Black Diamonds (69 page)

p. 58 ‘
I asked her to furnish
…’: Mr Barker to Billy, 7th Earl Fitzwilliam, 20 March 1902, Sheffield Archives, Unlisted Material, WWM, Box 236.

‘As Billy’s solicitor discovered …’: Mr Ponsonby to Mr Barker, 21 April 1902, ibid.

‘Pink bedroom …’: Furniture Inventory, Sheffield Archives, WWM, T72.

p. 59 ‘
Claim followed counter-claim
…’: see Correspondence Between Parties’ Solicitors, Sheffield Archives, WWM, T72.

‘4th and 5th housemaid bedroom …’: Furniture Inventory, Sheffield Archives, WWM, T72.

p. 60 ‘
Dear Charley
…’: Henry Wentworth-Fitzwilliam to Charles Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 27 March 1902, Sheffield Archives, Unlisted Material, WWM, Box 236.

‘The inkstand …’: Mr Barker to Mr Cowper, 14 January 1903, Sheffield Archives, WWM, T72.

p. 61 ‘
The case set up
…’: ibid.

CHAPTER EIGHT

p. 65 ‘
I don’t know who
…’: Roger Dataller (pseud.),
From A Pitman’s Notebook
, Jonathan Cape, 1925, p. 200.

p. 66 ‘
As kids we
…’: Jim Bullock,
Bowers Row
, EP Publishing, Wakefield, 1976, p. 183.

‘Well, aye, aye …’: Dataller,
From a Pitman’s Notebook
, p. 24.

‘The times I liked best …’: Bullock,
Bowers Row
, p. 30.

p. 67 ‘
I’ve worked in the pit
…’: testimony of John Saville, 1842, Children’s Employment Commission, Appendix Reports and Evidence from Sub-Commissioners, 2 vols., London, 1842.

‘I ran away …’: testimony of Thomas Moorhouse, ibid.

p. 68 ‘
The roads are very wet
…’: testimony of David Swallow, ibid.

‘Samuel Scriven saw …’: cited in Alan Gallop,
Children of the Dark: Life and Death Underground in Victoria’s England
, Sutton, 2003, p. 162.

‘In the first decades …’: A. J. P. Taylor,
English History 1914–1945
, Oxford University Press, 1965, paperback edition, 1992, p. 171.

CHAPTER NINE

p. 70 ‘
They called it
…’:
Christian Budget
, 8 November 1899.

‘Writing in a state …’: ibid.

‘Four thousand …’: J. E. MacFarlane,
The Bag Muck Strike, Denaby Main
, Doncaster Library Service, 1987, p. ix.

‘The familiar sounds …’: Roger Dataller (pseud.),
A Yorkshire Lad
, unpublished memoir.

p. 71 ‘
Putrid and stagnant
…’: testimony of Tom Hibbard, Margaret L. Hibbard,
The Pit Boy from Denaby Main
, unpublished memoir, Doncaster Library.

‘A few hours after dawn …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 9 January 1903.

‘Four companies …’: ibid.

‘Suffering was etched …’: J. Wilson,
The Story of the Great Struggle, 1902–1903
, Christian Commonwealth Co., London, 1904, pp. 42–3.

p. 72 ‘
The children crackled
…’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 9 January 1903.

‘You hadn’t much trouble …’: J. E. MacFarlane,
Denaby Main, A South Yorkshire Village
, Studies in the Yorkshire Coal Industry, Manchester University Press, 1976, p. 123.

‘In the months before …’: MacFarlane,
The Bag Muck Strike
.

p. 74 ‘
The oldest houses
…’: Roger Dataller (pseud.),
Oxford into Coalface
, J. M. Dent & Sons, 1934, p. 13.

‘It’s a dirty hole …’: Phyllis Holcroft, unpublished memoir, 1899.

‘People from the other places …’: MacFarlane Papers, Doncaster Archives.

‘The houses cost …’: ibid.

p. 75 ‘
Each midden
…’: testimony of Tom Hibbard, Margaret L. Hibbard,
The Pit Boy from Denaby Main
, unpublished memoir.

‘Epidemics …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, July 1901.

‘The ruin of the children …’:
Christian Budget
, 8 November 1899.

p. 76 ‘
The entire village
…’: MacFarlane,
Denaby Main, A South Yorkshire Mining Village
, p. 143.

‘As one miner …’:
Christian Budget
, 8 November 1899.

p. 77 ‘
He was quite dead
…’: Roger Dataller (pseud.),
From a Pitman’s Notebook
, Jonathan Cape, 1925, p. 84.

p. 78 ‘
Dear Margaret
…’: B. F. and H. Huckham,
Great Pit Disasters: Great Britain, 1700 to the present day
, David and Charles, 1973, p. 29.

p. 79 ‘
In 1903, Denaby and Cadeby
…’: MacFarlane Papers, Doncaster Archives.

