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Wigan Archives Service 'Counting the Cost' Project Funded by the Wellcome Trust Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Permanent Reli Wigan Archives Service 'Counting the Cost' Project Funded by the Wellcome Trust Lancashire and Cheshire Miners’ Permanent Relief Society Identity statement Country code/repository code/reference code: GB 132 D/DS/22 Title: The Lancashire and Cheshire Miners’ Permanent Relief Society Dates of creation: 1872-2006 Level of description: fonds, sub-fonds, series, sub-series, file and item level Medium: textual material Context Name of Creator: The Lancashire and Cheshire Miners’ Permanent Relief Society (LCMPRS) Administrative history: The Lancashire and Cheshire Miners’ Permanent Relief Society was set up in 1872 to provide financial relief to miners. In return for a weekly subscription, relief was paid to miners who were unable to work as a consequence of an injury sustained in a mining accident and to the widows, children and dependent relatives of miners who were killed. In 1920 the Society began making payments to miners who were unable to work due to industrial diseases and to musculoskeletal disorders caused by their work. In 1934 cover was extended to accidents outside of the workplace. In 1939 the Society also began making payments to miners suffering from lung diseases such as silicosis and pneumoconiosis. As well as financial relief, the Society paid for medical treatment and surgical appliances, such as artificial limbs. Membership was open to men, women and children. The Society was governed by a board of trustees and managed by a board of management and appointed officials, including a general secretary. Although moving across a number of sites, the office of the Society was always based in Wigan. The Society assisted with the administration of the payment of relief to the families of the victims of the Maypole Colliery Explosion, 1908 and the Hulton Colliery (Pretoria) Explosion, 1910 made from the Mayor of Wigan and Mayor of Bolton funds respectively. As a consequence of the decline of the coal industry in Lancashire, Society membership fell. In 2006 the assets, liabilities and engagements of the Society were transferred to the Druids Sheffield Friendly Society. In 2015 the Druids Sheffield transferred their engagements to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity Friendly Society, a part of the Oddfellows Group. Archival history: The records of the Society were deposited with Wigan Archives Service over a number of years. The last deposit was made in 2006 Accruals: No further accruals are expected Content and Structure Scope and content: minutes of annual and special general meetings, 1873-2006; minutes of committee meetings, 1872-2006; registers and index cards of relief payments, 1882-1896; reports of examining surgeons 1949-1963; registers of statistics 1934-1993; Maypole Colliery Disaster case files, 1908- 1968; Hulton Colliery (Pretoria) Disaster case files, 1910-1973; local agency quarterly returns, 1920-1970; appointment of trustees and officials 1873- 2003; finance and actuarial records 1878-1960; premises and property papers 1901-1958; correspondence, 1936-1979 Wigan Archives Service 'Counting the Cost' Project Funded by the Wellcome Trust Wigan Archives Service 'Counting the Cost' Project Funded by the Wellcome Trust System of arrangement: the collection has been arranged according to the organisational structure and functionality of the Society. Conditions of access and use Conditions governing access: access to almost the entire collection is open; some recent small claims files are closed under data protection Language: English Finding aids: transcriptions of the relief payment registers and index cards are available in datasets from Wigan Archives Service Archivist’s note: collection arranged and described by Stephen Knott as part of the ‘Counting the Cost Project’ and funded by the Wellcome Trust Date of description: 2016-2017 Catalogue Reference TITLE Start Date End Date Covering Dates Extent Description Level Number D/DS/22 THE LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE MINERS' PERMANENT RELIEF SOCIETY fonds D/DS/22/1 SOCIETY GOVERNANCE sub- fonds D/DS/22/1/1 Rules of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Permanent Relief Society series D/DS/22/1/1/1 Rules of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Permanent Relief Society 1884 1884 n.d. [1884] 1 item Rules of the Society item D/DS/22/1/12 Rules of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Permanent Relief Society 1890 1890 1890 1 item Rules of the Society, including amendments item D/DS/22/1/1/3 Rules of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Permanent Relief Society 1910 1910 1910 1 item Rules of the Society, including amendments item D/DS/22/1/2 Reports of Proceedings at Annual Meetings series D/DS/22/1/2/1 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 7 March 1874 1873 1874 1873-1874 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1873 D/DS/22/1/2/2 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 6 March 1875 1874 1875 1874-1875 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1874 D/DS/22/1/2/3 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 4 March 1876 1875 1876 1875-1876 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1875 D/DS/22/1/2/4 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 3 March 1877 1876 1877 1876-1877 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1876 Wigan Archives Service 'Counting the Cost' Project Funded by the Wellcome Trust Wigan Archives Service 'Counting the Cost' Project Funded by the Wellcome Trust D/DS/22/1/2/5 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 2 March 1878 1877 1878 1877-1878 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1877 D/DS/22/1/2/6 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 1 March 1879 and adjourned 1878 1879 1878-1879 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report and item and special meetings held 26 Apr and 24 May 1879 supplementary report of the board of management, a report by Francis Neilson FSS, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1878 D/DS/22/1/2/7 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 6 March 1880 1879 1880 1879-1880 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1879 D/DS/22/1/2/8 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 30 April 1881 1880 1881 1880-1881 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1880 D/DS/22/1/2/9 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 18 March 1882 1881 1882 1881-1882 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1881 D/DS/22/1/2/10 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 17 March 1883 1882 1883 1882-1883 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society, a report by Francis Neison FSS and a statement of account to 31 December 1882 D/DS/22/1/2/11 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 15 March 1884 1883 1884 1883-1884 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1883 D/DS/22/1/2/12 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 21 March 1885 1884 1885 1884-1885 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1884 D/DS/22/1/2/13 Report of Proceedings at the Annual Meeting 20 March 1886 1885 1886 1885-1886 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual meeting, with a report of item the board of management, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of account to 31 December 1885 D/DS/22/1/2/14 Report of Proceedings at the General Annual Meeting 25 March 1893 1892 1893 1892-1893 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual general meeting, with a item report of the board of management for the year 1893, a list of the honorary members and local agencies connected with the Society and a statement of accounts to 31 December 1892 D/DS/22/1/2/15 Report of Proceedings at the General Annual Meeting 31 March 1894 1893 1894 1893-1894 1 item Report of the proceedings of the annual
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