Description:Mr Tom Smith, M.P., formally opening the gate at the head of the Kemball Pit off Grove Road, Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent as an underground training centre for young miners. Also in the group are Sir Francis Joseph, Bart. (left), Alderman A.C. Harvey (centre), Mr J.E. Brown and Mr Tom Yates.
Kemball was owned by the Stafford Coal and Iron Company and mined coal and ironstone. It operated as a training pit for "Bevan Boys" in the 1940s and later, after closure in 1963, as a surface training centre. Training finished in 1989. The land was cleared as part of the A50 road development and the colliery site is now a hotel.