Description: Extensive research using documents, books and newspapers combine with the first-hand knowledge and family recollections of the locals to offer the reader a very human study of a community founded upon industry, that of slate quarrying.  The first chapter looks at some examples of farming, but the community changed dramatically with the arrival of the railway, and the second chapter tells of its significance.

A major part of the book examines the story of the slate industry, notably Delabole of course, but also smaller quarries nearby, the techniques and equipment. the extensive nineteenth century emigration, and the wartime years and service by locals.

The wealth of illustrations is impressive.

Title:  DELABOLE AT WORK AND WAR (The Social History of Delabole – Vol: I)

Author:  Geoff Provis

Publisher:  Trefreock Publications

ISBN: 0978-0-9562998-3-3

Pages: 277 pages, 241 monochrome illustrations.

Size:  24cm x 17cm x 2cm

Weight:  0.78kg

Price:  £9.99