Catalogue Number
NMLH.1990.25.10
Object Name
Banner
Title
'Tyldesley Miners Association Estd. 1862. Unity is Strength.'
Place
Tyldesley, Lancashire, UK
People
Tyldesley Miners Association, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM)
Date
circa 1910
Description
A red banner with blue and gold patterning surrounding the central image. The pattern colours are inverted on the reverse.
Front: Four circular portraits of white men in black suits, interspersed with the floral symbols of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
Reverse: A round picture of the Tyldesley Miners Hall - a large red brick building on a cobbled street, with a man in front of it looking up at the building. The caption says it has been built from 'efforts of Tyldesley miners'.
Established in 1862, the Tyldesley Minersâ Association represented coal miners in parts of Lancashire after a split from the Wigan Miners' Association. In its formative years the association was led by Robert Isherwood, the son of a handloom weaver who had started work in the pit aged nine.
In 1887, the union established branches at each pit in its area and later became an integral part of the Lancashire division of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).
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