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Coaldust: Short Stories Set in a South Yorkshire Mining Community in the 1930S and '40S
Coaldust: Short Stories Set in a South Yorkshire Mining Community in the 1930S and '40S
Coaldust: Short Stories Set in a South Yorkshire Mining Community in the 1930S and '40S
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Coaldust: Short Stories Set in a South Yorkshire Mining Community in the 1930S and '40S

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Sometimes witty, sometimes cynical, these stories were inspired by people with whom the author came into contact, events of which he became aware and influences which he came under as a boy. They convey the anxieties of the 1930s and '40s and the insecurities of the mining communities. Often raw and earthy, they paint a picture of a society peopled mainly by migrants from the older coalfields, thrown together by economic and social forces and not yet secure in their new identities. The author's awareness of British social history helps to place the stories within the context of what was happening in the world beyond the slag heap.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 5, 2011
ISBN9781456779429
Coaldust: Short Stories Set in a South Yorkshire Mining Community in the 1930S and '40S
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Reg Brown

Reg Brown is a retired engineer living in the north of England. He was raised in a South Yorkshire coal mining community, where both his grandfathers and most of the men of the village were employed at the local pit. He grew up with miner's gossip and mining folklore constantly in his ears. The fluctuating fortunes of the miners and their families triggered in the author an abiding interest in their work and their culture, which is reflected in these pages.

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