The Durham Miners' Gala and the spirit of community |
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Authors: | Mellor Mary; Stephenson Carol |
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Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
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Abstract: | Can industrial communities survive the loss of their industrialheritage? Can communities once thought to be in terminal declinereinvigorate themselves? Evidence from the Durham coalminingcommunities suggests that the answer to both questions is yes.This paper presents evidence from a study of the annual DurhamMiners' Gala the Big Meeting thatreflects a revival of community vitality around the event. Togetherwith an analysis of the Gala itself, the complex backgroundto the resilience of the mining communities is explored. |
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