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Oakdale Navigation LodgeMinute Books, 1934-89. Financial Records, 1920-86. Correspondence, 1926-86. Administrative Records, 1944-88. |
| Ref No. | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| MNC/NUM/L/25/1 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
29.1.1966-26.4.1970 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/2 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. Includes a copy of the Lodge balance sheet, 1972. |
7.3.1970-19.11.1972 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/3 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
6.1.1973-28.2.1976 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/4 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
10.1.1976-19.7.1981 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/5 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
19.9.1981-21.12.1984 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/6 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
4.1.1985-1.4.1989 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/7 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
1.1.1960-29.12.1960 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/8 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
7.1.1963-18.11.1963 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/9 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
25.11.1963-9.8.1964 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/10 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
10.8.1964-17.5.1965 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/11 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
24.5.1965-15.12.1965 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/12 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
3.1.1966-17.11.1966 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/13 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
28.11.1966-15.11.1967 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/14 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
24.11.1967-30.12.1968 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/15 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
13.1.1969-26.1.1970 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/16 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
9.2.1970-28.12.1970 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/17 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
11.1.1971-20.12.1971 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/18 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
3.1.1972-18.12.1972 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/19 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
8.1.1973-17.12.1973 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/20 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
5.1.1974-16.12.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/21 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
6.1.1975-15.12.1975 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/22 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
5.1.1976-13.12.1976 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/23 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
4.1.1977-20.12.1977 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/24 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
3.1.1978-27.11.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/25 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
11.12.1978-17.12.1979 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/26 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
2.1.1980-22.12.1980 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/27 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
12.1.1981-21.12.1981 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/28 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
25.1.1982-20.12.1982 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/29 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
11.1.1983-19.12.1983 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/30 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
9.1.1983-30.6.1986 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/31 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
14.7.1986-19.12.1987 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/32 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge minute book. |
4.1.1988-12.12.1988 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/33 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copy of area annual conference minutes. |
3.5.1988-5.5.1988 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/34 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copies of area executive committee minutes.
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5.1.1988-8.11.1988 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/35 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copies of special area executive committee
meetings. |
19.4.1988-12.11.1988 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/36 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copy of area conference of full committees
minutes. |
24.9.1988 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/37 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copies of area council minutes. |
25.5.1934-16.2.1945 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/38 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copies of Rhymney and Merthyr District NUM
minutes. Contains minutes of the Rhymney and Merthyr District NUM, and correspondence relating to the district. |
27.9.1952-20.10.1967 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/39 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copies of agendas. |
2.10.1973-28.11.1977 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/40 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copies of pit production committee and
colliery consultative committee minutes. |
1941-1968 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/41 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Oakdale Colliery Safety Committee minutes.
Contains copies of the Oakdale Colliery Safety Committee and some copies of the Area Safety Committee minutes for the corresponding period. |
14.8.1979-17.1.1984 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/42 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge sub committee minutes and reports. Contains copies of minutes of Lodge sub committees on finance and administration, with particular reference to officers salaries and Lodge administration. It also contains copies of the recommendations of the committees, and several copies of a pamphlet entitled 'Miners United, NUM working with Labour '. |
1934-1985 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/43 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge safety committee minutes and inspection
reports. Contains copies of reports on mine inspections on behalf of the safety committee (1.1979 and 1988), a copy of the Oakdale Colliery Safety Committee (12.4.1988), and the Oakdale Colliery Consultative Committee (11.4.1988). |
1.1979-4.1988 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/44 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge area consultative council minutes, reports
and correspondence. The file contains circulars from the Divisional Consultative Council to the Area Consultative Councils and Colliery Consultative Committees regarding matters raised at meetings; papers regarding elections to the Area Consultative Committee; a memorandum regarding mechanisation progress; copies of minutes of the East Wales Area Consultative Committee; copies of correspondence regarding Area Consultative Committees; papers regarding wage structures. |
5.1956-2.1980 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/45 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Sirhowy Valley joint group of lodges agendas
file. Contains the agendas from the meetings of the Sirhowy Valley joint group of lodges, which consisted of the lodges of Risca, Nine Mile Point, Wyllie, Rock, Waterloo Markham, and Oakdale. |
