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- ↑ Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions Vol. 2, p.198
- ↑ Robert Page Arnot, The Miners: 1889-1910, p.373
- ↑ Duncan Tanner, Political Change and the Labour Party 1900-1918, p.202
- ↑ "West Cumberland Miners' Association: Grand Picnic And Demonstration At Maryport, Yesterday", Whitehaven News, 3 July 1873
- ↑ Annual Conference 1972, National Union of Mineworkers, p.64
- ↑ Martin Adeney and John Lloyd, The Miner's Strike 1984-85, p.268