Interior view showing an inscribed plaque commemorating the opening of one of the shower blocks at the Pithead Baths building at Lynemouth Colliery

Date:
26 Feb 1987
Location:
Lynemouth Colliery, Pithead Baths, Lynemouth, Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland
Reference:
BB92/19566
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The plaque reads 'Miners' Welfare Fund. Lynemouth Colliery Pithead Baths. These baths erected by the Miners' Welfare Committee in pursuance of the Mining Industry Act of 1926 were opened and handed over to the trustees on 3rd June 1938'.

Content

This is part of the Job: 87/00356 Pithead Baths, Lynemouth Colliery, Lynemouth, Northumberland; within the Volume: BF091101 Lynemouth Colliery, Lynemouth, Northumberland; within the Series: RCH01/047 Coal Industry Project; within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) Archive

Rights

© Crown Copyright. Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Perry, Tony: Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England

Architect: Frizzell, F G

Keywords

Plaque, Mid 20th Century Pithead Baths, 20th Century Colliery