4.1958-4.1966 |
| Ref No. | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| MNC/NUM/L/25/46 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge annual returns. |
1948-1976 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/47 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge annual balance sheets. |
1920-1950 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/48 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge annual balance sheets. |
1951-1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/49 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge tax assessments file. Contains income tax and corporation tax assessments. There are also copies of the minutes of the Oakdale Colliery Consultative Committee (8.4.1986), and papers regarding a safe return to work after the 1984-85 strike, and a copy of the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation annual report 1985, and the National Coal Board Plan for Coal pamphlet. |
11.1949-4.1986 |
| Ref No. | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| MNC/NUM/L/25/50 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge craftsmen and adult education correspondence
and papers. Contains correspondence and papers regarding craftsmen's wages and agreements; a series of checklists to ensure the smooth operation of plant; copies of Trades Union Congress (TUC) documents, 'Plan For Growth', and 'The structure of the TUC'; correspondence and papers regarding entry to Ruskin College, Oxford. TUC and NUM day release courses at University of Wales Swansea and Glamorgan Polytechnic. |
10.1955-1981 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/51 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge manpower survey and exercise correspondence
and papers. Contains correspondence regarding manpower, the requirements of manpower on the colliery surface, its effective use and adjustments needed. |
3.1965-7.1971 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/52 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge inspection reports and correspondence. Contains reports on the work being done throughout the pit, and any problems that might have arisen. The correspondence concerns attacks made on Tony Benn (Employment Minister) in the media, an attack on the safety record of Oakdale Colliery, and plant hire at the Colliery. |
4.1959-1.1977 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/53 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge walk out and disputes reports. Contains accounts of walk outs arising from signal trouble, ventilation, and wages disputes. Also contains correspondence from the British Soviet Friendship Society (1954-60). |
4.1954-9.1963 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/54 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge price lists. Contains price lists and agreements for various seams in the Colliery, power loading agreements and papers relating to a change in the method of computing wages of pieceworkers who employ helpers. |
11.1952-8.1965 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/55 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge wages structure correspondence and papers
file. Contains correspondence and papers regarding accident site observers, allowances for abnormal conditions, and amendments to the handbook of the wage structure of the coal mining industry and daywage grade structure. |
11.1956-7.1982 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/56 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge wage rates correspondence. Contains correspondence from Headquarters regarding wage rate increases. |
2.1953-6.1985 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/57 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge guaranteed wage claims correspondence and
papers. Contains guaranteed wage claims for lost shifts. |
8.1952-2.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/58 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge five day week bonus correspondence and
agreements. Contains correspondence regarding the five day week bonus and the wages structure agreement. |
3.1947-9.1980 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/59 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge overtime, and redundancy correspondence and
papers. Contains correspondence and papers regarding overtime and a ban on overtime to support a wages claim. Also contains correspondence from Cementation Mining Limited regarding redundancy notices to employees. |
9.1958-9.1981 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/60 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge pay out lists. |
30.1.1978-11.12.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/61 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge rest days correspondence file. Contains correspondence and agreements regarding miner's rest days. |
6.1963-3.1983 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/62 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge annual and statutory holidays correspondence,
papers and agreements. |
4.1938-3.1985 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/63 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge redundancy payments correspondence, papers
and agreements. Contains guides to redundancy benefits, and benefits for widows and dependants. |
1.1963-9.1980 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/64 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge redundant mineworkers payment scheme
correspondence and papers. Contains correspondence regarding redundancy payments and concessionary coal schemes. |
11.1962-5.1985 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/65 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge rallys against pit closures correspondence.
Contains correspondence regarding pit closures, and rallys in London against pit closures. |
1.1959-2.1966 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/66 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge correspondence regarding the closure of
Coedcae Colliery. Correspondence from Werntarw Lodge (Coedcae Colliery) regarding the imminent closure of the pit, and advertising a meeting to discuss its future. |
7.1973 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/67 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge correspondence regarding transfer of men from
Bargoed Colliery. Lists of names and occupations of men transferred from Bargoed Colliery. |
12.1976-6.1977 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/68 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge correspondence regarding transfer of men from
Cwmcarn Colliery. Lists of names and occupations of men transferred from Cwmcarn Colliery. |
11.1968-3.1969 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/69 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge correspondence regarding transfer of men from
Glyntillery Colliery. Lists of names and occupations of men transferred from Glyntillery Colliery. |
12.1975 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/70 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge correspondence regarding transfer of men from
Pochin Colliery. Lists of names and occupations of men transferred from Pochin Colliery. |
6.1964-9.1964 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/71 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge correspondence regarding transfers to
Tredegar workshops. Correspondence regarding transfers of men to work at the Tredegar workshops. |
12.1971-1.1983 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/72 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge correspondence regarding transfer of men from
Ty Trist Colliery. Lists of names and occupations of men transferred mainly from Ty Trist Colliery, but also from Britannia Colliery, and Hafodyrynys Colliery and lists of men who have left Oakdale Colliery. |
1.1959-7.1983 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/73 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge list of redundant Wyllie Colliery miners.
