There has been a flurry of new titles over recent weeks and I will provide a few brief details - if you want more information contact me direct.
I attended the launch of the following title at Apedale Mining Museum / Visitor centre today. If you haven't been here it is wel worth a visit. The local volunteeers have created a superb exhibition and provide an underground experience in the former drift mine. The Museum can be found in the Apedale Valley Country Park off the A34 at Chesterton just beyond Newcastle under Lyme. For more information see their website www.apedale.heritage.cwc.net tel 01785 813417
Collieries in The North Staffordshire Coalfield; Paul Deakin, 158pp , HB, aproximately 200 photos of which over 1/3rd are in colour. There 30 pits featured in this book and that also includes a couple of opencast sites. Paul is a well known photographer in Caving and Mining circles he is very modest about his work but I believe he is second to none. He is a Chartered Surveyor a Chartered Mining Engineer and a fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. In this book he draws on a vast collection of historic black and white phtotographs supplemented by his own colour and black and white photos taken over the last 40 years. To see colour underground photos in a coal mines is very rare and they add a very specific drama to the aspect of the book. Perhaps the most startling fact with the exception of Apedale and remaining buildings at Chatterley Whitfield all of the these mines have closed and now are just green sites covered with industrial buildings, shops and Stoke City FC ground.
Price £19.95
Collieries and their Railways in the Manchester Coalfields, Geoffrey Hayes, 228pp HB price £19.95
South Wales Collieries Volume 5 ; Mardy Collieries, David Owen, 128pp, SB price £12.99
Mining In Cornwall, Volume 7, South Crofty Mine, East pool and Agar, 126pp SB price £12.99
The Great Laxey Mine, Andrew Scarffe, 236 pp hardback size approx A3 The definitive history of the Great Laxey Mine and the Laxey Wheel. Illustrated throughout with many colour photographs, drawings and maps. price £19.95 +£5.00 p&p
If you would like to purchase any of thes please contact me direct
Cheers
Mike
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