The Price of Coal

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Uploaded by on May 28, 2009

http://www.oldphotoforum.com/blog - The Price of Coal is a short video poem based on the original words by Bill Norton. The poem describes events surrounding the Burns Pit Disaster which happened in West Stanley, County Durham, UK on February 16, 1909. You can read more about the tragedy from this excellent account by local historian Jack Hair on The Time Machine blog at http://www.oldphotoforum.com/blog/?p=177

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  • very well written and narrated and loved the tag on the end as many disasters are are swept under the carpet of history LEST WE FORGET

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