ROYAL COUPLE
GO DOWN MINE GATESHEAD, Durham, July 30. Tho Duke and Duchess of York trudged to-day (500 ft. below the surface of the earth in a visit to a coal scam in the Kibbelworth Colliery near here. , The heir-presumptive to the Throne and his wife carried a regulation miner's lamp and pick on their expedition, made at the request of tho Duehe&s. The Royal couple., who were staying at Lumley Castle, were at the colliery to lay a foundation stor.e. The Duchess of York said after ilia ceremony she would like to work the cage and go below. Amid the cheers of the miners, tho couple struggled into protect! o clothes, descended the pit, arid tiv.:. <- ed to the coa! face. They pis;, cd bowls with some of the minors alter .i-iurning to the surface.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19127, 23 September 1936, Page 14
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136ROYAL COUPLE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19127, 23 September 1936, Page 14
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