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National Coal Board, United Kingdom

image located by Esteban Rivera, 3 November 2023

Details of the flag

Detail of the Flag

The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (July 12, 1946), it took over the United Kingdom's collieries on "vesting day", January 1, 1947. In 1987, the NCB was renamed the British Coal Corporation, and its assets were subsequently privatised. The new organisation had responsibility for all aspects of mining including health, welfare and safety.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Coal_Board and
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The flag is a blue horizontal background with the initials NCB in yellow capitals.

Source image:
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Picture caption reads: "Manny Shinwell (1884 - 1986), the Minister of Fuel and Power, hands over a bound copy of the coal industry Nationalisation Act to Lord Hyndley (1883 - 1963), chairman of the National Coal Board, at the Ministry of Fuel and Power in London, 1st January 1947. From left to right, Sir Arthur Street, Lord Hyndley, Shinwell, and Prime Minister Clement Attlee (1883 - 1967). The flag of the newly-formed National Coal Board is visible in the background. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
Esteban Rivera, 3 November 2023