Descent into Silence - David Hinchliffe

No-one gave a second’s thought to the victims of a mining disaster nearthe small Yorkshire village of Cawthorne in 1821, even though two werechildren of just eight-years-old. Former MP David Hinchliffe’s exploration of his family history inadvertentlyled to the discovery of his collier ancestors’ involvement in the barely recordedand long-forgotten pit tragedy, which occurred amidst of the turbulence of theindustrial revolution.The exploration of these two intertwined strands – and a passionateinterest... Zobrazit více