Midland Montage: 30.07.1964: Forest of Dean Free Miners

Summary

Lionel Hampden report about the free miners of the Forest of Dean who operate outside of the National Coal Board.

Year:

1964

Duration:

0:04:13

Film type:

Black & White / Sound

Company:

ATV

Master format:

16mm

Description

At Coleford in the Forest of Dean Lionel Hampden interviews Bert Hinton who operates a drift mine for coal with his brothers. We see the men on the surface pushing and emptying coal trucks and Lionel describes the working methods with a piece to camera. Bert Hinton explains that have to have been born in the Forest of Dean and work for a year and a day in the mine to qualify as Free Miners.


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