Life in a model coal-mining village
By: by a Bevin boy (and John J. Rosenberg) ; with a foreword by Gordon Schaffer.
Publisher: Oxford Press
Published: 1947
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
First sentence: Some time ago, a quiet Yorkshire village received a prize.
Description: Describes life at Brodsworth Colliery (fictional name 'Dashworth), Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England during the war. It gives a first hand account of working and village life in the area through the eyes of a Bevin Boy. A rare and accurate insight into the lives of a miners and their families prior to nationalisation of the industry.
Notes: See also 'Sam Chard', Don Bannister, 1979 RKP. Gives a fictional account of life in a neighbouring mining village a decade earlier
Table of contents: pagenum: 8
label: 1
class: chapter
title: Ensemble; pagenum: 15
title: EnThe Pit Top
label: 2; pagenum: 24
title: Screens
label: 3; pagenum: 32
title: The Employers
label: 4; pagenum: 42
label: 5
title: Underground; pagenum: 60
title: The Delegate
label: 6; pagenum: 62
title: A Tour of Dashgate Seem
label: 7; pagenum: 71
label: 8
title: The Men in Dashgate Seem; pagenum: 82
label: 9
title: Water; pagenum: 85
label: 10
title: The Secretary; pagenum: 88
title: Justice for the Model Village
label: 11; pagenum: 94
title: Five Men Went on Strike
label: 12; pagenum: 98
title: Peter's Sister
label: 13; pagenum: 105
label: 14
title: The Luck of Mr. Hunter