Coal and Community Project
On Behalf of the People:
Work, Community and Class in the British Coal Industry 1947-1994
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University of Wolverhampton
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Northumbria University Newcastle
www.coalandcommunity.org.uk/Coal and Community Project
Professor Keith Gildart (principal investigator), Professor Andy Perchard (co-investigator), Dr. Ben Curtis and Dr Grace Millar (postdoctoral research fellows), have undertaken extensive archival research and undertaken over 100 oral history interviews. Through a study of eight collieries located in England, Scotland, and Wales, the project explores the rich and complex history of coal, mining communities, the lives of those who worked in the industry and their families.
The ‘On Behalf of the People’ project used eight case-study pits to explore the industry and communities around it:
Annesley/Bentinck Colliery (Nottinghamshire, England, 1865–2000),
Barony Colliery (Ayrshire, Scotland, 1910–1989),
Bickershaw Colliery (Lancashire, England, 1830–1992),
Easington Colliery (Durham, England, 1899–1993),
Markham Colliery (Derbyshire, England, 1882–1993),
Point of Ayr Colliery (Flintshire, Wales, 1890–1996),
Prince of Wales Colliery (Yorkshire, England, 1860–2002), and
Tower Colliery (Cynon Valley, Wales, 1864–2008).
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