DVD Women In Mining
Monday, 03 March 2008 11:00
A 28 minute documentary based on Lillian King's book "SAIR, SAIR WARK, WOMEN AND MINING IN SCOTLAND" describing the work of the hard-working women on the pithead - a job normally associated with men.
Testimonies from some of the last women in Scotland to have worked in this industry examines their fears, joys, tears and camaraderie.
"Women In Mining" was a micro budget production which premiered at a Women in Mining Conference in Lochgelly Centre, Fife. Leslie Riddoch - Radio Scotland, Christine May - Fife Council, Helen Liddle, MSP and many others praised the quality of the production and the value of the oral traditions.
Lillian has written eight non fiction books and edited over twenty, including poetry, autobiography and Keepers and Seekers, a series of five children’s books. She won the Writers News Robert Browning Centenary Poetry Competition and the Writers Association of Scotland Constable Trophy for an unpublished novel. You can purchased her books here
To watch some of this fascinating film - click here or see below
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