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Peter Burgess Joined: 01/07/2008 Location: Merstham. Or is it Godstone ...... ? View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 28/01/2020 20:23:54 Reply \| Quote Currently in my care is a book in rather poor condition. I have little idea how well known it is and wondered if it is of any great historic value (not monetary). It has a rather fine selection of photos of numerous pit sites, and glowing testimonials of the various coal companies. Any more info would be welcome. (click image to open full size image in new window) IP: 91.125.14.166
Peter Burgess Joined: 01/07/2008 Location: Merstham. Or is it Godstone ...... ? View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 28/01/2020 23:17:29 Reply \| Quote It was most likely published in 1921. IP: 91.125.14.166
Moorebooks Joined: 28/11/2007 Location: Newport, Shropshire View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 10:28:37 Reply \| Quote Peter, I have done some some searches looking for that book and there are non. I would suggest its probably rare. With a date of 1921 almost 100 years old the photos contained within are going to be a fabulous record. Value wouldn't like to guess . Its something that should maybe be in a library reference if that's what you want to do with it. First stop would be Big Pit? Mike Mike IP: 77.96.189.154
allanr Joined: 19/01/2010 Location: Longridge View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 10:46:35 Reply \| Quote Hi Peter I also have done a number of searches and come up blank. Do we have any other info, publisher. etc? Are the photos from one particular area, or are they of the S. Wales coalfield generally? I suspect it may be some sort of local publication for local consumption, as such will be very scarce possibly even rare as Mike says. IP: 79.64.87.230
Ty Gwyn Joined: 30/10/2009 Location: Lampeter View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 11:17:09 Reply \| Quote Without the info Alan above mentioned it could possibly be a company advertisement for their products,i saw one recently on one of the Mining sites regarding Ystrad Owen Colliery advertising their Pumpquart coal. IP: 91.85.182.125
Peter Burgess Joined: 01/07/2008 Location: Merstham. Or is it Godstone ...... ? View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 12:35:32 Reply \| Quote The general tone of the text suggests it is a regional mine owners' "propaganda" to counter the post WW1 narrative of nationalisation. The book turned up in our club cottage a while back and I took it home to remove it from abuse and damp, thinking to scan the photos but never got round to it. It is full of lists of directors, managers, owners etc with good descriptions of the mines and infrastructure. IP: 85.115.54.201 Edited: 29/01/2020 12:54:58 by Peter Burgess
Jimbo Joined: 30/03/2007 Location: Ooop North View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 17:28:27 Reply \| Quote Scan it and add it to the AN database, probably long out of copyright by now. IP: 178.102.168.113 Edited: 29/01/2020 17:29:00 by Jimbo
Peter Burgess Joined: 01/07/2008 Location: Merstham. Or is it Godstone ...... ? View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 17:38:06 Reply \| Quote OK good idea - it's at least foolscap page size! I may have to take photos instead. IP: 91.125.14.166
Peter Burgess Joined: 01/07/2008 Location: Merstham. Or is it Godstone ...... ? View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 18:06:33 Reply \| Quote Two sample pages (obviously I will do the photos properly ): (click image to open full size image in new window) (click image to open full size image in new window) IP: 91.125.14.166 Edited: 29/01/2020 18:07:52 by Peter Burgess
Peter Burgess Joined: 01/07/2008 Location: Merstham. Or is it Godstone ...... ? View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 18:20:59 Reply \| Quote Any doubts about the purpose of the book might be dispelled by reading the last bit of the introductory chapter. (click image to open full size image in new window) IP: 91.125.14.166
Jim MacPherson Joined: 02/09/2015 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 18:44:58 Reply \| Quote Fascinating reading, may well be a bit one-sided but if there are no known other copies it deserves to be preserved in an archive in Wales, Big Pit, Aberystwyth library or whatever is most appropriate. Jim IP: 109.154.182.194
