RAILWAY TIMETABLES DURING THE 1912MINERS STRIKE

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Time tables of the Great Central Railway, London Brighton and South CoastRailway, Midland Railway, North Eastern Railway and the South Eastern andChatham Railway, issued during the miner's strike 1912, collected by the mainlibrary.

Administrative / Biographical History

The 1912 Miner's Strike began at the end of February 1912. Miners demanded aminimum wage. It opened at Alfreton pit in Derbyshire and spread slowly. Thestrike ended after Easter and the Minimum Wage Act was passed as a result.

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Two volumes

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