Which colliery was known as the 'Fair Lady'? And where was the
deepest mine shaft? These are just two of the many questions
answered in this history of the Staffordshire coal mines and the
collieries that were bedrocks of local communities. From their
early beginnings in Roman times through to the growth of the
Industrial Revolution, subsequent depressions and strikes until the
last closures in the 1980s, Helen Harwood takes us on a journey
through the history of the mines that shaped the county of
Staffordshire through the ages. Coal heated our homes, powered the
railways, and fuelled the pottery kilns and the steel foundries,
and later the power stations. It was the industry generations
depended upon and united the county in a shared experience of hard
work and danger.
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