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Coal Mines Regulation Act 1872: hours worked by boys, women and girls: meal times.
Catalogue reference: POWE 20/1
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This record is about the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1872: hours worked by boys, women and girls: meal times. dating from 1883-1952 in the series Home Office, Industrial and Parliamentary Department, and Successors: Coal Division:.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1883-1952
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Coal Mines Regulation Act 1872: hours worked by boys, women and girls: meal times.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- L1744/106/1-2
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POWE 20
Home Office, Industrial and Parliamentary Department, and Successors: Coal Division:...
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