Gives name, address, date of birth, and the dates the men started and finished work. |
3.1968 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/74 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge correspondence regarding transfer of men from
Waterloo colliery. Lists of names and occupations of men transferred from Waterloo Colliery. |
2.1970-6.1970 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/75 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge correspondence with Oakdale Old Age
Pensioners Associations. Contains correspondence between the Lodge and the Oakdale Distress Committee, Pontllanfraith Old Age Pensioners Association, Oakdale and District Old Age Pensioners Association, Oakdale Rugby Football Club, concerning contributions to Christmas funds. It also contains correspondence to and from the Oakdale Rose Queen Festival Committee. |
12.1931-12.1977 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/76 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge retirement dinner correspondence. Contains lists of miners who have left the Lodge due to retirement or incapacity, and lists of those attending the annual dinners. |
8.1977-9.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/77 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge tax, accidents, and invitations to functions
correspondence and papers. Contains correspondence, papers and agreements regarding income tax, and the Mineworkers' Special Fatal Accidents Scheme; accidents, and proposed interviews with men involved in the accidents; papers regarding potentially hazardous zones with plans detailing precautions against inrushes; correspondence regarding invitations to retirement dinners and miscellaneous social functions, and acknowledgements for donations to charitable requests. |
9.1970-6.1983 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/78 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge annual dinner correspondence. Contains names of miners retiring, and those attending the annual dinner. |
3.1975-9.1976 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/79 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge gala day correspondence. |
3.1977-8.1977 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/80 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge gala day correspondence. |
1.1977-1.1979 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/81 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge garages and housing correspondence. Contains correspondence regarding garage rents, the sale of National Coal Board houses especially in the Wyllie area, and rent increases, including letters from Neil Kinnock on the subject of coal board houses. |
5.1967-3.1980 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/82 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge protective clothing correspondence. Contains correspondence and agreements regarding protective clothing. |
5.1947-11.1983 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/83 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge provision of metric tools, and miscellaneous
memoranda. Contains correspondence regarding the provision of metric tools, an incident at Pontllanfraith mortuary, a statement from a miner regarding stolen money, and miscellaneous memoranda regarding minor issues arising at the colliery. |
12.1961-3.1973 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/84 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge stationery invoices and correspondence. |
11.1959-1975 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/85 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge railway service correspondence and papers.
Contains correspondence about the proposed withdrawal of the Sirhowy Valley service, and correspondence regarding joint protest over rail and pit closures. |
12.1959-10.1962 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/86 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge decimalisation and mining explosions
correspondence and papers. Correspondence and papers concerning the effect of decimalisation upon wages and prices, the instalment of an escalator at the Colliery, and the extension of working hours. Also includes disaster reports into an explosion at the Haig Pit, Whitehaven, a disaster report of an accident at Oakdale Colliery, correspondence concerning an explosion and fatalities at the Cambrian Colliery, and newspaper cuttings of the inquiry into an explosion at Six Bells Colliery. |
10.1947-6.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/87 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge union membership contributions and canteen
prices correspondence and papers. Contains correspondence regarding increased union membership contributions, compensation schemes and damages claims and canteen prices. |
10.1952-11.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/88 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge insurance correspondence. Contains details of insurance cover and insurance policies taken out. |
1.1957-6.1983 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/89 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge benefits and welfare correspondence and
papers. Contains correspondence regarding state benefits, welfare and National Insurance with regard to miners whilst working and when on strike. It also contains some leaflets concerning benefits, printed by the National Assistance Board. |
10.1953-9.1980 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/90 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge pithead baths and payment of wages
correspondence. Contains correspondence regarding the pithead baths, manning of the pithead baths, and payment of wages (pay tickets) at the colliery. It also contains two pamphlets advertising the opening of the pithead baths at the Roseheyworth and Park Collieries. |
2.1929-7.1975 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/91 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge safety correspondence. Contains correspondence regarding health and safety, pneumoconiosis, dust and noise levels at the colliery. Also contains pamphlets on safety from the National Coal Board, and a circular on the sale of National Coal Board houses. |
12.1952-5.1981 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/92 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge ambulance and first aid correspondence and
papers. Correspondence regarding payment to workmen for performing ambulance duties, and the ambulance service at the colliery. |
4.1928-2.1977 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/93 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge medical centre correspondence and local
