The book is part of a series Britain in old photographs. The author has had access to private collections and NUM archives to bring this collection of 250 photographs together. Most are previously un published.
The book provides a fascinating glimpse of Yorkshires Mining Heritage and in particular the men , their families and the communities in which they lived.
Chapter headings, Around the Pit Top, Underground, Years of Struggle, Parades and Galas, work and play , and monuments and memorials