The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the...
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Ian MacGregor (section National Coal Board)
his conduct during the 1984–85 miners' strike while managing the National Coal Board. MacGregor was born in Kinlochleven, Scotland. His parents were Daniel...
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predecessor, the National Coal Board (NCB). The Coal Industry Act 1987 (c. 3) changed the name of the National Coal Board (NCB) to the British Coal Corporation...
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Edwards v. National Coal Board was an important case in English case law. The 1949 case revolved around whether it was "reasonably practicable" to prevent...
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Giesl ejector (section National Coal Board)
a Giesl ejector, but with "indifferent" results. The National Coal Board had a vast array of coal mines all around the UK and therefore employed a massive...
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control, the coal industry in the United Kingdom. It established the National Coal Board as the managing authority for coal mining and coal processing activities...
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were nationalised by the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 59) and were run by the new National Coal Board. In March 1987 the legal...
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GWR 5700 Class (section National Coal Board)
continued in use until 1971 by the London Transport and 1975 by the National Coal Board. le Fleming noted that the mileages of those withdrawn between March...
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E. F. Schumacher (section Adviser to the Coal Board)
technologies. He served as Chief Economic Advisor to the British National Coal Board from 1950 to 1970, and founded the Intermediate Technology Development...
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The National Coal Board Labour Staff Association (LSA) was a trade union representing workers at the National Coal Board in the United Kingdom. The National...
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