North Staffordshire Coalfield Through Time
$40.58
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2025
Summary
From Black Gold to Green Fields: A Journey Through the North Staffordshire Coalfield
The North Staffordshire Coalfield, nestled around Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme, with smaller extensions near Leek and Cheadle, powered the region’s industry for generations. Its coal fueled the iconic Potteries’ ceramics and iron production during the Industrial Revolution.
At its zenith, the area boasted fifty active pits. However, the national decline of the coal industry led to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398121218 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398121215 |
| Series: | Through Time |
| Author: | Mervyn Edwards |
| Publisher: | Amberley Publishing |
| Imprint: | Amberley Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 165mm |
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About The Author
Mervyn Edwards
Mervyn Edwards is the author of many published books on North Staffordshire history and is a weekly columnist for the Sentinel’s The Way We Were nostalgia magazine. He has appeared on BBC TV’s The One Show and Twenty Four Hours in the Past, and is a familiar voice on Radio Stoke. He was a local history tutor for the Workers’ Educational Association for eight years and helped to develop the education department at the now-defunct Chatterley Whitfield Mining Museum, where he often acted in period drama for school groups. Mervyn runs an annual history programme in North Staffordshire. He is also MC of Burslem History Club and a member of the Potteries branch of the Campaign For Real Ale (CAMRA).
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