appeal tribunal summaries. Contains correspondence regarding the medical centre at the colliery. Also contains appeal tribunal summaries from claimants over benefits and welfare following decisions of the Insurance Officer, correspondence regarding Local Government Reorganisation, and lists of those who left the colliery in 1964. |
3.1952-12.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/94 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge hospital facilities correspondence and
reports. Contains correspondence to and from miscellaneous hospital management committees regarding hospital facilities, and how they affect the miners at Oakdale. Also contains a copy of the proposals of the Welsh Hospital Board (1973), and a copy of the Annual Report of the Oakdale Workmen's Hospital (1939). |
1939-5.1977 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/95 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Court Royal Home Bournemouth correspondence.
Contains correspondence regarding the Bournemouth Convalescent Home, including the eligibility of persons to enter the home, the levy imposed to upkeep the home, and a list of those staying at the home in 1985. |
2.1961-6.1985 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/96 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge South Wales Rest and Convalescent Home
correspondence and papers. Contains application forms, and applications from persons wishing to stay at the convalescent home. |
7.1974-6.1983 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/97 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge South Wales Rest and Convalescent Home
correspondence. Contains applications for breaks at the rest home, and several annual reports. |
9.1971-9.1980 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/98 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Millendreath village correspondence and
papers. Correspondence and papers concerning Millendreath village. It contains correspondence and newspaper cuttings regarding alleged fraudulent activity by Will Whitehead, President of the NUM South Wales Area, in connection with the holiday village. |
5.1960-8.1967 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/99 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge charities correspondence and papers. Contains correspondence from miscellaneous charities and causes asking for donations to their funds. Also contains correspondence regarding requests for donations to strike funds. |
1926-8.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/100 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge silver band correspondence. Contains correspondence regarding Oakdale Colliery Workmen's Silver Band. |
2.1952-4.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/101 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation
correspondence. Contains miscellaneous correspondence and reports, primarily dealing with the provision of assistance and sporting facilities to miners and their families, correspondence concerning the age of retirement, and agreements with the Conciliation Board for the Coal Trade of Monmouthshire and South Wales concerning annual holidays with pay. |
12.1927-8.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/102 | Oakdale Navigation correspondence relating to other unions and lodges.
Contains correspondence from other unions and lodges regarding strikes and disputes, and especially non union drivers at the colliery. |
2.1927-10.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/103 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge political affairs and campaigns
correspondence and papers. Contains correspondence and papers regarding pit closures, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and anti nuclear protests; protests against war, particularly the Vietnam War; leaflets and correspondence concerning campaigns against Government policies, and over civil rights issues abroad; correspondence between Neil Kinnock and the Bedwellty Constituency Labour Party, regarding the nomination of a prospective Parliamentary candidate. There are also subsequent letters from Neil Kinnock, after his election as a Member of Parliament, regarding coal mining issues. |
3.1954-1.1975 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/104 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge National Council of Labour Colleges
correspondence and papers. |
8.1933-1964 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/105 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge educational opportunities correspondence and
papers. Contains correspondence and papers regarding educational opportunities for mineworkers, scholarships to Ruskin College Oxford, and Coleg Harlech Gwynedd, Trades Union Congress scholarships, and training opportunities. |
12.1958-3.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/106 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge adult education correspondence. Contains correspondence regarding Llafur, The Society For The Study Of Welsh Labour History, information concerning the South Wales Coalfield History Project, and correspondence concerning adult education and books on the history of mining. |
5.1967-11.1975 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/107 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Argoed Miners' Welfare Institute
correspondence. Contains correspondence regarding the institute, a copy of the agenda and accounts for 1953, and representation on the welfare council. |
3.1953-11.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/108 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Blackwood Miners Welfare Institute and
Library correspondence. Contains correspondence regarding the Colliery and the Institute, in particular concerning representation on the welfare council. |
2.1960-10.1981 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/109 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Pontllanfraith Miners Welfare Association
correspondence. Contains correspondence regarding representation on the Welfare Council. |
1946-3.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/110 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Oakdale Workmens Library and Institute
correspondence. Contains miscellaneous correspondence. |
12.1959-7.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/111 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Tredegar Workmens Institute Society
correspondence. Contains correspondence regarding the rent of rooms, and representation on the committee. |
