Keith
I've not seen your pamphlet but please tell me more about it (off-list). I
am interested in the Nailsea collieries.
Michael Messenger
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At 05:40 28/03/03 +0000, you wrote:
>If any of you have seen a copy of my pamphlet, you'll have noticed that
>there are a number of errors. In particular, the captions to the
>illustrations have been missed out; these should be:-
>
>page 2: "The coalfield on the eve of nationalisation" ("Bristol and Somerset
>Coalfield Regional Survey Report")
>
>page 6: "The guss and crook" (Report of the Children's Employment
>Commission)
>
>page 13: "A section through the New Golden Valley pit at Bitton" (John
>Anstie, "The Coal Fields of Gloucestershire and Somersetshire, and their
>Resources")
>
>Apparently, it wasn't possible to make the illustrations and graphs any
>larger, and Table 2, showing manpower and output was also a casualty.
>
>Table 2; Output and manpower of the Bristol district at five-yearly
>intervals
>
>Year Output (tons) Workers
>1860 542,000 not available
>1865 not available not available
>1870 532,235 not available
>1875 571,050 3,457
>1880 475,807 2,960
>1885 505,450 3,050
>1890 503,201 2,679
>1895 337,423 2,002
>1900 447,003 2,039
>1905 not available not available
>1910 not available not available
>1915 384,000 1,967
>1920 337,556 2,607
>1925 256,404 1,523
>1930 202,155 988
>1935 165,391 864
>1940 61,700 293
>1945 50,000 300
>1950 0 0
>1955 13,613 not available
>1960 76,711 not available
>
>Finally, on page 10, the left-hand axis of the graph should be labelled
>"Local output (tons)"
>
>If anyone has spotted any other errors, please let me know.
>
>Keith Ramsey
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