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Oral histories about coal mining from oral history archives across Scotland. View a short movie with highlights from the Coal Stories collection.

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	•		Oral History: Billy Kane, Former Coal Miner - The Pits Closing
	•		Oral History: Billy Kane, Former Coal Miner - The Struggles of Old Miners
	•		Oral History: Dave McDougall, Former Coal Miner - The Decline of the Coal Industry
	•		Oral History: David Gill, Former Coal Miner - Going Underground for the First Time
	•		Oral History: David Hamilton, Former Coal Miner - The General Miners' Strike, 1984-1985
	•		Oral History: Gilbert Meikle, Former Policeman - The General Miners' Strike, 1984-1985
	•		Oral History: Isabella Barclay, Former Canteen Manager, Prestongrange Colliery, East Lothian
	•		Oral History: John Kane, Former Coal Miner - Going Underground for the First Time
	•		Oral History: John Mears, Former Coal Miner - The Michael Colliery Disaster, 1967
	•		Oral History: Linda Lawrence, Newtongrange Gala Days
	•		Oral History: Myra Mears, Daughter of a Coal Miner, Fife
	•		Oral History: Walter Porteous, Former Coal Miner - Going Underground for the First Time
	•		Oral History: Warwick Taylor, Former Bevin Boy

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