This month, we will share with you all some stories, information and recommendations, (all) related to this specific theme and join worldwide celebrations of women’s history. Before outlining the following weeks, I just want
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Look what we’ve found!
Look what we’ve found. How many ex miners have seen one of these? We couldn’t resist sharing this training manual. It comes from the Culture North Lanarkshire museum. To see it as a slideshow in its full glory click on the link below https://www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk/SIModes/Detail/14223 It’s an absolute gem of mining
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This is a drawing of me when I got buried. “We had just fired the ripping, got back to lip and found the shots had blown three props out from under Bull bar. I went under the lip and started digging out to reset the props when some of the
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