Mining union records feared destroyed are rediscovered after a decade in the damp
The National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS) was never a large trade union, but it was of major significance and importance in the coal industry because of the safety functions of its members. When the union ceased to exist in 2015, with the closure of Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Britain, its central records were thought to have been … Continue reading Mining union records feared destroyed are rediscovered after a decade in the damp