Special Issues of Five Arches are published occasionally.
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Special issue of 2009 : Prelude to War: the Somerset Coalfield in 1939
Written by Keith Trivett, the 2009 special edition, published in December 2009, is available from the Museum shop priced £3.00.
Keith Trivett takes a look at life in the Somerset Coalfield on the eve of war. Drawing on the archives of the Somerset Guardian and the Radstock Observer, with a glance at headlines in some of the national newspapers, he finds out how everyday life became increasingly dominated by the spectre of and preparations for war.
Special issue of 2006 : Transport & Industrial Development in the Somerset Coalfield
Written by Chris Handley, the 2006 special issue was published in December 2006 and is available from the Museum shop priced £3.00.
This overview provides a great starting point for anyone interested in the development of the Somerset Coalfield and its infrastructure. A comprehensive bibliography is included.
Special issue of 2005 : Women in Mining Communities
Written by J. Dexter and Dr J. West the 2005 special issue was published in May 2005, and is available from the Museum Shop priced £3.00.
It looks at the role of women in mining communities in the nineteenth century, from research undertaken as part of the European Culture 2000 Project in which the Museum Society has been involved. Julie Dexter provides a survey of women’s roles across the UK, and Dr John West looks in more detail at the day-to-day lives of the women of Radstock.
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