HC Deb 31 July 1952 vol 504 c157W
20. Mr. Hale

asked the Minister of Labour where vacancies are available for coal miners in the Oldham area.

Mr. Watkinson

There are at present no vacancies at the collieries in the Oldham area, but men who apply and are accepted for coalmining are trained at the Oak Victoria Colliery in the Fails-worth district and are then offered employment in collieries near Pendlebury, and Walkden.