Follow the Banner by Hazel Edwards
In Northumberland, only 20 miners' banners are known to have survived pit closures and most are held at Woodhorn Colliery Museum in Ashington, with a few others housed in local schools and Welfare Institutes. This book draws this scattered collection together in one volume. The book evokes the Northumberland Miners' Picnic, when these banners were annually flown. Later chapters discuss the collection in relation to a tradition which spans 170 years and is shared by trade unionists across the country. The second half of the book is dedicated to a catalogue of banners. Their imagery, slogans and history are analyzed, drawing on an oral testimony and handwritten pages of branch minute books. Each banner is illustrated.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781857542899 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857542894 |
| Title | Follow the Banner |
| Author | Hazel Edwards |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd |
| Year published | 1997-11-27 |
| Number of pages | 64 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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