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The Colliery Guardian
The Colliery Guardian Bill Hartley mines a copious archive The Colliery Guardian was founded in 1858 and closed in 1994. By then, it had shrunk to a rather thin monthly publication in a magazine format. Its reduction in size reflected … Continue reading
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The Colliery Guardian at War
The Colliery Guardian at War Bill Hartley mines an invaluable source of social history An historian once said that by 1914 Europe had become an armed camp. Even so there was a view at the time that war was unlikely … Continue reading →
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