The Handsworth Herald and the Hamstead Colliery Disaster

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Date:14th of March 1908

Description:The Handworth Herald followed the events at Hamstead Colliery. George Henry Osborne of Perry Barr collated several volumes of newscuttings from this paper and they can be seen in the Local Studies Department of Birmingham Central Library. They are a useful reference source for Victorian Handsworth in general.

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Work & Industry Perry Barr Newspapers Handsworth Hamstead 1801 - 1900 (19th Century)

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Donor ref:LSH/ Handsworth Herald March 1908 (21/3897)

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