List of Illustrations; List of Figures and Tables; Abbreviations; Political and Union Leaders in 1926; Introduction; 1. The Tensions of Class and Region; 2. The Testing of Political and Union Loyalties; 3. The Attitudes of Women; 4. Religious Identities; 5. The Influence of Education; 6. Memory and Experience; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The miners' lockout of 1926 was a pivotal moment in British twentieth-century history. Opening with the heady days of the general strike, it continued for seven months and affected one million miners. In County Durham, where almost three in every ten adult men worked in the coal industry, its impact was profound. Hester Barron explores the way that the lockout was experienced by Durham's miners and their families. She investigates collective values and behaviour, focusing particularly on the tensions between identities based around class and occupation, and the rival identities that could cut