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by Marian Lewis

1727		The first railway bridge the Causey arch was built near Stanley. By James Wood who committed suicide before the bridge was used as he thought it would fail
1842		The mines act. This abolished female labour in the mines and prevented children under 10 working in the mines.
1851		Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace
1871		12th August-The first ever Durham Big Meeting or Miners Gala. Idea of William Crawford
1909		16th February- Burns Pit Disaster at west Stanley Colliery, 168 men and boys lost their lives
1914-1918		First World War
1923-1926		The shaft was sunk for the Morrison Busty Pit at Annfield Plain. Work was delayed until 1936 due to the General Strike ( closed 1956)
1926		May-General Strike
1940		January-Food rationing intorduced 4ozs of butter, 2ozs of sugar, 4ozs of ham and bacon per week
1943		December-Bevin Boys Scheme introduced by Ernest Bevin Minister of Labour
1946		The coalmines were nationalised:- The National Coalboard
2003		January-The mystery of the missing graves of men killed in the Burns Explosion solved. Graves found in St. Andrews Grave Yard at Stanley

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