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Thank you On 10/11/2019 13:48, Mike Moore wrote: > 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 < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> >> If you need to leave the list, send the following message to >> [log in to unmask] - >> >> leave mining-history >> --------- >> > If you need to leave the list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] - leave mining-history ---------