John Brass was a manager and later director of Houghton Main Colliery Co Ltd. According to the Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory he was "one...

J. Brass (born ca. 1948), American organizational theorist Eleanor Brass (1905–1992), Canadian writer John Brass, rugby player John Brass (colliery manager)...

John Brass (born 1946) is an Australian rugby union and rugby league footballer. John Brass may also refer to: John Brass (colliery manager) (1879–1961)...

faced by a colliery brass band, following the closure of their pit. The soundtrack for the film was provided by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, and the...

Brass & Jones 1937, section B, Report by Mr John Brass. The Colliery Guardian 1934. Williamson 1999, p. 119. Williamson 1999, p. 169. Walker, Brass &...

Gresford Colliery was a coal mine located a mile from the North Wales village of Gresford, near Wrexham. The North Wales Coalfield, of which Gresford was...

Stanford Main No. 2 Colliery, also known as Paxton Colliery, was a coal mine located at Paxton, New South Wales, Australia. The mine was named Stanford...

actor Edward Clark (1888–1962), conductor and BBC music producer John Brass (colliery manager) (1879–?), President of the Institution of Mining Engineers,...

Easington Colliery is a village in County Durham, England, known for a history of coal mining. It is situated to the north of Horden, a short distance...

of Grimeworth Colliery brass band Uncle Gaylord, Athelstone's brother a football pools winner who considered himself posh. Number 12 John Willy Woofit...

century the town was dominated by mines with the largest being Polkemmet Colliery – a large coal mine, discovered in the town in the late 1800s – but this...

The Felling Colliery (also known as Brandling Main) in Britain, suffered four disasters in the 19th century, in 1812, 1813, 1821 and 1847. By far the worst...

renowned euphonium performer with the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, and Arthur Taylor, a British brass band concert producer who served as the master of...

mill may be seen in the museum at Whitehaven where Spedding was manager of the collieries of Sir James Lowther, 4th Baronet. A steel disk was rotated at...

the Engineering Council. It merged with the National Association of Colliery Managers, effective from 23 October 1968. In 1995 it merged with the Institution...

The Hartley Colliery disaster (also known as the Hartley Pit disaster or Hester Pit disaster) was a coal mining accident in Northumberland, England, that...

two explosions at the West Stanley colliery (variously known as West Stanley pit or Burns pit). West Stanley colliery was a coal mine near Stanley. It opened...

Billboard. 14 December 1996. "Brassed Off is coming to the Royal Albert Hall with a live score by the actual Grimethorpe Colliery Band". www.digitalspy.com...

Brasswire Company of Staffordshire. By 1806 his second son, John Henry Vivian, was made manager at Penclawdd. In 1808–1810, land at Hafod was leased from...

behind brass bands, in processions dubbed "loyalty parades". Scargill led a procession accompanied by a Scots piper, back to work at Barrow Colliery in Worsborough...

TV Series) as father of Melody / Harmony Parker Brassed Off (1996) as McKenzie, the colliery manager The Missing Postman (BBC Television Film in two parts;...

the colliery site is the Power House, brought to the museum from Houghton Colliery. These were used to store explosives. Alongside the colliery is the...

the powerhouse ended up at the Hebburn No.2 Colliery, in the South Maitland Coalfields. Hebburn Collieries also bought the two motor-generator sets. The...

wrote and directed the critically acclaimed Brassed Off (1996), following the members of a colliery brass band, still struggling to survive a decade after...

workers who moved into the area on the sinking of the Yorkshire Main Colliery. The colliery was created by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company, which bought...

William John Harris, Mechanic, Philip & Son Ltd. Harry Harrison, Senior Foreman, McMichael Radio Ltd. John Harrison, Pump Attendant, Dumbreck Colliery. Samuel...

Museum manuscripts no. 33635-33728 & EG 3099F-3123F. John Murray. Cornwell, John (2005). Collieries of Somerset and Bristol. Landmark Publishing Ltd....

was in 1289. Coal was mined in Poynton from the 16th century and the collieries, under the ownership of the Lords Vernon from 1832 until their closure...

Armthorpe in Doncaster (then in the West Riding of Yorkshire) to work in a colliery, where he married Doris and they had three children: Mary, who was two...

William Lane, Coal Miner, Brodsworth Main Colliery. Victor Ernest Lane, Inspector (Engineering), Telephone Manager's Office, Nottingham. Robert Langton, Lamptrimmer...