Special Exhibition - Memories of Coal Queens
17/05/2010 to 26/09/2010 Coal Queen competitions started as small local colliery contests but developed into a national event. Between 1969 and 1983 the National Coal Board ran the Coal Queen of Britain competition, sponsored by Coal News, where regional winners competed for the national title. Winners of the national competition won a range of prizes from holidays to clothes and money and also went on to represent the National Coal Board at a variety of events during their reign.

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