Mining Memories: Tales of Hardship, Tales of Joy

A new book on Durham Coalfield communities is a timely testament to working class resilience, says MARY HULL, bringing together evocative tales of ‘marras’, meetings, strikes and marches as well as banners, brass bands and allotments. Full of hope and laughter, sadness and anger, it seeks to hand the area’s rich and radical history on to the next generation.