Women Of The Durham Coalfield In The 19th Century

Author : Margaret Hedley
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750991049

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Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century by Margaret Hedley Pdf

The success of the Durham Coalfield and its important role in the Industrial Revolution is attributed to men of influence who owned the land and the pits, and men who worked in the coal-mining industry during the Victorian period. There has been very little written about the importance of the home life that supported the miners - their wives who, through heroic efforts, did their best to provide attractive, healthy, happy home for their husbands, often in appalling social conditions. To provide a welcoming atmosphere at home demanded tremendous resources and commitment from the miners' wives. Despite their many hardships these women selflessly put everyone in the family before themselves. They operated on less rest, less food at times of necessity and under the huge physical burden of work and the emotional burden of worry concerning the safety of their family. Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century: Hannah's Story addresses the lack of information about the role of women in the Durham Coalfield, engagingly explored through one woman's experience.

Author : Margaret Hedley
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750996457

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Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 20th Century by Margaret Hedley Pdf

Life in the early twentieth-century coalmining communities changed very little for the women who dedicated their lives to their miner husbands. The women's working days were much longer than the miners, who typically worked an 8-hour shift. Their living conditions were poor and lack of investment by the coal owners greatly challenged their homemaking skills as they faced life without many basics, such as clean water and sewerage systems. Health services were slow to develop and women's health was only just beginning to be of some importance to the medical profession. Coal-miner wives in the twentieth century also had to cope with demands put upon their families by the First World War, which highlighted the importance of solidarity, a feature of mining communities that had proved itself to be at the heart of colliery village life. This follow-up book to the popular Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century continues with the story of Hannah's daughter as she negotiates homemaking in the most challenging of conditions.

Author : Norman Emery
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009-05-29
Category : Coal miners
ISBN : 0752450425

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Coalminers of Durham by Norman Emery Pdf

The real story of Durham's bygone mining age

Author : Margaret Hedley
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781803994208

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The Last Women of the Durham Coalfield by Margaret Hedley Pdf

'As this book shows, the women of the Durham coalfield played an equal role in shaping daily life and trajectories of history in the region, just as women today are building their own futures in communities around the world.' - Hillary Rodham Clinton The Second World War took its toll on every part of society. The appeal for women to work outside the home in the ammunition factories supporting the war effort was taken up by many women throughout the colliery villages. They worked for eight hours a day at the factory, taking up their caregiving and home-making roles when they returned home. Their days continued to be long and strenuous. After the war, the government introduced a series of initiatives intended to improve the lives of the nation. A reformed education system was implemented in 1944, nationalisation in 1947 and a national health service in 1948. At last things were looking up for coal-mining families. At the edge of this bright new horizon, little did Hannah's female descendants realise that they would come to represent the last generation of women of the Durham coalfield.

Author : Janet MacLeod Trotter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN : 1908359072

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The Hungry Hills by Janet MacLeod Trotter Pdf

With the Great War still raw in the memory and life in the 1920s mining village of Whitton Grange hard and dangerous, Louie Kirkup dreams of a better future. But with a sick mother and a large family of pitman brothers and father, the daily burdens fall heavily on her young shoulders. She fears becoming a spinster drudge until she sets eyes on 'Red' Sam Ritson - hard, muscled and a natural leader - climb into the boxing ring at the Durham Miners' Gala and determines to marry him. But Sam, wedded to his battle for his fellow miners against the ruthless mine owner Seward-Scott, is no ideal husband. As tensions increase and the General Strike looms, Louie's brother Eb begins an affair with Eleanor, the mine owner's wife. With the miners locked out of work, Louie fears for the fate of her village and her unborn child. As the strain takes its tragic toll, loving and loyal Louie must stay strong for them all. Written with compassion, humour and a vivid immediacy, The Hungry Hills is an unforgettable saga of two very different families living through the dramas of 1920s Britain. The Hungry Hills was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award and is the first in the Durham Mining Trilogy.

Author : Gemma Hollman
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750993500

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Royal Witches by Gemma Hollman Pdf

'An important and timely book.' - Philippa Gregory Joan of Navarre was the richest woman in the land, at a time when war-torn England was penniless. Eleanor Cobham was the wife of a weak king's uncle – and her husband was about to fall from grace. Jacquetta Woodville was a personal enemy of Warwick the Kingmaker, who was about to take his revenge. Elizabeth Woodville was the widowed mother of a child king, fighting Richard III for her children's lives. In Royal Witches, Gemma Hollman explores the lives of these four unique women, looking at how rumours of witchcraft brought them to their knees in a time when superstition and suspicion was rife.

Author : James Hinton,Mass-Observation
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199574667

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Nine Wartime Lives by James Hinton,Mass-Observation Pdf

A fascinating re-evaluation of the social history of the second world war, looking at the diaries kept by nine 'ordinary' people in wartime Britain for the Mass Observation social research organization.

Author : Adam Bushnell
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750986052

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County Durham Folk Tales by Adam Bushnell Pdf

Storyteller and author Adam Bushnell brings together stories from the rugged coastlines, limestone cliffs, remote moorland, pastoral dales and settled coalfields of County Durham. In this treasure trove of tales you will meet the evil fairies of Weardale, the shape-changing witch from Easington, the Bishop Auckland boar, the Dun Cow from Durham City and many other characters – all as fantastical and powerful as the landscape they inhabit. Retold in an engaging style, and richly illustrated with unique line drawings, these humorous, clever and enchanting folk tales are sure to be enjoyed and shared time and again.

Author : Christopher Frank
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0754668304

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Master and Servant Law by Christopher Frank Pdf

Drawing on historical narratives that are frequently examined in isolation, this book examines the tactics, rhetoric and consequences of a sustained legal and political campaign by English and Welsh trade unions, Chartists, and a few radical solicitors against the penal sanctions of employment law during the mid-nineteenth century. In so doing, the author draws new conclusions about the development of the English legal system, trade unionism and popular politics of the period.

Author : Robert McManners,Gillian Wales
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art, British
ISBN : PSU:000049936735

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Shafts of Light by Robert McManners,Gillian Wales Pdf

Author : Louis Simonin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN : OXFORD:590912014

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Underground Life, Or, Mines and Miners by Louis Simonin Pdf

Author : W Stanley Jevons
Publisher : Franklin Classics
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0341876852

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The Coal Question by W Stanley Jevons Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Clare Honeyfield
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-17
Category : Handicraft
ISBN : 0750993227

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Artisan Stroud by Clare Honeyfield Pdf

A unique celebration of contemporary crafts around the Stroud ValleysA beautiful book for lovers of the handmade.

Author : Joseph Robinson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780750999717

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Tommy Turnbull by Joseph Robinson Pdf

My name is Tommy Turnbull. I've been a coalminer all my life. My father was a miner, so was my grandfather, my uncles, my cousins and my brother. Wherever there's a pit, you can bet there'll be a Turnbull somewhere down there.

Author : Don Wilcock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : WISC:89119271427

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The Durham Coalfield: The "sea cole" age by Don Wilcock Pdf