Disability + Coal

A collaborative project involving five UK universities looking at industrial injuries and diseases in three British coalfields between 1780 and 1948.

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

We're delighted to announce that the #OA version of our first #book, by @SwanseaHistory's @DrDavidMT & @UniOulu's @daniel_blackie (@ManchesterUP, 2018), is now available for free download at @OAPENbooks https://t.co/0JhSmdUnoh

#DisabilityStudies #HistMed #Twitterstorians

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

And for more FREE stuff from the team, don't forget this!

#DisabilityHistory #Twitterstorians

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

Keen to learn more about the buried history of #disability in Britain now that it's #DisabilityHistoryMonth? If so, why not take a look at our resources page - it's chock full of FREE goodies!

#UKDHM

https://t.co/VTfMCm7jmc

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

@daniel_blackie @NLWales For some context regarding #disability in British mining communities at this time, don't forget our book on the subject (by @DrDavidMT & @daniel_blackie), which you can download for FREE via @OAPENbooks, here: https://t.co/sGkIyIt5Rh

Merry Christmas!

[Daniel Blackie @daniel_blackie]

#OTD in 1865 an explosion occurred at Gethin Colliery, S. #Wales, killing 34 mineworkers & injuring 10. Documents produced in the aftermath (like this from @NLWales ) are a great source for #DisHist.

https://t.co/5Bnanb6o7g

What #disability clues can you spot?

#MiningHistory

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

@daniel_blackie @NLWales For some context regarding #disability in British mining communities at this time, don't forget our book on the subject (by @DrDavidMT & @daniel_blackie), which you can download for FREE via @OAPENbooks, here: https://t.co/sGkIyIt5Rh

Merry Christmas!

[Daniel Blackie @daniel_blackie]

If you'd like to learn more about the 'King's Roll' scheme for #DisabledVeterans of #WW1 (with a dash of #MiningHistory thrown in), check out this fab #OA offering from @mikemantin for @DisIndSoc:

https://t.co/Ofz36rPyhT

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

Keen to learn more about the buried history of #disability in Britain now that it's #DisabilityHistoryMonth? If so, why not take a look at our resources page - it's chock full of FREE goodies!

#UKDHM

https://t.co/VTfMCm7jmc

[Ben Curtis @DrBCCurtis]

*PLEASE RT!* Did you or a family member work at Annesley Colliery or Bentinck Colliery at any time during 1947-1994? If so, I'd be very keen to talk to you as part of my research on the @ncb1947 project! Get in touch via here or the project website: https://t.co/TxE1U0oIJw 🙂.

[OldRailwayAccidents @RWLDproject]

@DisIndSoc @DisHistBlog @DisabilityHistr @FirstAidHistory 5/ One taster of some things we'll try to cover this month - continuing at work after an accident.

Hard to find good info, so here's a little snippet from the Great Eastern Railway Magazine (Feb 1914).

#DisabilityHistoryMonth

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

And if you want to find out more about the experiences of disabled Britons at this time, check out our FREE e-book (by @DrDavidMT & @daniel_blackie) - Disability in the Industrial Revolution: https://t.co/sGkIyIt5Rh

#DisabilityHistoryMonth

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

As the theme of this year's #DisabilityHistoryMonth (which starts today) is #disability & #music, here's what one #victorian observed about disabled workers in S. Wales in the Mid-#C19th:

https://t.co/1KpL3wmGL9

[RB Archives @SwanUniArchives]

The @DisIndSoc project opened our eyes to ways of looking at the representation of people with disabilities within the South Wales Coalfield; hidden histories, use of language, & how things have (or haven't) changed https://t.co/Y3NHEdoNQt #DiversityArchives #ExploreYourArchive

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

@SwanUniArchives That's lovely to hear, but we wouldn't have achieved half of what we did without the help of wonderful archivists like yourselves! So please give yourselves a massive pat on the back from all the @DisIndSoc team!

[Daniel Blackie @daniel_blackie]

YEAH! Finally got my contributor's copy of the OUP Handbook of #DisHist (which includes a piece I wrote for @DisIndSoc).

Loads of fab chapters in it (on a wide range of topics & periods!) by lots of lovely #disability historians whose work I really admire. I'd #BetterGetReading!

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

Another #OA goodie from the team, #twitterstorians!

This time by Vicky Long & Victoria Brown on 'Conceptualizing Work Related Mental Distress in the British Coalfields (1900-1950)'

Check it out!

#MiningHistory #HistPsych

[David Turner @DrDavidMT]

New @DisIndSoc article! Vicky Long and Victoria Brown, 'Conceptualizing Work Related Mental Distress in the British Coalfields (1900-1950)' https://t.co/M9hMLDsrGb #dishist #mentalhealth #emotion

[David Turner @DrDavidMT]

Looking forward to the launch of @DisIndHeritage exhibition on disabled people in S Wales mining communities, at Blackwood Miners' Institute on 23 October. @DisIndSoc has helped support the project and some of our exhibition panels will be on display at the event. #dishist

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

Lovely to hear the first review of @DrDavidMT & @daniel_blackie's Disability in the Industrial Revolution (@ManchesterUP, 2018) is a positive one!

Get your own copy of the book for FREE and see what you think of it: https://t.co/VbzIWud5yY

#Dishist #MedHums #twitterstorians

[David Turner @DrDavidMT]

First review of Disability in the Industrial Revolution is out, and it's a good one! Thanks Pamela Dale! https://t.co/gofhxBJ3fs #dishist

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

Our first book, #Disability in the Industrial Revolution (by @DrDavidMT & @daniel_blackie) is just one of many FREE #OA publications you'll find in the awesome Manchester Openhive from @ManchesterUP.

Why not take a peek?

https://t.co/VbzIWud5yY

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

Our first book, Disability in the Industrial Revolution (by @SwanseaHistory's @DrDavidMT & @UniOulu's @daniel_blackie), is now available for FREE on the PubMed site too!

#DisHist #MiningHistory #C19th

[Daniel Blackie @daniel_blackie]

Really happy to see that the #OpenAccess book I wrote with @DrDavidMT is now also available via @NCBI's PubMed site https://t.co/AR9pBkdBm0

This means you don't have to access it as a PdF, but can read it from your web browser if you prefer. #Disability #Twitterstorians #HistMed

[Disability + Coal @DisIndSoc]

If you missed the chance to pick up @DrDavidMT & @daniel_blackie's #book for us in the recent MUP sale and balk at the usual price for the hardback, don't forget you can also get it as a FREE PdF, here: https://t.co/xiwwqwE6Y5

#Twitterstorians #DisabilityStudies