Miners Welfare Centre, Rugeley
D-EXP/P/S73/125 25 Jun 1984 Wolverhampton Archives
Striking miners from Lea Hall and Littleton Colliery faced each other in a friendly cricket match, in front of the power station.
D-EXP/P/S73/125 25 Jun 1984 Wolverhampton Archives
Striking miners from Lea Hall and Littleton Colliery faced each other in a friendly cricket match, in front of the power station.
D-EXP/P/W77/26 27 Jan 1967 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph was taken looking through the wings of an aircraft to the work area beyond. A man in white overalls is bending over a work bench. Aircraft are visible in the background.
D-EXP/P/W1C/95 20 Nov 1967 Wolverhampton Archives
Sign for the Corporation Abbatoir. Mention of foot and mouth disease is made.
D-EXP/P/T64/10 7 Oct 1966 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows Major K. Harman briefing his unit before they set off to Northern Ireland on a signals training exercise.
D-EXP/P/W1Q/41 5 Jan 1971 Wolverhampton Archives
Rear of Prince Albert statue, seen through branches covered in ice crystals.
D-EXP/S/WA/179 3 Aug 1970 Wolverhampton Archives
The photograph shows goalkeeper Reg Edwards being trained by former Wolves and England star Bert Williams at Bilston sports centre.
D-EXP/P/W27/140 2 Nov 1966 Wolverhampton Archives
War memorial in the churchyard. The names that can be seen on the photograph include S. J. Sankey, A. J. B. Shaw-Hellier, W. J. Jones, T. Blewitt, W. E. Piper, J. W. Vincent, LJ. Boddison, A. Saunders, J. Rogers, W. Bennett, J. Blewitt, H. C. Bowen, J. Ch
D-EXP/P/C12/262 13 Jan 1976 Wolverhampton Archives
The Reverend Stanley Holbrooke-Jones started a competition for children to guess what an unknown scene in a stained glass window represented.
D-EXP/P/S73/120 26 May 1984 Wolverhampton Archives
The National Coal Board was investing heavily into three collieries – Lea Hall at Rugeley, Littleton in Cannock and Hem Heath near Stoke-on-Trent – where strike-defying miners were regularly going to work. Ian MacGregor is mentioned. The photograph shows
D-EXP/P/S73/155 17 Dec 1984 Wolverhampton Archives
A TUC bid to disrupt operations at the pit failed as only 500 people turned up. The Coal Board is mentioned, and the photograph shows a driver turned round in the face of the rally.