• 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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 le Fleming noted that the mileages of those withdrawn between March...
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  • 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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  • 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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