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DURHAM Miners Association (DMA) appealed for sponsors yesterday to raise enough cash to publish a book about pioneering Boldon colliery.
Dave Temple’s Boldon Colliery — A Proud Heritage will be published on behalf of Boldon Colliery Miners Community Banner Group, but needs money for the print run.
DMA general secretary Dave Hopper said: “While Boldon miners share a common history with the wider Durham coalfield, they have their own special history at the forefront of ground-breaking political and social developments.
“They pioneered the early socialist movement in opposition to the Durham Miners’ Agents who supported the Liberal Party. They built the first aged miners’ homes, the first colliery baths and produced two prominent miners’ leaders, Jack Lawson and Sam Watson.”
Sponsorship of the book costs £10 plus £2 post and packaging. Sponsors will have their name printed in the book and receive a copy in December.
Send cheques to Dave Hopper, Durham Miners Association, Miners’ Hall, Durham DH1 4BB.
