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Driven by economic hardship a young coalminer ,Jack Elks,arrives in Kent in 1912.The coalfield is beginning to grow but conditions are poor and the men exploited;a mixture of men from other coalfields. Jack is a self taught man who started work as a pit-boy when he was eleven.He works hard to to help form a Union.Elected as secretary and agent,he guides the Union and the coal-miners of Kent through the hardships and depressions of the 1920s and 30s,including the Great Strike of 1926-then on through the war years until his death in 1950.It is story that will touch your heart and soul.You may also ask why the Kent Coalfield is closed and the mining communities destroyed.
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This is an historical novel of miners and mining. Driven by economic hardships an ambitious coalminer, Jack Elks, leaves the Midlands to work in the 'Eldorado' of the Kent Coalmines. This new coalfield is growing but conditions are poor and the men exploited. The incomers are from all over the British Isles, hard men but in need of leadership. Jack is a self taught man who started work aged eleven, he works hard to form a union. Elected as Secretary and Agent, he guides the union through the depressions of the 1920's and 30's, including the Great Strike of 1926, and on through the war years until his death in 1950. When he died he believed he had secured the future of the Kent Coalfield. It had been a hard fought battle but it was all worthwhile. Now it has gone into history, along with the hopes of the mining community.
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- PublisherBrian A.F. Elks
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0954023617
- ISBN 13 9780954023614
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages265
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Ex-Aylesham library (in Kent coalfield area). Usual stamps. Damage to spine but book intact. Nostalgic and moving account of the life of John Elks born in Staffordshire in 1885 and who spent much of his working life in the Kent coalfield, now a distant memory (though industrial-archaeology remains near me) after the Thatcher destruction of the industry, with very little to replace it. A highlight is the ineffectual prosecution of the Betteshanger miners who went on strike during the war and whose imprisonment was quickly overturned by the panicked authorities worried about loss of coal output (the Donovan Royal Commission on Trade Unions in 1968 had an Appendix on the case). 272 pages. Quoted postage for UK 2nd class. Overseas at least £10.35 due to book's size. Seller Inventory # 1584
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. VG+. First edition. No d/w, (as published). SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Illustrated. A fictionalised biography of John 'Jack' Elks, (1885-1950). He was a miner who worked in the Kent coalfields. He was General Secretary of the Kent area National Union of Mineworkers in the 1920s. A very good plus copy of a SCARCE first edition SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 18378
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