Architecture and the Face of Coal: Mining and Modern Britain the modernist Islington and Romford

Islington and Romford

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Sir Norman Rosenthal

Architecture and the Face of Coal: Mining and Modern Britain the modernist Islington and RomfordHardback, 288 pages By Gary Boyd With only a handful of British coalmines remaining active and with targets set to reduce carbon emissions, the coal industry now seems to be heading towards extinction. Yet, it was coal that turned Britain into a world leader during the Industrial Revolution and established the conditions for the modern state. In the 20th century, it generated building programmes on a massive scale concerning miners welfare,