The Derbyshire Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.
| Founded | 1880 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 31 March 2015 |
| Headquarters | Saltergate, Chesterfield |
| Location | |
Members | 36,087 (1907[1]) |
| Affiliations | Miners' Federation of Great Britain |
The union was founded in 1880 to represent coal miners in northern Derbyshire, as a split from the South Yorkshire Miners' Association.[2] Although it initially aimed to recruit members from across the county, it only developed strength in the north Derbyshire coalfield, and the separate South Derbyshire Amalgamated Miners' Association was founded in 1883.[3]
In 1945, the union became the Derbyshire Area of the National Union of Mineworkers. This was dissolved in 2015, by which point it had only four members.[4]
Secretaries
edit- 1880: James Haslam
- 1913: W. E. Harvey
- 1914: Frank Hall
- 1928: Harry Hicken
- 1942: Joseph Lynch
- 1947: Bert Wynn
- 1966: Herbert Parkin
- 1973: Peter Heathfield
- 1984: Gordon Butler
- 1996: Austin Fairest
Presidents
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- 1880: Richard Bunting
- 1884: Henry Jarvis
- 1887: R. P. Carter
- 1890: William Hallam
- 1898: Barnet Kenyon
- 1906: James Martin
- 1918: William Sewell
- 1924: Enoch Overton
- 1939: Samuel Sales
- 1943: Hugo Street
- 1946: Samuel Greenough
- 1952: Herbert Parkin
- 1966: Dennis Skinner
- 1970:
- 1972: Raymond Ellis
- 1979: C. Hawley
- 1980s: Alan Gascoyne
Vice-Presidents
edit- 1903: Frederick Bonsall
- 1904: James Martin
- 1906: Frederick Bonsall
- 1906: Frank Hall
- 1907: William Sewell
- 1918: John Samuel Spencer
- 1918: Enoch Overton
- 1924: Samuel Sales
- 1939: Henry White
- 1942: Harold Neal
- 1944: Samuel Greenough
- 1946: Michael Kane
- 1947: J. Boam
- 1951: H. E. Parkin
- 1952: J. Patilla
- 1954: F. Peacock
- 1950s: Tom Swain
- 1959: Stanley Mellors
- 1980s: Peter Elliott
Treasurers
edit- 1880: William Edwin Harvey
- 1882: Joseph Windle
- 1887: Henry Jarvis
- 1907: Frank Hall
- 1914: Frank Lee
- 1918: John Samuel Spencer
- 1920: Harry Hicken
- 1928: Oliver Walter Wright
- 1938: Joseph Lynch
- 1942: Joseph Kitts
- 1943: Bert Wynn
- 1947: Hugo Street
- 1966: Herbert Dilks
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. p. 82-101.
- ^ Keith Burgess, The origins of British industrial relations: the nineteenth century experience, p.198
- ^ J. E. Williams, The Derbyshire Miners, p.279
- ^ Trade Union Certification Officer, "National Union of Mineworkers (Derbyshire Area)"