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Coalmining, Rothbury & Miners - Frank Manning - 28 August 1988
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SummaryInterview by Lucyna Manning in 1988 with Frank Manning about coal mining in the Hunter Region, Rothbury riot and the Miners' Federation.
Frank was born in 1902 in Ireland, and settled in the mining community of Weston, NSW in 1912. He attended Abermain Convent School and left school at 14 to become a "pit top boy" at Hebburn No. 1 Colliery, working there until 1958 when operations closed.
Frank remembers the Rothbury riot of 1929, the protests and picket lines, he recalls the violence that erupted and the day that Norman Brown was shot and killed by police.
In the early 1940s be became President of the Hebburn No.1. Lodge, a position he held for 14 years, later he obtained a position as a Waterfront Watchman and was eventually made a Delegate of the Waterfront Watchman's Union, a role he continued in this capacity until retiring in 1986 at the age of 82.
SubjectManning, FrankCoal miningWaterfront Watchman's UnionHebburn No. 1 CollieryWeston (N.S.W)Miner's FederationRothbury RiotPersonManning, LucynaManning, FrankInterview logA7462 (xiii)_ManningDate Created28th August 1988Location[1] Weston, NSWIdentifierA7462 (xiii)_Manning
Frank was born in 1902 in Ireland, and settled in the mining community of Weston, NSW in 1912. He attended Abermain Convent School and left school at 14 to become a "pit top boy" at Hebburn No. 1 Colliery, working there until 1958 when operations closed.
Frank remembers the Rothbury riot of 1929, the protests and picket lines, he recalls the violence that erupted and the day that Norman Brown was shot and killed by police.
In the early 1940s be became President of the Hebburn No.1. Lodge, a position he held for 14 years, later he obtained a position as a Waterfront Watchman and was eventually made a Delegate of the Waterfront Watchman's Union, a role he continued in this capacity until retiring in 1986 at the age of 82.
SubjectManning, FrankCoal miningWaterfront Watchman's UnionHebburn No. 1 CollieryWeston (N.S.W)Miner's FederationRothbury RiotPersonManning, LucynaManning, FrankInterview logA7462 (xiii)_ManningDate Created28th August 1988Location[1] Weston, NSWIdentifierA7462 (xiii)_Manningloading google map....
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