Description
Edited with an introduction by Peter Wakelin. Part of the Modern Wales series. Originally published in 1945, Miner's Day tells of the coalmining life of the thirties in south Wales.
'Coombes and Alexander each had a passion to show the real life of coalmining communities to a wide public, Coombes through words and Alexander through pictures. Coalmining was veiled more opaquely than almost any other sector from the view of educated people and metropolitan elites. Many of its particularities, literally hidden below ground, were unimaginable to outsiders who had never contemplated what it might be like to spend the day in darkness, to labour in a space no higher than a dining chair, to bear the daily crush of fear that a husband or father might not come home from work, or to suffer injustices of wage cuts, industrial disease and injury.' From the introduction by Peter Wakelin
About the Author
Bertie Louis Coombes, or B. L. Coombes (1893-1974), was a Welsh coalminer, notable for his autobiography These Poor Hands: The Autobiography of a Miner in South Wales (1939) which became an instant bestseller. He also produced short stories, dramas and other autobiographical works about the lives of coalminers and the communities in which they lived.
Book Information
ISBN 9781913640385
Author B. L. Coombes
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Parthian Books
Publisher Parthian Books
'Coombes and Alexander each had a passion to show the real life of coalmining communities to a wide public, Coombes through words and Alexander through pictures. Coalmining was veiled more opaquely than almost any other sector from the view of educated people and metropolitan elites. Many of its particularities, literally hidden below ground, were unimaginable to outsiders who had never contemplated what it might be like to spend the day in darkness, to labour in a space no higher than a dining chair, to bear the daily crush of fear that a husband or father might not come home from work, or to suffer injustices of wage cuts, industrial disease and injury.' From the introduction by Peter Wakelin
About the Author
Bertie Louis Coombes, or B. L. Coombes (1893-1974), was a Welsh coalminer, notable for his autobiography These Poor Hands: The Autobiography of a Miner in South Wales (1939) which became an instant bestseller. He also produced short stories, dramas and other autobiographical works about the lives of coalminers and the communities in which they lived.
Book Information
ISBN 9781913640385
Author B. L. Coombes
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Parthian Books
Publisher Parthian Books
