Our Newsletter Editor is a keen local historian and coal mining history enthusiast, and has written a number of books on coal mining history, including "Collieries of North East Lancashire", "Lancashire Mining Disasters 1835 - 1910", "Hapton Valley Colliery: The History of an East Lancashire Coal Mine", "The Coal Mines of East Lancashire", and "Coal Mines Around Accrington and Blackburn". Jack also worked as a supply lad for several years at Hapton Valley Pit, the last deep coal mine in East Lancashire. Additionally Jack has written a number of local history articles for local newspapers and maintains a mining website, a local history website and an extensive archive of mining history.
His latest book "The Oldham Coalfield" is published by Tempus ISBN 0 7524 2045 0 The book covers one hundred and fifty coal mines that worked around Oldham, Bardsley, Chadderton, Middleton, and Ashford. The book contains 190 pages with images and maps, and costs £17.99p. The publication can be ordered through Tempus Publishing Ltd, The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud Gloucestershire, or through any reputable bookshop quoting the ISBN.
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