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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 > > If you need to leave the list, send the following message to [log in to unmask] - leave mining-history ---------