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In Memory Of The Great Colliery Disaster At Pretoria Pit Atherton Near Bolton December 21st 1910
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Book Synopsis In Memory of the Great Colliery Disaster at Pretoria Pit, Atherton, Near Bolton, December 21st, 1910 by : W. G. Griggs
Download or read book In Memory of the Great Colliery Disaster at Pretoria Pit, Atherton, Near Bolton, December 21st, 1910 written by W. G. Griggs and published by . This book was released on 1911* with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis In Loving Memory of the Men and Boys who Lost Their Lives in the Pretoria Pit Explosion. Atherton, on December 21st, 1910 by :
Download or read book In Loving Memory of the Men and Boys who Lost Their Lives in the Pretoria Pit Explosion. Atherton, on December 21st, 1910 written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :David Holding (Historical researcher) Publisher :Independently Published ISBN 13 :9781076615145 Total Pages :0 pages Book Rating :4.6/5 (151 download)
Book Synopsis Bleak Christmas by : David Holding (Historical researcher)
Download or read book Bleak Christmas written by David Holding (Historical researcher) and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-06-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pretoria Pit Disaster This work charts the events of the Lancashire Pretoria Pit disaster in December 1910. It reflects on the devastation it left to many local communities whose main source of employment was coal. The main sources analysed are the Home Office Report on the disaster and the Report of the Inquest. The findings are presented in a format that will supplement existing material on the event. The book will also provide a reference source both for local historians and the general reader. Dr David Holding studied history at Manchester University before entering the teaching profession in the 1970s. He taught in both state and independent sectors. During this time, he continued historical research culminating in both a Master's degree and a Doctorate. Having previously studied law, David gained a Master of Law degree in Medical Law, which enabled him to transfer to teaching legal courses at university. Since retiring, David has concentrated his research and writing on various aspects of local history, legal trials, forensic science and medico-legal topics. Why This Title? "The title of the DVD was 'Black Christmas' but for the book, I've changed it to 'Bleak Christmas'. Bleak is better because it is usually a happy time... but it wasn't. You had coffins coming left right and centre-right over Christmas... so it was a bleak Christmas. And butchers were giving away food it was so bad. How do you celebrate where there are 344 men and boys killed?" The Author's Thoughts "There are some people who believe that disasters and other tragedies are too emotive and personal to be the subject of debate, scrutiny and analysis. And, as such, they are best consigned to history. I find it very difficult to share this belief. I firmly believe that it is only by revisiting past events that one is able to fully understand the lessons of history and move forward with confidence. We owe it to future generations to preserve the legacy that history offers us and to bear testimony to those who have gone before. It is to the memory of those men and youths who lost their lives in the Pretoria disaster that this film is dedicated." (David Holding, speaking as Historical Advisor in a Steve Looker/Reel Visions film.) How The Author's Research Began "My involvement with this particular event evolved from research I carried out into several past and more recent disasters and the government response to these as a legal project. Living within the area covered by the Wigan Coalfield, I was fortunate to have the benefit of many former miners and colliery managers who provided me with valuable information. In particular, I spoke at length to a former electrician who actually worked at the Pretoria Pit until its closure in 1934. Whilst there are numerous books, articles and press reports covering this subject, 'Bleak Christmas' provides an alternative approach to the topic. Having literally ploughed through the entire Inquest and Home Office Reports of the disaster, this encouraged me to produce this book in a format which whilst accurately reflecting the findings in these two substantial reports, it is also presented in a format that captures the event in a sequential manner. The reader is taken on a journey through the various stages of the event to capture the enormity of the disaster. The work culminates with an overview of the devastating social and economic input the disaster had on the local communities involved. My overall aim in this work has been to provide readers with a readable yet balanced appraisal of the disaster, with sufficient evidence for them to arrive at their own conclusions regarding the disaster. My work does not diminish or undermine the views held by residents of the communities involved, who have to live with the memory of this devastating tragedy."
Book Synopsis The Pretoria Pit Disaster by : Alan Davies
Download or read book The Pretoria Pit Disaster written by Alan Davies and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic and chilling story of Lancashire's worst coal mining accident, which was also the third worst mining disaster in British history.