2.1954-4.1980 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/112 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge banner correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding the making and design of the Oakdale Lodge banner. |
8.1958-3.1961 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/113 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge League for Democracy in Greece correspondence
file. Contains correspondence regarding human rights abuses in Greece. |
12.1958-3.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/114 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge screenmen and colliery surface employment
correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding screenmen, and employment on the colliery surface. |
7.1961-12.1961 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/115 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge manpower board correspondence file. |
6.1961-7.1961 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/116 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge levies correspondence. Contains correspondence regarding levies raised for a flood disaster fund, The Little Sisters of the Assumption, Saint Johns Ambulance, and in support of the Upper Clydeside Shipbuilders. |
12.1960-6.1973 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/117 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge colliery workmen correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding blacksmiths shifts, a claim for a job as a tramsmith, and correspondence regarding banksmen. |
6.1966-10.1971 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/118 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge washery plant correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding payment of men and manpower. |
10.1967-7.1971 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/119 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge house repairs correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding repairs to National Coal Board houses in Oakdale village. |
6.1967-5.1971 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/120 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge surface hours and wages ballot correspondence
file. Contains correspondence regarding the ballot on surface hours and wages. |
9.1969-12.1970 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/121 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge grading of wagon repairers correspondence
file. |
9.1969-5.1970 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/122 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge lamproom staffing correspondence file. |
5.1969-6.1969 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/123 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge mineworkers pension scheme correspondence and
papers. |
1.1975-4.1985 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/124 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge absenteeism file. Contains copies of letters sent to miners concerning their absenteeism, and records of absenteeism for individual miners throughout the year. |
1975 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/125 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge absenteeism file. Contains copies of letters sent to miners concerning their absenteeism, and records of absenteeism for individual miners throughout the year. |
1976 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/126 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge absenteeism file. Contains copies of letters sent to miners concerning their absenteeism, and records of absenteeism for individual miners throughout the year. |
1977 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/127 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge housecoal correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding claims for housecoal. |
11.1959-5.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/128 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge health and safety correspondence, papers and
agreements. Contains correspondence and circulars regarding safety at work, training in aspects of safety, and copies of agreements regarding the creation of a Colliery safety committee and safety inspections within the coal mines. |
11.1977-1.1979 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/129 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge health and safety correspondence and reports.
Contains correspondence and circulars regarding safety at work, training in aspects of safety, copies of reports on mine inspections on behalf of the safety committee (1980), and lists of fatal and serious injuries in the South Wales coalfield (1979-80). |
5.1978-4.1985 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/130 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge health and safety correspondence and reports.
Contains correspondence and circulars regarding safety at work, training in aspects of safety, copies of reports on mine inspections on behalf of the safety committee (1979), and lists of fatal and serious injuries in the South Wales coalfield (1978-80). There are also copies of the minutes of the Area Safety Committee (14.8.1979), and the Oakdale Colliery Safety Committee (3.7.1979). |
1.1973-8.1980 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/131 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge health and safety correspondence and reports.
Contains correspondence and circulars regarding safety at work, training in aspects of safety, copies of reports on mine inspections on behalf of the safety committee (1980-83), and lists of fatal and serious injuries in the South Wales coalfield (1980-83). There are also copies of the minutes of the Oakdale Colliery Safety Committee (9.12.1980, 10.2.1981, 12.7.1983). |
12.1980-10.1983 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/132 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge conference resolutions file. Contains correspondence and papers concerning conference resolutions put forward. Also contains correspondence regarding delegates attending conferences, petitions for meetings, and resignation letters from committee members. |
1.1941-1975 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/133 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge transport and typewriters correspondence
file. Contains correspondence regarding the acquisition of new typewriters. It also contains correspondence regarding transport and travelling expenses. |
1942-10.1972 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/134 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge elections and ballots correspondence file.
