The latest Northern Mines volume is now available from myself - please e.mail me offline (my website is still not updated and details will not appear at the moment) )
British Mining No.74
Keighley Coal M.C. Gill
Although the Keighley area is famed for its textile and engineering industries, few people know of the many small coal pits which were an important part of the local economy before the coming of the canal and the railway. These were worked for at least five centuries with the last one closing in 1932. One person who was aware of them was Paul Davison whose keen interest in local geology led him to study the industry and its history in the Aire Valley and its tributaries between Bingley and Skipton. He made copious notes, but his untimely death prevented him preparing them for publication. Fortunately, however, these notes were deposited at Cliffe Castle Museum, where Mike Gill was able to combine them with his own work to produce the current volume British Mining 74: Keighley Coal. A useful index of personal names has been included.
A5, 105 pp, 21 figs, 10 plates. ISBN 0 901450 57 X
£8.50 + £1.00 p&p.
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Mike
www.moorebooks.co,uk
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