You can listen to the audio programmes below about coal mining in North Staffordshire in real
time (no need to wait for files to download). Sourced from BBC Radio Stoke.
Pit boy: Reuben Cope of Bentilee
is recalling his days as a boy miner
fifty or so years ago. (Broadcast on 30/06/1974, duration: 14:45)
Working
conditions for children: Denis Stuart introduces the survey of conditions
for child labour in the Potteries area in the middle of the 19th
century. (Broadcast on 02/04/1969, duration: 25:21)
Minnie Pit disaster: Survivors talk about the worst disaster in
North Staffordshire mining history which occurred in 1918. (Broadcast on
07/01/74, duration: 13:02)
Visiting Florence Colliery:
Lloyd Boardman and Harry Goode are
talking about coal from Florence Colliery. (Broadcast on 02/11/1974,
duration: 23:28)
Pit pony: John
Getgood with Harry Burton who worked as an ostler at Foxfield colliery talk
about ponies working underground. (Duration: 4:00)
Finding out about coal: Bill Sweeney and Silverdale Colliery manager - John
Belcher look at the history of coal mining locally. (Broadcast on 13/11/1984,
duration: 18:12)
Going down Chatterley Whitfield: A trip down the Chatterley
Whitfield Mining Museum. (Broadcast on 20/11/1980, duration:
18:48)
Modern working
conditions 1: Bill Sweeney and John Belcher see how modern miners
work. (Duration: 18:08)
Modern working
conditions 2: Bill Sweeney and John Belcher see how modern miners
work. (Broadcast on 05/12/1980, duration:18:56)
How coal was mined: Bill Morland and Gordon Astley talk about the various
ways in which coal was mined in this area in past centuries. (Broadcast
on 30/01/1975, duration: 19:15)
Methods of
mining: Bill Morland and Gordon Astley talk about past and present mining
techniques. (Broadcast on 13/02/1975, duration: 19:54)
The
dangers of underground mining: Bill Morland talks to Gordon Astley
about some of the hazards of underground coal-mining. (Broadcast
on 13/03/1975, duration: 18:08)
Coal
production and uses: Bill Morland and Gordon Astley talk about
production of coal and some of its many uses. (Broadcast on
27/10/1975, duration: 20:30)