Post by dazbt on Aug 27, 2008 10:13:50 GMT -5
The Collieries and Coalminers of Staffordshire
by Richard Stone.
should be £15.99 now £6.99 plus P&P special offer from Post Script books, online;
www.psbooks.co.uk
Post Script are a mail order company that deal in "quality books at low prices", they publish and mail a monthly catalogue which always has something of interest to anyone interested in coal and related industries at much reduced prices.
Description of book;
"From the Industrial Revolution to the closure of Silverdale, the last deep pit, in 1998, this illustrated account describes Staffordshire's mining industry and its contribution to the county's history. Richard Stone draws on original sources and personal anecdotes to tell a story of enterprise and innovation, hardship, communal achievement and comradeship. A tribute to generations of pitmen, the book recalls a vanished way of life and concludes with the reminder that beneath Staffordshire today, millions of tons of coal reseves remain untouched."
by Richard Stone.
should be £15.99 now £6.99 plus P&P special offer from Post Script books, online;
www.psbooks.co.uk
Post Script are a mail order company that deal in "quality books at low prices", they publish and mail a monthly catalogue which always has something of interest to anyone interested in coal and related industries at much reduced prices.
Description of book;
"From the Industrial Revolution to the closure of Silverdale, the last deep pit, in 1998, this illustrated account describes Staffordshire's mining industry and its contribution to the county's history. Richard Stone draws on original sources and personal anecdotes to tell a story of enterprise and innovation, hardship, communal achievement and comradeship. A tribute to generations of pitmen, the book recalls a vanished way of life and concludes with the reminder that beneath Staffordshire today, millions of tons of coal reseves remain untouched."