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In the 1980s while most pits in Britain faced closure one pit, Big Pit in Blaenavon, South Wales, opened up not as a mine but as a museum. This is the story of a pit that defines Britain's painful ...leap from an industrial to a post-industrial age. It's a story of one community that fought to celebrate its industrial past and in the process became a beacon of hope for its community and the region. Local residents and historians recount their part in Blaenavon's extraordinary fight for survival.
In the 1980s while most pits in Britain faced closure one pit, Big Pit in Blaenavon, South Wales, opened up not as a mine but as a museum. This is the story of a pit that defines Britain's painful ...leap from an industrial to a post-industrial age. It's a story of one community that fought to celebrate its industrial past and in the process became a beacon of hope for its community and the region. Local residents and historians recount their part in Blaenavon's extraordinary fight for survival.
| Series: | Saving Britain's past |
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| Recording date: | 04-2009 |
| Published: | 2009 |
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| Duration: | 00:28:05 |
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| Producer: | Rosie Schellenburg |
| Presenter: | Tom Dyckhoff |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://www.open2.net/ |
| Subject terms: | Historic preservation; Historic sites--Conservation and restoration; Bath (England) --Buildings, structures, etc |
| Production number: | FKAE227F |
| Videofinder number: | 8085 |
| Available to public: | no |
