and educational venue. More commonly found in Britain, miners' institutes were owned by miner groups who gave a proportion of their wage into a communal...
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Blackwood, Caerphilly (section Miners Institute)
thousands of brass rings and represents strength in unity. Blackwood Miners Institute is described by Caerphilly County Borough Council as the "Heart of...
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The William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute is a private, not-for-profit educational research institution with an operational dairy farm and...
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The Miners Institute Building (also known as the Miners Theater) is a historic commercial building located at 204 West Main in Collinsville, Illinois...
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The Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute (Welsh: Sefydliad y Glowyr Coed Duon) is an entertainment venue located at the north end of Blackwood High Street...
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heritage is seen in the "Stiwt", the miners' institute in Broad Street. This was erected and paid for by the miners, during the general strike of 1926,...
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functions of the individual miner. Many of the roles are specific to a type of mining, such as coal mining. Roles considered to be "miners" in the narrower sense...
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William Abraham outside the Llwynypia Miners' institute. Much of the cost of the statue was met by donations from the miners of his pits. In 1908 the Glamorgan...
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Black lung disease (redirect from Coal miner's disease)
examined chest X-rays from more than 2,000 miners in 16 US states from 2010 to 2011, showed that 2% of miners with greater than one year of surface mining...
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village. There are three pubs and a Social Club. There is also a miners' institute although it never had a mine as this was located in the adjacent village...
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the land that would become Miner Institute, was developed by William H. Miner on his family homestead beginning in 1903. Miner focused on farming and philanthropy...
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originally formed in 1996 when Falkous and Harding met at the Blackwood Miners Institute, a venue in their home town. The pair met Chapple a short time afterwards...
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17, she played a lead role in Jack and the Beanstalk at Blackwood Miners Institute. She was a 2003 top-four finalist in the BBC talent show Just Up Your...
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unionism, set up a miners' institute, and organized a literary society at the mine. In 1873, he founded a local lodge of the Miners' and Laborers' Benevolent...
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they met the miners, joined pickets and raised funds. The songs of the South Wales Striking Miners' Choir and the speeches of Kent miner Alan Sutcliffe...
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the village was the miners institute building, although it is now privately owned and its elaborate carved entrance featuring a miner at work has been obscured...
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Mining in Wales (redirect from Miners in Wales)
efforts to re-employ miners with disabilities, many of whom suffered from pneumoconiosis (a lung disease prevalent among miners). Exacerbating the structural...
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to the miners from a socialist standpoint. The group gave unconditional support to the miners without any expectation or requirement that miners would...
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based at the Blackwood Miners Institute in 1993. He taught Adult Literacy at Blackwood Community College and the Ebbw Vale Institute. Jones is also active...
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brick and stone in the French Baroque style. It is the last remaining miners' institute in the Rhondda Valley, and is now run as a community hub putting on...
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name of a farm whose land the modern village was built on. The modern Miners Institute and Welfare Club occupy the site of the farm buildings. The nature...
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South Wales Coalfield (section Miners' health)
1926 United Kingdom general strike 1984–1985 United Kingdom miners' strike Miners' institute List of British coalfields "South Wales (geological map)"....
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Artisanal mining (redirect from Artisanal Miner)
safety, benefits, and health standards for miners, and a lack of environmental protection measures. Artisanal miners often undertake the activity of mining...
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the West End were constructed by Thomas Thornton & Co who also owned the miners shop. In 1895, the Caledonia Hotel was built and served as a station hotel...
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Eastern Oklahoma State College (redirect from Eastern Oklahoma Miners football)
and the school was renamed as Eastern Oklahoma College. The Oklahoma Miner Institute, which is housed on campus, is a legacy of the original purpose of...
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Workers' Institute may refer to: Cradley Heath Workers' Institute, a museum building in the English West Midlands Miners' institute or mechanics' institute, buildings...
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The Workingman's Institute and Memorial Hall (The Institute and Memo) is an historical miners' institute, working men's club and multi-purpose community...
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Park and Dare Theatre (Welsh: Theatr y Parc a'r Dâr), is a former Miners' institute but now serves as a large entertainment venue in the village of Treorchy...
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(Gwenhwyseg) changing the /e/ sound to /i/. The village contains the Miners Institute, which provides many essential ceremonies for locals, such as Weddings...
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numerous churches, chapels, public houses, working man's clubs, a miners' institute etc., and terraced housing typical of the South Wales Valleys, being...
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