Soundscape – Moving to the Selby pit

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This is a compilation of memories of miners, now retired and working as guides at the National Coal Mining Museum for England, who moved to the new Selby coalfield. Most strikingly they refer to the huge contrast in terms of size and technology between Selby and more traditional pits where they had worked previously.

It It is part of a series of soundscapes on different themes created by Sophie Mapplebeck, a sound designer at the University of York. You can locate the other soundscapes by searching for ‘Soundscapes’ or under these specific headings –Selby
Guides at Caphouse

Mining in General

Roles

Mining over the generations

Travel and Transfers

Date
1919
Archive
Theme
Coalfield
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