Miners Rally (1960)

Item title reads - Miners rally. Miners Union and annual gala. Clifton Park, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. L/S procession of miners from 107 Yorkshire pits making its way towards Clifton Park. M/S patients from hospital watching at the side. M/S as one pit’s banner is pushed along with children riding under it. M/S nurses watching. M/S people marching with fezzes on their heads. M/S as band plays. M/S of another banner. L/S pan across people gathered in Clifton Park to hear speeches by Harold Wilson, Shadow Chancellor, and Will Paynter, Secretary of the National Union of Miners. M/S Wilson speaking. L/S crowd. M/S Paynter speaking. M/S children’s fancy dress competition. L/S boxing match in progress in ring set up in the park. L/S contestants lined up for the Coal Queen Beauty Contest. L/S crowd looking on. M/S Miss Dorothy Harston from Barnsley parading before the judges. M/S Miss Una Doreen Hall parading. M/S crowd. L/S as the winner, Miss Agnes Fuller representing Beighton colliery, is pr