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The success of the Durham Coalfield and its important role in the Industrial Revolution is attributed to men of influence who owned the land and the pits, and m
Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 20th Century
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Life in the early twentieth-century coalmining communities changed very little for the women who dedicated their lives to their miner husbands. The women's work
Coalminers of Durham
Language: en
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Authors: Norman Emery
Categories: Coal miners
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The real story of Durham's bygone mining age
The Last Women of the Durham Coalfield
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'As this book shows, the women of the Durham coalfield played an equal role in shaping daily life and trajectories of history in the region, just as women today
Durham Mining Disasters, c. 1700–1950s
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It is now over half a century since the last coalmining disaster to affect the lives and families of people living and working on what became known as the Great