Book Synopsis Lancashire Mining Disasters 1835-1910 by : Jack Nadin
Download or read book Lancashire Mining Disasters 1835-1910 written by Jack Nadin and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lancashire Mining Disasters chronicles the effects, death and grief of the local mining communities in Lancashire, through colliery accidents and explosions from the early 1830's through to 1910. It also recalls the great bravery of other miners, often from other pits in the recue attempts, who with no thought of their own safety went below ground to try and their fellow comrades. In doing so, they knew full well that they were risking their own lives, probably facing death. Such was the comradeship in coal mining communities. In no other industry would men grapple at rock and roof falls with bare hands, wade through flooded smoking underground galleries, or face further explosions and deadly suffocating gases in order to try and save their fellow colleagues. And while all this was ongoing, the pit banks filled with the old men, the grieving womenfolk and children, waiting for news of a loved one - a brother, a son, a husband from deep below in a silent hell. As each cage was raised to the pit bank, the crowd lunged forward hoping, perhaps beyond hope, that their loved one was safe. Little wonder there were no carols sung at Christmastide 1910, at Westhoughton and Atherton in South Lancashire for here, a few days before Christmas an explosion followed by a searing hot fiery blast tore through the workings of the Hulton Colliery Company's Pretoria Pit - and in doing so in just a few seconds took away the lives of over three hundred man and boys. This still holds the unwelcome record of the greatest single colliery explosion in English coalming history. It was coal the fulled the steam engines at mills, factories and foundriers which was to make Britain the greatest industrial nation in the world - but what a terrible price the miners paid in putting the 'Great' in Britain. This was the 'True Price of Coal'.
Book Synopsis Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester by : Terry Wyke
Download or read book Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester written by Terry Wyke and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester is a complete catalog and illustrated guide to all of Greater Manchester's public sculptures and monuments. Manchester historian Terry Wyke provides detailed individual entries for each sculpture featured, including information about the artist and the commissioning agent, date of installation, and the sculpture's historical and artistic significance. More than 350 black-and-white photographs reveal the diversity and beauty of Manchester's many public monuments. The eighth volume in Liverpool University Press's highly acclaimed and prize-winning Public Sculpture of Britain series, Public Sculpture of Greater Manchester will be an incomparable resource for both armchair and actual travelers, as well as for English historians and art scholars alike. "These are excellent volumes in an outstanding and continuing series, one of the most original and important such projects under way. They set an international standard for the recording and publication of public sculpture."—Judging panel, 2003 William MB Berger Prize for British Art History, on the Public Sculpture of Britain series
Book Synopsis Explosion at the No. 3 Bank Pit, Hulton Colliery. Reports on the Explosion which Occurred at the No. 3 Bank Pit, Hulton Colliery on the 21st December, 1910 by : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Download or read book Explosion at the No. 3 Bank Pit, Hulton Colliery. Reports on the Explosion which Occurred at the No. 3 Bank Pit, Hulton Colliery on the 21st December, 1910 written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reports on the Explosion which Occurred at the No. 3 Bank Pit, Hulton Colliery, on the 21st December, 1910, I.: Report of a Formal Investigation Under Section 45 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1887, Into the Causes and Circumstances of the Explosion. II.: Report on the Proceedings at the Inquest by : Großbritannien Home Office
Download or read book Reports on the Explosion which Occurred at the No. 3 Bank Pit, Hulton Colliery, on the 21st December, 1910, I.: Report of a Formal Investigation Under Section 45 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1887, Into the Causes and Circumstances of the Explosion. II.: Report on the Proceedings at the Inquest written by Großbritannien Home Office and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Reports on the Explosions which Occurred at the No. 3 Bank Pit, Hulton Colliery, on the 21st December, 1910 by : Great Britain. Mines Inspector's Office
Download or read book Reports on the Explosions which Occurred at the No. 3 Bank Pit, Hulton Colliery, on the 21st December, 1910 written by Great Britain. Mines Inspector's Office and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Foundries and Rolling Mills by : David Hall
Download or read book Foundries and Rolling Mills written by David Hall and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join engineer, steeplejack and beloved storyteller Fred Dibnah, as he takes you on a personal tour through industrial Britain. Bringing to life landmark events from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century in his typically engaging and anecdotal style, Fred introduces the great inventors from the age of steam, describes the day-to-day operation of railways, mills, forges and factories, and paints a vivid picture of what life was like for the mill-hands, colliers and engineers who laboured in industrial Britain - the workshop of the world. With a comprehensive gazetteer, which lists details of over 230 places of industrial interest - from steam railways and ships, to windmills and watermills - Foundries and Rolling Mills is a glorious portrait of Britain at the height of its industrial power, from one of our most revered figures.
