A talk by Alan Davis
The photographic record of the Lancashire coal industry from the arrival of photography to the latest explorations and opencast sites.
Alan worked in mining at five collieries, Parkside, Coventry, Bickershaw, Castle Drift, Wigan and Hilltop Colliery, Bacup. Also studied mining at St Helens College. Studied art and design at Wigan and Bristol for four years gaining his Ba (Hons). Curator of the Lancashire Mining Museum, Salford for fifteen years until closure in 2000. Then qualified as an archivist through Liverpool University, in charge of Wigan Record Office until 2007. Working in various archives until 2011.
Recently colliery manager, Hilltop Colliery drift, Bacup, Lancashire’s last coal mine.
Personal interests, flying a Piper Cherokee, aerial and underground photography, writing mining historical works, collecting classic motorcycles.
This presentation taps into public and private collections, also work by the author.
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