The Mid and East Lothian Miners' Association (MELMA) was a trade union representing coal miners in parts of the Lothian area of Scotland. The union described...

and in 1890 was elected as secretary of the Mid and East Lothian Miners' Association. In 1894, Brown was a key mover in creating the Scottish Miners'...

Scotland, founded in 1894 as the Scottish Miners Federation. It joined the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, and in 1914 changed its name to National Union...

Maryhill. Ian MacDougall, Mid and East Lothian Miners' Association Minutes: 1894-1918, p.63 David Howell, British Workers and the Independent Labour Party...

Scottish Home Rule and for crofters' rights, who became a Liberal Member of Parliament. Ian MacDougall, Mid and East Lothian Miners' Association Minutes, p.58...

Lothians and the Scottish Borders however the league has now expanded and also includes clubs from Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Fife, Stirling, and Perth...

The Stirling Miners County Union was a trade union representing coal miners in the Stirlingshire area of Scotland. The union originated the Stirlingshire...

Wooldridge family. Incorporated in 1836, their Mid-Lothian Mining and Manufacturing Company employed free and enslaved people to do the deadly work of digging...

long association with the trade union movement; his grandfather, David Moffat, had been the secretary of the Mid and East Lothian Miners' Association, until...

(MP) for Midlothian and Peebles Northern for two short periods in the 1920s. He first contested the seat at 1922 general election, and won it in 1923, with...

Ubhalaidh) is a village in West Lothian, Scotland. It forms a conurbation with Broxburn to the east, Dechmont to the west and the major town of Livingston...

a town in East Lothian (formerly Haddingtonshire), in the south-east of Scotland. Tranent lies 6 miles from the boundary of Edinburgh, and 9.1 miles from...

Smillie. Ian MacDougall, Mid and East Lothian Miners' Association minutes: 1894-1918, pp.42-43 David Howell, British Workers and the Independent Labour...

Beath Hawthorn Inverkeithing Hillfield Swifts Jeanfield Swifts Kinnoull Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale Luncarty Musselburgh Athletic Penicuik Athletic...

The Wigan Miners' Association represented coal miners in parts of Lancashire, in England. The union was established in 1862, as the Wigan Miners' Provident...

Wales Miners' Federation, founded in 1898, joined the MFGB in 1899, while the Northumberland Miners' Association and the Durham Miners' Association joined...

Miners' Association represented coal miners in parts of Lancashire, in England. The union was established in 1874, as a split from the Wigan Miners'...

workers, and by 1970 miners were earning 3.1% less than the average worker in manufacturing. It was the first time since 1926 that British miners had officially...

The Old Hill and Highley District Miners', Enginemen's and Surfacemen's Association, usually known as the Old Hill Miners' Association, was a trade union...

Leicestershire Miners' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1887 as the Coalville and District Miners' Association to represent...

Lily Miners Welfare Football Club are a Scottish football club, based in the Midlothian town of Easthouses. The team currently plays in the East of Scotland...

dissolve the organisation and rejoin the North Wales Miners. In 1903, the union was renamed as the "North Wales Miners' Association", while in 1935 it became...

The Cleveland Miners' and Quarrymen's Association was a trade union representing ironstone miners in the Cleveland area of England. The union was founded...

Miner's Advice – website providing help and information to ex-coal miners The official NUM website A look at present day mining Women in the miners'...

Derbyshire Miners' Association was a trade union representing coal miners in the Derbyshire area of England. The union was founded in 1888, and was originally...

1889, the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) was formed. Benjamin Pickard of the Yorkshire Miners' Association was elected president and Sam Woods...

The Durham Miners' Association (DMA) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1869 and its membership quickly rose to 4,000, but...

Shropshire Miners', Enginemen's and Surfacemen's Federation, often known as the Shropshire Miners' Association, was a trade union representing coal miners in...

years, the union was a member of the Amalgamated Association of Miners; it later affiliated to the Miners Federation of Great Britain. In 1945, the CMA became...

Nottinghamshire Miners' Association was a trade union representing coal miners in Nottinghamshire, England. A Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Miners' Association was...