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In 1915 the colliery was sold to the Highley Mining Company. Mining was nationalised during the First World War and while under government control, wages, hours and safety improved. By 1921 around 250 were employed at Billingsley. Prime Minister David Lloyd George’s decision to return the mines to their original owners in 1921, with the likely reversal of these benefits, brought about a miners’ strike. During that strike, Billingsley Colliery closed.
==See also==
[[Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings signal box]]
==Links==
Billingsley Colliery on [http://shropshirehistory.com/mining/mines/billingsley.htm ShropshireMines.org.uk]<br>
Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST Kinlet on [http://www.uklocos.com/final-results.asp?action=display&Id=5428 UKLocos.com]<br>
The 1921 general strike on [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/alevelstudies/strike-buildup.htm NationalArchives.gov.uk]<br> ==See also==[[Kinlet http://www.highley.org.uk/page31.html "Mines and Billingsley Sidings signal box]miners" on www.highley.org.uk]
