NCB1947
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@ahrcpress 3 yr project 'On Behalf of the People': British coal (PI Prof Keith Gildart @ProfGildart; Co-I Prof Perchard; @graceinwolves ; @DrBCCurtis).
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Joined November 2016
📣 📣 Revamped @ncb1947 website, incl: * Transcribed & recorded oral testimony; * other sources (incl diary extracts); & * pit profiles. @NCMME @NatMiningMuseum @BigPitMuseum @ProfGildart @ProfPerchard @DrBCCurtis
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Latest article by Perchard and me on Scottish pop music and the politics of deindustrialisation
tandfonline.com
This article explores musical manifestations of the politics of deindustrialisation in late twentieth century Scotland. Focusing on the period from 1976 to 1997, a long 1980s, this music was set ag...
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OBTP own Keith Gildart and Andy Perchard speaking at this event.
Looking forward to this event
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A long shot but the naturally regenerated tree growth on the old Whinhill pit #bing #Alloa #Coal Co. 1873-1936 (the one by Morrisons) has been felled anyone know why? #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage #Clackmannanshire
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@ncb1947 Andy Perchard, @ProfGildart & @DrBCCurtis editors for new special issue, 'moral economy at the crossroads of history and social science' in Economic and Industrial Democracy @SAGEPublishers. OA editorial: https://t.co/hjaQh2YTNv
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journals.sagepub.com
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Talking yesterday to a film maker about Springsteen and mining and the 1985 Leeds Roundhay Park concert.
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New out from @ncb1947 Andy Perchard & @ProfGildart on just energy transitions, industrial closures and lessons from the nationalised British coal industry in The Extractive Industries & Society: https://t.co/PwUNMY2h5E
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Funded PhDs on place & memory, Univ of Stirling. Apply by Dec 20, start March/April 2025. Background open, study eg dynamic relations of place & memory; navigating together in space & time; disorientation & difficult places; cognitive ecologies of the city
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Catch Andy Perchard and @ProfGildart talking about the findings from the @ncb1947 project on the hottest blog spot in town @deindustrialpol
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For users of our website, it's briefly down. Please bear with us, it'll be up and running shortly.
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Watch this space to hear more about @ncb1947 team's ongoing work on this, including the NUM's Paul Darlow & @GFTU1. Thanks @deindustrialpol
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#OnThisDay 1984. NACODS president Ken Sampey blames the National Coal Board chairman Ian MacGregor for the breakdown in peace talks.
#OnThisDay 1984. NACODS, the pit deputies union, call a national strike from 25 October after failing to agree a settlement over colliery closures. In a secret ballot the pit deputies voted 82.5 percent in favour of strike action.
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Just gave an interview about the closure of Ratcliffe coal power station and the visual geography of industrial localities. This album cover by the Hollies is great. Soundtracked many working class lives.
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Looking forward to making a contribution to this event next week (10th) at the Four Corners Gallery in London.
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Congratulations @EPWebber
As this week marked the end of coal power in Britain it feels timely to announce that my book MINING MEN, will be out on 13 Feb '25 @ChattoBooks You can preorder it at: https://t.co/BcJMoA6uoQ It has been a labour of love, and I hope it does the miners & their communities justice
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For 40 years, the People’s Story has shared Edinburgh’s rich diverse working-class history with its residents and school pupils. The Scottish Labour History Society is alarmed to hear @Edinburgh_CC’s Culture and Communities Committee will vote on its closure this week. Pls share.
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The second of our new publications: "They're still fighting the fight on Facebook": The landscape of social media remembering the British coal industry in Oral History @OralHistorySoc. Open Access version available here:
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One of two new publications from the OBTP project: "Be a Miner": Constructions and Contestations of Masculinity in the British Coalfields, 1975 - 1983 in @irsh_iisg @cambUP_History:
cambridge.org
“Be a Miner”: Constructions and Contestations of Masculinity in the British Coalfields, 1975–1983 - Volume 69 Issue 2
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A great event and project, which the @ncb1947 are closely involved in. Team members @ProfGildart & Andy Perchard will be attending/ speaking at it. See you there.
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Here's a nice article about the @ncb1947 project and its forthcoming event in Auchinleck on 23 March 😀⛏️🏴:
cumnockchronicle.com
Barony Colliery was closed in 1989, with the accompanying buildings being torn down
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