Black Mountains: The Recollections of a South Wales Miner

March 2020 Reading Wrap Up – Part Two [Books]

January / February / March Part 1 Here we have part 2 for my long March reading wrap up, a month in which I read 16 books. So here are the last 8 I read in that strange, strange month. I thought April would be a lot less, but checking what I’ve read so far aboutContinueContinue reading “March 2020 Reading Wrap Up – Part Two [Books]”

Black Mountains: The Recollections of a South Wales Miner – David Barnes [Books]

I have a current WIP which needs research, mostly research into mining, specifically in the Welsh Valleys, preferably around the end of the 19th Century into the start of the 20th. Which is the main reason I picked up this book, hoping it would shed a little light on miners, their way of life, andContinueContinue reading “Black Mountains: The Recollections of a South Wales Miner – David Barnes [Books]”