Ian
Its available from myself www.moorebooks.co.uk and no doubt other
booksellers
Mike
On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 at 13:43, Ian Graham <
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> Where is this one available from, please ?
>
> Ian G.
>
> On 10/11/2019 12:58, Mike Moore wrote:
> > Steve Grudgings , Hb, 250 x 250 , 238pp £25
> >
> > From the author: I count myself extremely fortunate not only to have
> > witnessed and photographed the last few years of coal mining in South
> Wales
> > but also to work with a publisher with the expertise and empathy to
> > transform my raw material into what we both hope is a quality product.
> The
> > process of producing this book has been a most enjoyable exercise,
> allowing
> > me to indulge my memories and recollections of many visits to South
> Wales.
> > These visits continue and there are a few of us who continue to seek out
> > the increasingly derelict and overgrown remains of this once dominant
> > industry. If you had not experienced it first hand, it’s difficult to
> > understand how much influence the coal industry had on the welsh valleys
> in
> > visual, economic, social and environmental terms. The coal industry in
> > general and in South Wales in particular was both dependent upon and the
> > instigator of a series of linked communities. The obvious communities
> were
> > the physical ones of housing, shops, clubs and pubs around the pits, less
> > obvious were the economic ones linking suppliers and customers of the
> > industry. The miners themselves were another and it would seem that the
> > dangers, risks and sheer hard work entailed in mining coal prompted
> levels
> > of care and dependency for workmates unequalled in other working
> > communities .With few exceptions, most ex miners will tell you that this
> > what they miss most in other workplaces. Like its predecessor, the
> emphasis
> > of this second volume is on the images and is very much a personal
> > perspective rather than an inventory or gazetteer of pits. Whilst most
> > images were taken by myself, my friend Tim Rendall contributed some from
> > his visits to sites I missed. The initial inspiration of us coming from
> > fellow Bristolian John Cornwell’s photographic first publications on
> Welsh
> > Pits back in the 1980s. Recognising that none of his colour work has been
> > published, we have, with the cooperation and permission of Ceri Thompson
> > and colleagues at the Welsh National Coal Museum, been able to use some
> > John Cornwell’s work to fill gaps in my visits and also hopefully to draw
> > attention to the quality of his work. We hope you enjoy this photographic
> > expedition from Aberdare westwards to Pembrokeshire
> >
> > Key Features:
> > A unique pictorial record of the fast few years of coal mining in the
> > western valleys of South Wales with over 250 images of large and small
> > collieries across the district..
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
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