Mining Memories - The Big Pit guides tell their stories.
, 20 March 2020
We invited some Big Pit Miner guides - Barry Stevenson, Richard Phillips and Len Howells - to share their memories of working underground.
These films include photos from the Cornwell Collection, and were originally made for the 'Bernd and Hilla Becher: Industrial Visions' exhibition, along with this guide to the workings of the headgear:
Comments - (4)
It’s supposed to be, the interviews are interspersed with images of collieries from the John Cornwall collection of mining images not just Big Pit.
Best wishes
Ceri Thompson, Curator, Big Pit
It’s supposed to be, the interviews are interspersed with images of collieries from the John Cornwall collection of mining images not just Big Pit.
Best wishes
Ceri Thompson, Curator, Big Pit