Oh good, so I was a bit right then.
The areas were names not numbers when I was there and there were 12 of then (1974 - 1982ish). The ones I remember were
Scotland (Lauriston Pl, Edinburgh HQ)
North East (Long Benton HQ?)
N Yorks
S Yorks (Doncaster HQ, may ultimately have become the NCB main HQ))
N Notts
S Notts
E Mids
W Mids
Wales (Cardiff HQ
Kent
My role was payroll for the 400 most senior staff in the industry and I think there were only 7 or 8 in each area - I remember Area Director, Dep Director (Mining), Dep Director(Admin), Senior Electrical Engineer, Senior Mechanical Engineer, maybe Staff Officer? The more senior were all cossetted and pampered, the AD and DDs had cars with chauffeurs, and often lived in Coal Board houses with gardeners etc, or were paid allowances for their own housing. Most people outside London got a fairly generous dollop of free coal - more than they could use I think.
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