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ELH 1152 Mineworkers Clinic – Retirement of Sister Beeley + Miss Holland Sam Thorneycroft (Colliery Manager) & B Evans (Chairman) 1950’s

Published 17 January 2022 at 1888 × 1336 in Coal Mining – Thoresby Colliery.
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