Book Synopsis Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 by : Great Britain
Download or read book Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 written by Great Britain and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book 8000 Years of Wisdom written by Mike Cast and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What words of wisdom gained from your own life experience would you pass on to future generations? That was the question put to 100 octogenarians from all over the world, some famous, others ordinary… all extraordinary. The answers of a generation who grew up between two World Wars form a documentary of wise words and fascinating first-hand social history of life before the invention of mass-production cars and planes and a time prior to the birth of the National Health Service. Real-life stories include: the husband who was captured by the Gestapo on his wedding night the alcoholic who became a philosopher the founder of Iyengar yoga the man who created Paddington Bear a member of the Dambusters’ raid survivors of Auschwitz, Nazi labour camps, Japanese death marches and the blitz the lady who listened in on Winston Churchill's war-time telephone conversations Part of the proceeds will be donated to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, to support the Chelsea Pensioners.
Book Synopsis Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain by : Thora Hands
Download or read book Drinking in Victorian and Edwardian Britain written by Thora Hands and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book surveys drinking in Britain between the Licensing Act of 1869 and the wartime regulations imposed on alcohol production and consumption after 1914. This was a period marked by the expansion of the drink industry and by increasingly restrictive licensing laws. Politics and commerce co-existed with moral and medical concerns about drunkenness and combined, these factors pushed alcohol consumers into the public spotlight. Through an analysis of public and private records, medical texts and sociological studies, the book investigates the reasons why Victorians and Edwardians consumed alcohol in the ways that they did and explores the ideas about alcohol that circulated in the period. This book shows that they had many reasons for purchasing and consuming alcoholic substances and these were driven by broader social, cultural, medical and commercial factors. Although drunkenness may have been the most visible consequence of alcohol consumption, it was not the only type of drinking behaviour. Alcohol played an important social role in the everyday lives of Victorians and Edwardians where its consumption held many different meanings.
Book Synopsis A History of the Frozen Meat Trade, an Account of the Development and Present Day Methods of Preparation, Transportation, and Marketing of Frozen and Chilled Meats by : James Troubridge Critchell
Download or read book A History of the Frozen Meat Trade, an Account of the Development and Present Day Methods of Preparation, Transportation, and Marketing of Frozen and Chilled Meats written by James Troubridge Critchell and published by Alpha Edition. This book was released on 2020-07-08 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Book Synopsis Betas of Achievement by : William Raimond Baird
Download or read book Betas of Achievement written by William Raimond Baird and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000 by : Todd M. Endelman
Download or read book The Jews of Britain, 1656 to 2000 written by Todd M. Endelman and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-03-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Todd Endelman's spare and elegant narrative, the history of British Jewry in the modern period is characterized by a curious mixture of prominence and inconspicuousness. British Jews have been central to the unfolding of key political events of the modern period, especially the establishment of the State of Israel, but inconspicuous in shaping the character and outlook of modern Jewry. Their story, less dramatic perhaps than that of other Jewish communities, is no less deserving of this comprehensive and finely balanced analytical account. Even though Jews were never completely absent from Britain after the expulsion of 1290, it was not until the mid- seventeenth century that a permanent community took root. Endelman devotes chapters to the resettlement; to the integration and acculturation that took place, more intensively than in other European states, during the eighteenth century; to the remarkable economic transformation of Anglo-Jewry between 1800 and 1870; to the tide of immigration from Eastern Europe between 1870 and 1914 and the emergence of unprecedented hostility to Jews; to the effects of World War I and the turbulent events up to and including the Holocaust; and to the contradictory currents propelling Jewish life in Britain from 1948 to the end of the twentieth century. We discover not only the many ways in which the Anglo-Jewish experience was unique but also what it had in common with those of other Western Jewish communities.
