For as long as anyone can remember, coal has been the lifeblood of the communities of County Durham. In its heyday, in 1913, the region boasted 304 pits employing 165,246 people. Coalmining in Durham was recorded as early as the 12th century and medieval collieries flourished along the Wear Valley. A dramatic increase in coal production following the Industrial Revolution saw the county become one of the country’s major sources of fuel, as it remained well into the 20th century. The anonymous individuals, and their families, behind the story of coalmining in the area are the subject of this book, which is both an authoritative history and a fascinating portrayal of Durham life. A wide range of material is covered, from clear, illustrated explanations of the technicalities and terminology of coal extraction and coke-making, to the story of the Durham Miners’ Association and its struggle for improvements in living and working conditions. The hardships and dangers of the miner’s life are recalled in the pictures of the great pit disasters and the words of the survivors and rescuers, but the comradeship and community are never lost sight of and come into their own in the accounts of pit village life and of the famous Durham Miners’ Gala

The coalminers of Durham

Business & Money

Norman Emery

Economics

A. Sutton

Life in a Railway Factory

Life in a railway factory

Williams, Alfred

The Fighting Wessex Wyverns: From Normandy to Bremerhaven with the 43rd Wessex Division

PATRICK DELAFORCE

Time and the Priestleys: The story of a friendship

Collins, Diana

The life of St. Edmund

Paris, Matthew

A parson in the Vale of White Horse: George Woodward's letters from East Hendred, 1753-1761

Woodward, George

Sussex--environment, landscape, and society

History

Unknown, Author

Europe

The Journeys of Sir Richard Colt Hoare

Hoare, Richard Colt

The diary of a Victorian squire: Extracts from the diaries and letters of Dearman & Emily Birchall

Birchall, Dearman

The Cantiaci

The Cantiaci (Peoples of Roman Britain)

Detsicas, Alec

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