Books can be purchased from Roger Gosling, SGMRG Books, 51 Greenhill Road, Alveston, Bristol, BS35 3NA. Cheques made payable to SGMRG.
Ring 01454 883607 if you are buying more than one book; as postage may be less than the total of the p&p shown for each book. Also, ring if you would like to arrange to collect in person.
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Title: | Notes on an Old Colliery Pumping Engine 1791, by William Thomas Anderson | ||||||||||||||||||
Description: | Excerpt from the transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Vol.LII, Part 4, pages 396-420 & 423-445 | |||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Institute of Mining Engineers, London, England (1917) | |||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 1917, Reprinted 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||
Price: | £15.00 + £3.00 p&p | |||||||||||||||||||
Total: | £18.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Title: | Killed in a Coalpit: Lives of the Kingswood Colliers, by D P Lindergard | ||||||||||||||||||
Description: | This book charts the accidents of the coal miners who worked the historic Kingswood Colliery of South Gloucestershire. | |||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | SGMRG | |||||||||||||||||||
Date: | August 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||
Price: | £15.00 + £3.50 p&p | |||||||||||||||||||
Total: | £18.50 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Title: | Bevin Boy’s Sketch Book, by Keith Greenslade | ||||||||||||||||||
Description: | A personal account by Keith Greenslade of his times in the mines during WWII | |||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Driven by Steam | |||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||
Price: | £6.00 + £0.75 p&p | |||||||||||||||||||
Total: | £6.75 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Title: | Brandy Bottom Colliery Historical Research Report, by Steve Grudgings | ||||||||||||||||||
Description: | Details the restoration work carried out by the AIBT and the history of the Colliery | |||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Avon Industrial Buildings Trust | |||||||||||||||||||
Date: | May 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
Price: | £7.00 + £2.00 p&p | |||||||||||||||||||
Total: | £9.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Title: | Celestine-one of the old Mineral Industries of Yate, by H. Lane and D. Hardwick. ISBN:9780957233126 | ||||||||||||||||||
Description: | This book documents the history of Celestine mining in South Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | South Gloucestershire Mines Research Group | |||||||||||||||||||
Date: | January 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
Price: | £5.00 + £1.50 p&p | |||||||||||||||||||
Total: | £6.50 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Title: | Jarrit Smith’s 1751 Newcomen Engine, by Steve Grudgings | ||||||||||||||||||
Description: | This book details the building of Jarrit Smith’s 1751 Newcomen Engine at Coalpit Heath Colliery | |||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | SGMRG | |||||||||||||||||||
Date: | July 2016, 2nd edition | |||||||||||||||||||
Price: | £10.00 + £2.00 p&p | |||||||||||||||||||
Total: | £12.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Title: | Frog Lane Colliery-Sixty Years On | ||||||||||||||||||
Description: | Commemorating the closure of Frog Lane Colliery, the last deep pit in the Bristol coalfield | |||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | SGMRG and Yate & District Heritage Centre | |||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
Price: | £12.00 + £2.50 p&p | |||||||||||||||||||
Total: | £14.50 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Title: | Ten Years On | ||||||||||||||||||
Description: | The first ten years. A set of essays on different aspects of the group. | |||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | SGMRG | |||||||||||||||||||
Date: | March 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Total: | Free download | |||||||||||||||||||
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Title: | Kingswood Coal by Matt Southway, David Hardwick and Steve Grudgings | ||||||||||||||||||
Description: | Details of Kingswood Coal-the coal mines in Bristol & South Gloucestershire | |||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | Edited by SGMRG from original BIAS publications | |||||||||||||||||||
Date: | May 2015, 5th edition, originally published 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
Price: | £6.00 + £1.50 p&p | |||||||||||||||||||
Total: | £7.50 | |||||||||||||||||||
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