Book by Bernard Honoré, "Mémoire en Images" collection - Ala - Lot 975

Book by Bernard Honoré, "Mémoire en Images" collection - Alan Sutton éditions 2011. CHE FOSSES LA COMPAGNIE DES MINES DE NOEUX 1850 - 1920 (62) "At the end of the 19th century, the Gohelle plain was all fields, pastures and woods. Here, people live off the land. The upheaval was about to take place: their environment was about to undergo a lasting change, and an unprecedented population shift was about to begin with the installation of coal mines. Today, the shafts have been filled in and some slag heaps razed to the ground. Surviving buildings, such as those in pit no. 1 at Nœux-Les-Mines, have been selected for possible Unesco World Heritage listing. With the help of old postcards and photographs, this book recounts what happened between these two periods, in particular between 1850 and 1920, before the great post-war restructurings, the life of the miners at the bottom, the industrial epic, the buildings, the tools, the men, the leisure activities, the transport, the health services, the worship, the strikes, the 1st world war etc.... "Che fosses", in Rouchi dialect, has left an important mark on local history. 126 pages - 23.5 x 16.5 cm.