Contains correspondence and papers regarding elections to various positions within the NUM, to Consultative Committees, and the results of ballots. |
2.1932-8.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/135 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge absenteeism correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding absenteeism, the South Wales Miners Federation rules over disputes and strikes (10.1936), and papers regarding the 1965 dispute at Deep Duffryn Colliery. |
10.1936-1.1970 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/136 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge strikes and safety staff correspondence file.
Contains correspondence regarding strikes at Oakdale, Margam Steel Company, and Raglan Colliery (1930). It also contains correspondence regarding safety men working during stoppages at Oakdale. |
5.1930-10.1979 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/137 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge appeal funds correspondence file. Contains correspondence to and from the Save the Children Fund, anti apartheid movements, and the Six Bells Colliery explosion appeal. |
5.1958-3.1965 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/138 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge NUM membership correspondence file. Contains correspondence from NUM South Wales Area headquarters regarding union contributions, and honorary membership. It also contains correspondence regarding the newspaper 'Coal News'. |
9.1944-3.1982 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/139 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge M.16 face and M.E.15 power loading face
correspondence file. |
11.1968-1.1969 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/140 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge transport correspondence file. Contains correspondence between the lodge and R I Davies and Sons Limited of Tredegar (coach operators) regarding complaints about the late running and non running of the buses. |
11.1968-10.1969 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/141 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge weekend overtime dispute correspondence file.
Contains correspondence regarding a dispute involving Owen Evans, a surface labourer, and weekend overtime. |
10.1969-2.1970 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/142 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge B.12 face correspondence and agreements file.
Contains agreements regarding the B.12 face double ended trepanner and B.12 face method study report (the National Power Loading Agreement 1966). |
11.1968-1.1969 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/143 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge O.7 face agreements and correspondence file.
Contains agreements regarding mechanisation of the O.7 face (National Power Loading Agreement 1966). |
4.1968-7.1968 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/144 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge house rent increases correspondence file.
Contains correspondence regarding Coal Board property rent increases. |
10.1968-5.1969 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/145 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge medical centre attendant appointment
correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding a dispute over the appointment of an attendant at the medical centre. Also includes correspondence regarding a roadhead price list (1964). |
11.1964-4.1972 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/146 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge Waterloo Colliery closure correspondence
file. Contains correspondence regarding the closure of Waterloo Colliery and the transferral of men to Oakdale. |
10.1969-5.1970 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/147 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge sick pay and solid fuel heating
correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding the Mineworkers' Sick Pay Agreement 1947, and the promotion of solid fuels for heating. |
2.1960-4.1985 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/148 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge apprenticeship correspondence and papers
file. Contains correspondence regarding apprenticeship and training. |
5.1951-6.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/149 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge South Pit and training correspondence file.
Contains correspondence regarding the South Pit bottom, South Pit winder, and training and apprenticeships. |
7.1963-3.1978 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/150 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge subsidised transport and silver bands
correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding subsidised transport and an increase in the mileage rate, and correspondence from the Tredegar Workmen's Town Band and the Markham and District Colliery Silver Prize Band. |
6.1960-11.1984 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/151 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge wages correspondence and papers file. Contains correspondence regarding wages, with particular reference to increased rates of pay. It also contains lists of names of mineworkers and payments made to them. |
7.1961-9.1973 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/152 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge wages correspondence and papers file. Contains correspondence regarding increases in rates of pay, and tables showing the increase. |
6.1966-8.1972 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/153 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge shift changes and safety correspondence and
papers file. Contains lists of mineworkers on certain shifts and faces. Correspondence regarding shift changes and lists of men wanting to change shifts, health and safety with particular regard to the safety committee, and self rescuers. |
9.1952-8.1979 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/154 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge safety correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding safety issues and safety during strikes and stoppages at the colliery. |
11.1963-4.1967 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/155 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge absenteeism and stoppages correspondence
file. |
4.1962-6.1966 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/156 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge disputes and strikes file. Contains miscellaneous correspondence, reports and papers concerning industrial disputes involving the National Union of Mineworkers. There are reports and papers discussing the state of the mining industry in Britain, including a copy of a report on the state of the South Wales coal industry (1982). Copies of "The Morning Star" and "The South Wales Argus" which contain articles relating to the mining industry and proposed job losses. |
12.1958-1.1984 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/157 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge wage agreements and transport correspondence,
papers and agreements file. Contains correspondence and papers regarding wage negotiations and agreements, and correspondence regarding buses serving the colliery. |
1.1952-3.1986 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/158 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge transport correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding bus times and journeys serving Oakdale Colliery. |
9.1964-4.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/159 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge transport correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding bus times and journeys serving Oakdale Colliery. |
9.1957-4.1974 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/160 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge transport correspondence file. Contains correspondence regarding bus times and journeys serving Oakdale Colliery. |
5.1960-7.1974 |
| Ref No. | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| MNC/NUM/L/25/161 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge re-assessment of pneumoconiosis cases book.
