DocArchive (1978): Ashington Miners Radio Ballad on English Miners - a podcast by RTÉ Documentary on One

Life in darkness, miners speak of life below ground dealing with explosives, accidents on the job, workplace strikes and real fact of those who die in the mines. The lack of death inquest and frustration with management. The Ashington Colliery mine created many jobs as well as stories and folk songs, which we hear in this documentary. (1978)

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