rufenig Joined: 18/03/2008 Location: Shropshire Hills View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 21:45:17 Reply \| Quote Jim MacPherson wrote: it deserves to be preserved in an archive in Wales, Big Pit, Aberystwyth library or whatever is most appropriate. Jim If a "Museum attraction" like Big Pit fails the collection can get lost. The archive at the The National Library of Wales will be safer. (Just My opinion.) IP: 217.46.128.18
skimble Joined: 23/06/2008 Location: Gwynedd View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 22:06:03 Reply \| Quote Could it be this book? https://discover.library.wales/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=44NLW_ALMA21847066280002419&context=L&vid=44WHELF_NLW_NUI&lang=en_US&search_scope=LSCOP_INLIBRARY&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=tab4&query=any,contains,the%20south%20wales%20coalfield IP: 82.71.4.122
Peter Burgess Joined: 01/07/2008 Location: Merstham. Or is it Godstone ...... ? View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/01/2020 23:48:59 Reply \| Quote Yes that is the one! IP: 91.125.14.166
ptpeaty Joined: 02/04/2008 Location: Swansea View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 01/02/2020 12:04:32 Reply \| Quote Nationalisation was post WW2 and not WW1. However, the south Wales coalfield was in trouble after WW1 due to the loss of European customers who started getting their coal free from Germany as part of the Treaty of Versailles as war reparations. Several coal mines in Swansea area closed down as a result. Looks a fascinating book. IP: 86.139.115.35
Jim MacPherson Joined: 02/09/2015 View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 01/02/2020 12:33:03 Reply \| Quote ptpeaty wrote: Nationalisation was post WW2 and not WW1. However, the south Wales coalfield was in trouble after WW1 due to the loss of European customers who started getting their coal free from Germany as part of the Treaty of Versailles as war reparations. Several coal mines in Swansea area closed down as a result. Looks a fascinating book. Actually it was considered by the Sankey Commission in about 1920, generally they were in favour of it, hence the comments and tone in the book, but Government decided against. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/black-friday-1921 Plenty about it in the link above. Jim IP: 109.152.179.143
Peter Burgess Joined: 01/07/2008 Location: Merstham. Or is it Godstone ...... ? View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 01/02/2020 14:35:40 Reply \| Quote As it seems there is a copy safely preserved in a national collection I will see what I can do about adding some or maybe all of it here if admins are ok with it. I can only post a series of image files rather than a cohesive pdf IP: 82.132.215.90
Peter Burgess Joined: 01/07/2008 Location: Merstham. Or is it Godstone ...... ? View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/02/2020 21:40:24 Reply \| Quote I have added photos from the book into relevant mine photo galleries. However, there are quite a few mines in the book that I can't find galleries for. As I am not familiar with the South Wales collieries, I can't be sure whether the mine exists in AditNow under a different name, or part of another mine, or whether I should create new mine entries for them. IP: 91.125.14.182
Peter Burgess Joined: 01/07/2008 Location: Merstham. Or is it Godstone ...... ? View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 29/02/2020 21:55:17 Reply \| Quote Collieries that I have not posted up are: Bwllfa No.1 Pit Bwllfa No.3 Pit Coytrahen Park Colliery Crybbwr Fawr Collieries Cwmaman Colliery Dyllas Colliery Ocean Collieries Eastern Pit Ocean Collieries Western Pit Ely Pit Fforchwen Colliery Garth Colliery Llwynhelig Colliery Naval Colliery, Nantgwyn Pit Naval Colliery, Pandy Pit Oakwood Colliery Park Pit Ton Phillip Colliery Welsh Navigation Coedely Pits IP: 91.125.14.182
sinker Joined: 13/12/2010 Location: North Wales. View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message	South Wales Coalfield book query Posted: 01/03/2020 12:00:23 Reply \| Quote Thanks for uploading these; they're fascinating. -- Yma O Hyd.... ta-ta ty hâ... IP: 85.255.234.66

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