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Description: | This is a good collection representing life on the North Somerset coalfield since about 1850. It includes material relating to the Co-operative Society; Methodism; local schools; trade unions and Friendly Societies; shops; local trades; and domestic life. There is a reconstructed miner's kitchen; a 1930s Co-op shop; a Victorian schoolroom; china from the local Methodist chapel; and tools from blacksmiths' and carpenters' workshops. | Subjects: | Social History | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | Address: | The Market Hall
Waterloo Road
Radstock
Bath,
BA3 3ER | Telephone: | 01761 437 722 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:981 | Go to resource |
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