National Coal Board
Reference: NCB 24 Catalogue Title: National Coal Board Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Public Relations Office
Covering Dates: 1938-1992
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National Coal Board - Public Relations Office (Ref: NCB 24)Publicity re individual collieries (Ref: NCB 24/1-102)Ref: NCB 24/1
Adventure (Rainton) colliery (press-cuttings), 3 February 1958 - 15 September 1978
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/2Adventure (Rainton) colliery, 26 August 1959 - 17 July 1978
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/3Bearpark colliery, 12 January 1960 - 5 April 1984
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/3ABearpark colliery (press-cuttings) 10 October 1960 - 22 June 1988
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/4Blackhall colliery (press-cuttings), 2 August 1956 - December 1981
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/5Blackhall colliery, 29 August 1956 - 27 March 1981
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/6Blackburn Fell drift, December 1959
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/7Blackburn Fell drift (press-cuttings), 7 April, 1961 - 20 February 1974
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/8Boldon colliery (press-cuttings) 19 August 1955 - 24 June 1982
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/9Boldon colliery, 26 November 1955 - June 1982
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/10Brandon Pit House colliery, 29 April 1960 - 27 February 1964
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/11Brandon Pit House colliery (press cuttings), 25 November 1960 - 14 March 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/12Brusselton colliery (press-cuttings), 7 October 1958 - 9 April 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/13Brusselton colliery, 21 June 1966 - 11 January 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/14Burnopfield colliery, 19 March 1963 - 17 March 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/15Burnopfield colliery (press-cuttings), 28 March 1968 - 17 October 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/16Byermoor colliery (press-cuttings), 8 April 1964 - 16 December 1967
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/17Craghead colliery (press-cuttings), 19 October 1960 - 11 March 1987
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/18Craghead colliery, 12 March 1964 - 28 February 1969
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/19Dawdon colliery, 22 November 1967 - 23 July 1991
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/20Dawdon colliery (press-cuttings), 14 July 1980 - 3 July 1990
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/21Dean and Chapter colliery, 1938 - 13 January 1983
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/22East Hetton colliery, 23 February 1960 - 27 June 1983
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/23East Hetton colliery (press-cuttings), 6 August 1966 - 5 July 1983
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/24Eden colliery (press-cuttings), 19 July 1962 - 24 July 1980
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/25Eden colliery, 24 July 1962 - 12 February 1980
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/26Elemore Colliery (press-cuttings), 26 July 1956 - 14 November 1980
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/27Elemore colliery, 3 July 1963 - 13 February 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/28Emma (and Stanley Burn) colliery (press cuttings), 15 April 1966 - 25 March 1974
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/29Emma (and Stanley Burn) colliery, 36 February 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/30Esh colliery, 7 February 1961 - 31 May 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/31Esh colliery (press-cuttings) 19 July 1961 - 29 June 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/32Fishburn colliery (press-cuttings), August 1957 - 23 February 1974
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/33Fishburn colliery, February 14 1966 - 30 November 1973
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/34Hamsterley colliery (press-cuttings), 11 April 1963 - 3 January 1978
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/35Handen Hold colliery, 9 March 1956 - 12 October 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/36Handen Hold colliery (press cuttings), 5 May 1961 - 15 January 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/37Harton colliery, 30 March 1960 - 16 May 1969
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/38Harton colliery (press-cuttings), 30 October 1963 - 1 May 1970
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/39Herrington colliery, 22 August 1955 - 18 November 1985
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/40Herrington colliery (press-cuttings), 22 December 1958 - 7 March 1986
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/41Herrington colliery
(2 booklets)
Ref: NCB 24/42Horden colliery, 29 June 1958 - 10 September 1985
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/43Horden colliery (press-cuttings) 12 October 1967 - 12 August 1988
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/44Horden colliery, 1971-1978
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/45Houghton colliery (press-cuttings), 8 April 1958 - 14 April 1987
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/46Houghton colliery, 4 October 1958 - 23 September 1981
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/47Hylton colliery (press-cuttings), 15 April 1957 - 8 July 1988
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/48Hylton colliery, 23 June 1972 - 2 February 1987
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/49Kimblesworth colliery (press-cuttings), 21 April 1961 - 4 October 1974
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/50Kimblesworth colliery, 10 February 1965 - 3 October 1975
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/51Kimblesworth colliery (press-cuttings), 4 November 1967 - 1 December 1976
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/52Langley Park colliery, 16 July 1962 - 15 October 1975
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/53Langley Park colliery (press-cuttings), 13 January 1971 - 3 January 1976
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/54Mainsforth colliery (press-cuttings), 16 November 1956 - 7 December 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/55Mainsforth colliery, 12 February 1958 - 19 August 1965
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/56Marley Hill colliery, 12 March 1956 - 2 March 1983
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/57Marley Hill colliery (press-cuttings) 12 September 1967 - March 1983
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/58Marley Hill colliery, c.1960
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/59Medomsley colliery (press-cuttings), 1 May 1959 - October 1972
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/60Medomsley colliery, 2 June 1959 - 25 April 1972
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/61Metal Bridge drift, 15 December 1959 - 17 July 1978
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/62Metal Bridge drift (press-cuttings), 23 December 1965 - 20 July 1978
