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book reference 178": Banded Together - The Whitwick Colliery Disaster in 1898 Part 1

by Whitwick Historical Group

Price: £6.00

It is the story of the victims of the Whitwick Colliery Disaster which is told in this book.

Not only those who were killed but also of those who waited at the pithead only to discover that they … [more about book reference 178]

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book reference 196": Banded Together - The Whitwick Colliery Disaster in 1898 Part 2

by Whitwick Historical Group

Price: £6.00

It is the story of the victims of the Whitwick Colliery Disaster which is told in this book.

Not only those who were killed but also of those who waited at the pithead only to discover that they … [more about book reference 196]

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book reference 179": City to City

by Eric Jarvis

Price: £6.00

A journey through Whitwick from the City of Dan to the City of Three Waters.

Many black and white prints.

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book reference 310": Getting The Coal: Impressions of a twentieth century minning community (1992)

by Jeanne Carswell (reprint)

Price: £6.75

The story of the Leicestershire coalfield - around Coalville, Bagworth and Ellistown - as told by the men and women of the mining communities.

From the introduction:

"When Bagworth Colliery … [more about book reference 310]

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book reference 180": History of Whitwick Methodists

by Eric Jarvis

Price: £4.50

It would be easy at this time to relate John Wesley's movements into Leicestershire, but Mrs J Stevenson's, "John Wesley in Leicestershire" covers that subject adequately.

So to relate the events … [more about book reference 180]

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book reference 181": The Story of Whitwick Park or King Georges Field

by Eric Jarvis

Price: £3.50

Long before Whitwick had a Park there were organised games where the old sports field stretched back from Church Lane.

This book chronicles the history of activities taking place and the stories … [more about book reference 181]