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1928 Christmas hampers being given to miners and their families in Barnsley, Yorkshire
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0:54Now PlayingDate: 1st January 1928
Location: United Kingdom, Unknown location
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: At Barnsley, Mr Herbert Smith, the Miner's President, helps to unload hampers for miners and their families.
ENGLAND: Yorkshire: Barnsley:
Trains pulling in / Unloading of goods from train onto trucks, Herbert Smith the Miner's President helping out / Queues of miners and familie, men in flat caps, women in cloche htats / Women and men collecting hampers / Minor opens hamper and gives contents, tins of food, to children and wife on doorstep
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