‘Those days …’: ibid.

‘In the early 1900s …’: ibid.

‘Well, he was dead now …’: Bullock,
Bowers Row
, p. 219.

p. 80 ‘
The dangerous conditions
…’: John Benson,
British Coalminers in the Nineteenth Century: a Social History
, Gil and Macmillan, 1980, p. 65.

‘The roads into the village …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 9 January 1903.

‘The police …’: ibid.

p. 81 ‘
Sprigs of Christmas holly
…’: ibid.

‘There goes …’: ibid.

‘Their eyes …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 16 January 1903.

p. 82 ‘
The expected trouble
…’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 9 January 1903.

‘My father moved …’: MacFarlane Papers, Doncaster Archives.

p. 83 ‘
When I was a boy
…’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 16 January 1903.

‘There were two classes of tent …’: Wilson,
The Story of the Great Struggle, 1902–1903
, p. 34.

‘Someone had hoisted …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 16 January 1903.

p. 84 ‘
Many seemed to think
…’: Wilson,
The Story of the Great Struggle, 1902–1903
.

‘I was returning …’: ibid, p. 34.

CHAPTER TEN

p. 85 ‘
Thank God it’s over
…’:
Daily Mail
, 10 January 1903.

‘If we are beaten …’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 16 January 1903.

‘The colliery company …’: Lord Beveridge,
Power and Influence
, Hodder and Stoughton, 1953, p. 11.

p. 87 ‘
The weekly allowance
…’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 9 January 1903.

‘It was a terrifying …’: MacFarlane Papers, Doncaster Archives.

‘It was the custom …’: Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan,
The Glitter and the Gold
, Heinemann, 1953, p. 68.

p. 88 ‘
One woman
…’:
Daily Chronicle
, 9 January 1903.

p. 89 ‘
The poor mother
…’: J. Wilson,
The Story of the Great Struggle, 1902–1903
, Christian Commonwealth Co., London, 1904, p. 35.

‘Fields of crops …’: Roger Dataller (pseud.),
From a Pitman’s Notebook
, Jonathan Cape, 1925, p. 219.

p. 90 ‘
Fred Smith, a miner
…’: unpublished memoir, printed in the
Ivanhoe Review
, Bulletin of the Archives and Local Studies Section, Central Library, Rotherham, No. 6, Spring 1994.

‘Six miles or more …’: ibid.

p. 91 ‘
Crossing the Worksop Road
…’: ibid.

‘There was a ballroom …’: Brian Masters,
The Dukes
, Blond and Briggs, 1975, p. 195.

‘The Duke’s annual income …’: David Cannadine,
The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy
, Yale University Press, 1990, p. 710.

‘The Duke spent …’: Masters,
The Dukes
, p. 195.

‘Winter or summer …’: ibid., pp. 194–5.

p. 92 ‘
From here
…’: ibid.

‘My father knew …’: Fred Smith, unpublished memoir.

p. 93 ‘
A blinding snowstorm
…’:
Mexborough and Swinton Times
, 27 February 1903.

p. 95 ‘
Trade Unionism is being
…’: Ramsay MacDonald, Secretary of the Labour Representation Committee, July 1901.

‘As the historian …’: George Dangerfield,
The Strange Death of Liberal England
, Constable, 1936, paperback edition, Peregrine Books, New York, 1980, p. 224.

CHAPTER ELEVEN

p. 96 ‘
It carried
…’: Sir Philip Magnus,
King Edward VII
, John Murray, 1964, p. 273.

‘He travelled comfortably …’: ibid., p. 422.

‘He liked his favourite …’: ibid., p. 275.

‘There were 150 ships …’:
The Times
, 31 July 1909.

‘Gathered in the dark …’: ibid.

p. 97 ‘
At moments
…’: John Grigg,
Lloyd George: The People’s Champion 1902–1911
, Eyre Methuen, 1978, p. 203.

‘I went down a coalmine …’: Lloyd George, speech at Limehouse, 30 July 1909, reprinted by
Daily News
in pamphlet.

p. 98 ‘
As she entered
…’:
The Times
, 2 August 1909.

p. 99 ‘
The King thinks
…’: cited in Magnus,
King Edward VII
, p. 430.

‘This is a war Budget …’: Lloyd George in House of Commons, 29 April 1909.

p. 100 ‘
I claim that the tax
…’: Lloyd George, speech at Limehouse, 30 July 1909, reprinted by
Daily News
in pamphlet.