Book Review,
A-Z of Collieries, Colin Jackson, p/b A4 66pp a very useful guide which
lists Colliery Names, and pre 1947 owners with dates also lists of
Collieries and names of Private Sector from British Coal, privately produced
single side printing (66 printed sides) and spiral bound. Includes Black
and White copied pictures of Brass Mining Pit Checks or Tallies as a sample
for various mining regions (13 pages 12 tallies to a page), there are also
10 A4 Photostat photos of Collieries from various regions including A / B
Winning (2), Alfreton Colliery (2), Bonds main, Brindsley, Halls -
Swadlincote, Holmewood, Morton, Parkhouse, Pilsley, Shirland, Southgate -
Clowne, Sutton, Tibshelf nr Newton. This is not the best produced
publication but as a source of information is well worth having £11.00.
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