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Bal Maidens
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Author : Lynne Mayers
language : en
Publisher: Blaize Baily Books
Release Date : 2008-11
Bal Maidens written by Lynne Mayers and has been published by Blaize Baily Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11 with History categories.
Between 1720 and 1920 at least 60,000 women and girls worked in the mines, quarries and clay works of Cornwall and Devon. They carried out hard, skilled and specialised work, which was a crucial part of the dressing operations. The author has carefully researched their working lives and home-life, their characteristics and the occupational hazards they encountered. How essential were they to the industry? What were their working conditions? How much did they earn? What did they do with the very little spare time and money they had? As the mines closed, where did they go and what happened to them? This is the record of a remarkable group of women, plus some individual accounts of the few whose stories have survived. In this second edition the material has been both revised and expanded. The geographical scope now extended to Dartmoor, and the Teign and Exe Valleys. There is also a more detailed coverage of the tin streams of the late 19th century.
Balmaidens
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Author : Lynne Mayers
language : en
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Release Date : 2004
Balmaidens written by Lynne Mayers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
The North Coast Bal Maidens
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Author : Lynne Mayers
language : en
Publisher: John Donald
Release Date : 2012
The North Coast Bal Maidens written by Lynne Mayers and has been published by John Donald this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Mineral industries categories.
This book gives glimpses into the life and work of the women and girls who worked at the mines on the north coast of Cornwall (between Portreath and Padstow). Female employment was widespread here, with the earliest accounts coming from the late 18th century copper mines. It continued through until the early 20th century, with the last bal maidens working at the tin mines in St Agnes. This was a significant mining area with complex mineralogy, so bal maidens dressed lead, silver, zinc, iron and clay, as well as copper and tin. In addition to describing their work, there is an assessment of the numbers of bal maidens employed, and an overview of women and girls from key mining families. There are also accounts of a six year-old bal maiden who lived to be one hundred years old, and a Portreath ore dresser who helped in the discovery of copper in Australia, as well as the tragic story of the bal maiden who died in a boiler explosion, at United Hills Mine.
Cornish Bal Maidens
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Author : Allen Buckley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Cornish Bal Maidens written by Allen Buckley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Mineral industries categories.
The St Austell Bal Maidens
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Author : Lynne Mayers
language : en
Publisher: Fastprint Publishing
Release Date : 2011
The St Austell Bal Maidens written by Lynne Mayers and has been published by Fastprint Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Clay industries categories.
This book records the life and work of the women and girls who worked at the mines and clay works in the St Austell area, covering some ten parishes. The region has a mining history dating back to at least the 16th Century, but the hey-day of female employment was the 19th century, when most were working at the copper mines. It was at this time that women and girls also began to be employed at the clay works. The differences in working conditions and employment practices between these industries are described. Mining went into decline from the mid 19th Century, while mechanisation removed the need for much of the manual labour at the clay works, so that the days of the bal maiden were inevitably numbered. They had all but disappeared by the turn of the 19th century, but not quite. A final chapter tells the stories of individual mine women of the area, including those who were recruited for work during World War One and World war Two.
The Tamar Bal Maidens
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Author : Lynne Mayers
language : en
Publisher: Fastprint Publishing
Release Date : 2011
The Tamar Bal Maidens written by Lynne Mayers and has been published by Fastprint Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Clay industries categories.
This book records the life and work of the women and girls who worked at the mines, smelters and clay works in the Tamar area, covering some twenty five parishes. This region can claim one of the longest written mining histories, with records of women at the 14th century lead smelters, and with still a few women working into the 20th century. The hey-day of female employment, however, was the 19th century, when most were working at the copper mines. In addition, there were bal maidens dressing ore at the lead-silver, manganese and tin mines, as well as at the extensive brick works and clay pits. When the copper lodes began to fail, and the copper mines in the area diversified into arsenic production, bal maidens were still there dressing the very product that had previously been regarded as waste. The last bal maidens seem to have finally laid down their hammers, shovels, and barrows by about 1910. But that wasn't quite the end of the story...
The Bal Maidens Of The St Just Peninsula
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Author : Lynne Mayers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
The Bal Maidens Of The St Just Peninsula written by Lynne Mayers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Cornwall (England : County) categories.
The Godolphin Bal Maidens
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Author : Lynne Mayers
language : en
Publisher: Fastprint Publishing
Release Date : 2010
The Godolphin Bal Maidens written by Lynne Mayers and has been published by Fastprint Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Clay industries categories.
This book records the life and work of the women and girls who worked at the mines and clay works in the Godolphin area, covering the eight parishes of Breage, Crowan, Germoe, Helston, Marazion, Perranuthnoe, St Hilary and Sithney. Although overshadowed by its more famous neighbour (the central mining district around Carn Brea) this area was the home of the first extensive deep mines, and also of the largest tin mine ever opened in Cornwall. As a result, it was probably the first to employ women and girls on the dressing floors in large numbers. While most were dressing tin, others were engaged in preparing copper, lead, soapstone or clay.
The Lost Villages
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Author : Henry Buckton
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2008-04-30
The Lost Villages written by Henry Buckton and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-30 with Social Science categories.
Across Britain there are more than 3,000 lost villages once-thriving communities that time and fortune have reduced to ivy-clad remnants and weather-worn ruins. Echoes of a former age, they evoke a natural curiosity as to who lived in them, what caused their decline. Bestselling author Henry Buckton goes in search of some of the Britain's more recent lost villages: Hallsands in Devon, swept away in a violent storm; the communities of Vatersay and Mingulay, in Scotland, victims to the changing fortunes of the local laird; and the picture-perfect village of Imber in Wiltshire, requisitioned for the nation in time of war but never given back. Combining rare photographs and the memories of those who knew the villages, the author provides a timely account of communities whose stories would otherwise soon be lost for ever.
Australia Migration And Empire
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Author : Philip Payton
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-08-12
Australia Migration And Empire written by Philip Payton and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-12 with History categories.
This edited collection explores how migrants played a major role in the creation and settlement of the British Empire, by focusing on a series of Australian case studies. Despite their shared experiences of migration and settlement, migrants nonetheless often exhibited distinctive cultural identities, which could be deployed for advantage. Migration established global mobility as a defining feature of the Empire. Ethnicity, class and gender were often powerful determinants of migrant attitudes and behaviour. This volume addresses these considerations, illuminating the complexity and diversity of the British Empire’s global immigration story. Since 1788, the propensity of the populations of Britain and Ireland to immigrate to Australia varied widely, but what this volume highlights is their remarkable diversity in character and impact. The book also presents the opportunities that existed for other immigrant groups to demonstrate their loyalty as members of the (white) Australian community, along with notable exceptions which demonstrated the limits of this inclusivity.