Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Visit of Prince of Wales to St John's Colliery, booklet

Full title - National Coal Board South Wales Area. Visit of H.R.H. The Prince of Wales to St. John's Colliery Maesteg, Friday 24th May 1974. 22 page booklet containing a schedule of the visit, plans of the area as well as surface and underground workings, biography and photographs of 15 N.C.B employees including P.G. Weekes, Area Director, R. Williams, Deputy Director (Operations), C.J. Davies, Area Chief Mining Engineer, A.J. Reed, Colliery Manager, T.H. Bumford, Chariman N.U.M, and P.J. Stafford, Lodge Secretary N.U.M. Also includes photographs showing a one hundred ton bunker, loading point at pit bottom, main gate roadhead in the S1 district, S1 Face from tail gate, ranging drum shearer on S1 Face, main six feet seam intake, and eight photographs of Prince Charles during his visit to the colliery.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2017.38/527

Creation/Production

National Coal Board, South Wales Area
National Coal Board
Date: 1970s

Acquisition

Old stock, 27/2/2017

Measurements

Length (mm): 297
Width (mm): 220

Techniques

photograph

Material

card
paper
plastic

Location

In store

Classification

events royal/v.i.p. visits
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