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Daily Herald Photograph: Miner training

National Science and Media Museum

National Science and Media Museum
Bradford, United Kingdom

One photograph of young miners receiving training at a centre near Nottingham titled 'Model centre is gateway to pit careers'. Caption on back reads: 'Twenty-five boys are already working at the South Nottingham Occupational Centre at Bestwood, near Nottingham, which has been opened as a model training centre for boys entering the pits by Sir FREDERICK SYKES, Chairman of the Miners' Welfare Commission. Picture shows: Some of the boys receiving instructions in the model mine which is an exact replica of a real mine'.

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  • Title: Daily Herald Photograph: Miner training
  • Date Created: 1940-1950
  • Location: Nottingham, Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
  • Rights: © Hulton Archive/Getty Images
  • Maker: London News Agency Photos Ltd.
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