The valley
a hundred years in the life of a Yorkshire family
by Richard Benson
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The close-knit villages of the Dearne Valley were home to four generations of the Hollingworth family. Spanning Richard Benson's great-grandmother Winnie's ninety-two years in the valley, and drawing on years of historical research, interviews and anecdotes, The Valley lets us into generations of carousing and banter as the family's attempts to build a better and fairer world for themselves meet sometimes with triumph, sometimes with bitter defeat. Against a backdrop of underground explosions, strikes and pit closures, these are unflinching, deeply personal stories of battles between the sexes in a man's world sustained by strong women; of growing up, and the power of love and imagination to transform lives.
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Social life and customs, Social conditions, Manners and customs, Coal mines and mining, Biography, History, Coal mines and mining, great britain, Great britain, social conditions, England, social life and customs, Great britain, biographyPeople
Hollingsworth familyPlaces
Dearne Valley, Dearne Valley (England), EnglandTimes
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The valley: a hundred years in the life of a Yorkshire family
2015
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1408831635 9781408831632
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