Contains a record of pneumoconiosis cases, and forms detailing the pension payable to mineworkers after assessment under the National Insurance Industrial Injuries Act. |
10.1948-11.1970 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/162 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge lists of mineworkers and copies of the South
Wales Miner. Contains lists of mineworkers for the O.C.10 face, a copy of "The Proletarian" (no.2), copies of "The South Wales Miner" (October 1987) which contains an article on the coal industry by the Oakdale Lodge Secretary. |
4.1967-10.1987 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/163 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge committee members book. Contains a list of committee members for Lodge committees. |
23.3.1981-22.12.1986 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/164 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge retired and leavers members lists. Contains lists of retired members and those who have left the colliery. |
1979-1984 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/165 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge rough note books. Rough note books containing miscellaneous notes, primarily names and addresses. |
1970-1980(c) |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/166 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copies of National Coal Board memorandum of
agreements etc. Contains memorandum of agreements, arbitration awards and decisions, recommendations and interpretations relating to national questions concerning wages, and conditions of employment in the British coal mining industry. |
1948-1973 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/167 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copy of index to Commissioners decision under
the National Insurance Industrial Injuries Act. |
1956 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/168 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copy of the National Insurance Industrial
Injuries Acts and Regulations. |
1961 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/169 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge copies of NUM rules and regulations. Contains copies of regulations and amendments of union rules with accompanying correspondence. |
31.5.1944-12.2.1975 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/170 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge ballot results file. Contains ballot results for the Lodge committee, giving the names of those elected, and the number of votes for each candidate. |
1947-1975 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/171 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge miscellaneous correspondence, minutes and
papers. Includes copies of NUM National Executive Committee minutes (1987-88). Copies of the NUM South Wales Area rules (3 copies). A copy of 'How to organise the political fund ballot'. Correspondence from NUM headquarters regarding the election of a National President (1987). A copy of British Coal code of conduct and disciplinary procedures (1987). Correspondence to and from Oakdale Navigation Colliery, regarding linesmen and measurers, and the transfer of a canteen manageress (1974-88). Copies of Oakdale Colliery Consultative Committee minutes (1988), Oakdale Colliery Safety Committee (1988), British Coal Corporation South Wales Area Consultative Council minutes (1988). A copy of the Area Annual Conference timetable (5.1988). Correspondence regarding the Incentive Scheme Agreement - Improvers (1981). A copy of the Fatal Accidents and Major Industries list (22.10.1988). A list of names and addresses of employees (nd). A file concerning the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), and a copy of the NUM criticism of the British Coal code of conduct and disciplinary procedures. There are also several miscellaneous photocopied papers regarding the coal industry (1984-87). Five plans of the principal safety requirements of a mechanised face, and a plan showing a drying area. Copies of "The South Wales Miner" (6.1988), "The Miner" (7.1988), "Socialist Newsletter" (no 51), "The Industrial Pioneer" (1988-89), "Oakdale Union News" (no 6). Three volumes regarding mineworker's benefits and compensation. |
1974-1988 |
| MNC/NUM/L/25/172 | Oakdale Navigation Lodge miscellaneous papers file. Contains a copy of an agreement regarding payments to those workmen attending the scene of an accident (4.1958). A copy of the NUM South Wales Area rules (1971). A copy of the minutes of the Area Consultative Council (10.9.1984). A copy of "Irelands War", a pro-republican and pro-Irish Republican Army and Irish National Liberation Army movement pamphlet. |
4.1958-1.1986 |
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