Having been bred from collier stock and growing up smack bang in the middle of the Warwickshire coal field it is little wonder I developed an interest in the coal industry. I can trace colliers in my family up to five generations ago, in the small pit villages around County Durham. I have a hazy recollection of being taken to Easington Colliery as a small child to meet elderly relatives in back to back houses, virtually in the shadow of Easington pit.
As asylum fever swept through the UE...
Exploring the UK coal industry 2006 - 2016
As asylum fever swept through the UE...
Exploring the UK coal industry 2006 - 2016