I have just received a copy of Steve Gudgings excellent new book 'The Last Years of Coal Mining in Yorkshire' as a belated Christmas present.

It was worth the wait :)

Its a cracking book worthy of any coal addicts coffee table meticulously collected from the author's own photographic record of the final days of some of the many of the Yorkshire collieries closed in the final decades of the industry, the South Yorkshire pumping stations and the some of the remaining coal related industrial archaeology.

The photography is excellent; while mostly of the surface it does includes some fantastic underground photography in some of the more obscure corners of Caphouse, Nostell and Silverwood Collieries.

You will get low resolution taste of the book here:



Not had chance to read properly, I have just gawped at the photos ::)

Only criticism to date is no mention of my family's pit Yorkshire Main!

http://www.bradford-on-avon.org.uk/coalmininginyorkshire.html  ]

The Last Years of Coal Mining in Yorkshire - A Pictorial Record
Steve Grudgings
Hardback with dust jacket
314 pages, 250mm x 250mm
ISBN: 978 0 9928554 5 1

As my posting has got drawn into coal production details I thought easier to post here. Simply I'm offering a post free deal on the book if other items are added the postage goes up exponentially simply my software can't handle the discounted rate once multiples are added.

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Cheers

Mike:thumbsup:

Thanks Guys for the kind words,

Nick and Vicky of Folly Books chose and photoshopped and laid out all the pics, I just added a few captions. all errors are mine if course!

Happy to answer any questions anyone may have

Cheers

Steve G

I bought the book just before Christmas and it's a great book! There are some really interesting pictures but it's such a shame that almost all the sites are no more.