The Decline of the Pit Village: A Study of Burradon, Northumberland

Description

A study of one pit village, Burradon, in Northumberland, its colliery and community. Sections describe working life underground, attitudes to pit life, the role of the pitman's wife, community spirit and entertainment and the effect on the village of the development of Killingworth and Cramlington New Towns.

Metadata

Identifier qbp67f6p
IRN 410098
Class Mark LAVC/SRP/2/062
Level File
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/qbp67f6p
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Undergraduate Dissertations
Creator(s) Thompson, Elizabeth Jane
Date 1975
Size and Medium 24 unbound typed leaves; 10 colour photographs.

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