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/63Monkton cokeworks, 31 March 1971 - 9 March 1992
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/64Morrison Busty colliery, 15 July 1959 - 1 June 1973
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/65Morrison Busty colliery (press-cuttings), 1 October 1959 - 19 June 1967
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/66Murton colliery, 4 March 1964 - 14 November 1991
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/67Murton colliery, 1965 - 1991
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/68Nettlesworth Dene drift (press-cuttings), 21 March 1959 - 28 September 1974
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/69Ravensworth Ann colliery (press-cuttings), 21 September 1956 - 1 September 1972
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/70Ravensworth Ann colliery, 4 February 1960 - 28 March 1973
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/71Ravensworth Park drift, 15 August 1966 - 21 December 1967
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/72Ryhope colliery (press-cuttings), 26 April 1956 - 28 April 1978
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/73Sacriston colliery, 2 April 1965 - 15 November 1985
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/74Sacriston colliery (press-cuttings), 4 July 1966 - 25 September 1987
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/75Seaham colliery, 1965 - 1986
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/76Shotton colliery (press-cuttings), 2 March 1954 - 22 April 1973
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/77Shotton colliery, 28 August 1958 - 1 September 1972
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/78Silksworth colliery, 8 March 1959 - 22 August 1972
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/79Silksworth colliery (press-cuttings), 10 March 1961 - 17 November 1971
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/80South Hetton colliery (press-cuttings), 13 February 1956 - 29 August 1988
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/80ASouth Hetton colliery, 29 August 1955 - 30 April 1982
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/81Stanley Cottage drift (press-cuttings), 8 December
1964 - 17 May 1965
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/82Thornley colliery (press-cuttings), 1 April 1959 - 1 August 1970
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/83Thornley colliery, 20 November 1959 - 10 November 1969
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/84Trimdon Grange colliery (press-cuttings), 27 April 1959 - July 1982
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/85Trimdon Grange colliery, 15 June 1959 - 13 December 1967
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/86Tudhoe colliery (press-cuttings), 12 March 1969 - 22 August 1969
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/87Tursdale colliery and training centre, 28 July 1956
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/88Usworth colliery, 1 October 1962 - 26 September 1976
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/89Usworth colliery (press-cuttings), 10 March 1961 - 28 June 1977
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/90Vane Tempest colliery, 2 February 1956 - 22 October 1992
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/91Wardley colliery (press-cuttings), 2 March 1956 - 14 November 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/92Wardley colliery, 12 February 1958 - 26 September 1975
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/93Washington 'F' colliery (press cuttings), 22 January 1962 - 15 September 1978
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/94Washington 'F' colliery, 18 October 1961 - 13 February 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/95Washington Glebe colliery (press cuttings), 2 July 1968 - 24 December 1974
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/96Washington Glebe colliery, August 1962 - 19 January 1970
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/97Westoe colliery, 1 March 1986 - 30 April 1992
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/98Wheatley Hill colliery (press-cuttings), 20 June 1959 - 3 May 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/99Wheatley Hill colliery, 12 October 1965 - 21 February 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/100Whitburn colliery, 19 February 1962 - 4 April 1968
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/101Whitworth Park colliery (press-cuttings), 1 November 1963 - 5 October 1974
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/102Whitworth Park colliery, 25 October 1973 - 29 April 1974
(1 file)
Other publicity material (Ref: NCB 24/103-107)Ref: NCB 24/103General press-cuttings 12 January 1973 - 19 January 1973
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/104Undersea coal, 14 November 1972 - 26 May 1978
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/105Undersea coal (press-cuttings), 30 March 1973 - 12 April 1973
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/106North East Coal Digests [production and other statistics], 1972/73 - 1987/88
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/107Results and accounts (press-cuttings), 28 July 1981 - 22 July 1992
(1 file)
Photographs (Ref: NCB 24/108-114, 119)Ref: NCB 24/108St. Brandon's Church, Brancepeth, photographic negatives, 30 September 1959
(1 envelope containing 29 negatives)
Ref: NCB 24/109Langley Park colliery surface views, photographic negatives (c. 1960)
(1 envelope containing 17 negatives)
Ref: NCB 24/110Craghead colliery closure, photographic negatives, 2 July 1969
(1 envelope containing 17 negatives)
Ref: NCB 24/111Blackburn Fell drift, photographic negatives, [c.1960]
(1 envelope containing 32 negatives)
Ref: NCB 24/112Pithouse drift, photographic negatives, 15 June 1960
(1 envelope containing 4 negatives)
Ref: NCB 24/113Pithouse drift, photographic negative, May 1960
(1 envelope containing 1 negative)
Ref: NCB 24/114Pithouse drift surface reconstruction, photographic negative, 14 March 1961
(1 envelope containing 1 negative)
Ref: NCB 24/119Photographs of coke ovens at Crook and Rowlands Gill, [c.1950] and Derwenthaugh gas line to Consett, [c.1960]
(30 photographs)
Historical notes (Ref: NCB 24/115-118)Ref: NCB 24/115Foundry Coke Production in County Durham, 1972
(1 booklet, comb-bound)
Ref: NCB 24/116File entitled 'Historical'; containing:
(1) 'A History of Coal Mining with Particular Reference to County Durham' (1973)
(2) dates of sinking of shafts
(3) 'Durham Mines: Names and Dates of Coal working in County Durham' (1972)
(4) Coalfields of Great Britain, [c. 1938]
(1 file)
Ref: NCB 24/117Historical and statistical information for specific collieries: Adventure, Bearpark, Blackhall, Boldon, Dawdon, Dean and Chapter, Easington, Eppleton, Garesfield, Harraton, Hawthorn Combined (Murton, Eppleton, Elemore), Herrington, Horden, Houghton, Hylton, Kibblesworth, Kimblesworth, Langley Park, Murton, Sacriston, Seaham, Sherburn, Silksworth, South Hetton, Tudhoe Park, Ushaw Moor, Vane Tempest, Wardley/Usworth, Washington 'F', Washington Glebe, Wearmouth, Wheatley Hill and for groups of collieries (including Northumberland), [c.1950 - c.1980]
Ref: NCB 24/118File entitled 'Historical and General' containing articles, etc., on Northumberland and Durham coalfield 1960s - 1970s.
(1 file)
