Tuesday 25th March 2025 at 7:30pm
Remember the Coal Written by Alan Wood, presented by Alan Wood and John Snook
Tickets £10.00

Remember coal mining? Come and listen to the story of the mining industry, told in original songs, all written and performed in folk style by Alan Wood, one of Yorkshire’s finest singer/songwriters, supported with a spoken narrative by (Blaenavon born) John Snook. The show highlights the changes that took place in society throughout that period and, whilst it inevitably mentions the disasters and tragedies that accompanied coal mining, it also has lighter moments, and illustrates how mining influenced wider changes within other industries and society in general.

It would be almost impossible to over-estimate the importance and influence that coal, and the mining of coal, had on the society of Great Britain and arguably the world. The Industrial Revolution would not have developed without the use of coal.

Steam powered engines in transport, manufacturing, shipping, even modern warfare, would not have been possible without the power of coal. In order to obtain the coal, mining – both open cast and increasingly deep mining, required labour and this became a major employer in Britain from the 17th century right up to the end of the millennium. The storyline runs from child labour underground, through to the eventual closure of the last of the deep mines.

Now in its 5th year, this production has been well received throughout South and West Yorkshire, and is now touring South Wales during 2025.