Huw Beynon
@huwbeynon.bsky.social
Industrial sociologist, research into the experience of work, trade unions and organisational change. Latest book - The Shadow of the Mine: Coal and the End.
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NEW BLOG: David Temple 1944-2025. A quiet but determined and passionate man he had, through his writings, hard work and research become a central figure in the movement that celebrated the culture of mining communities in the North. bit.ly/dave-temple
David Temple
This year I have been saddened and disorientated by the loss of five of my close friends three of them I had known for 50 years and more. The loss of a friend takes away something of your…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
NEW BLOG: David Temple 1944-2025. A quiet but determined and passionate man he had, through his writings, hard work and research become a central figure in the movement that celebrated the culture of mining communities in the North. bit.ly/dave-temple
NEW BLOG: Reflection on my own time on the coalfields, and discovering over 300 negatives of photographs! bit.ly/4mj2Hev
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Over the last eighteen months or so, as I have read and watched accounts of the coal miners’ strike, I have reflected on my own time on the coalfields during that year. I was based in Durham and ha…
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May 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
NEW BLOG: Reflection on my own time on the coalfields, and discovering over 300 negatives of photographs! bit.ly/4mj2Hev
NEW POST: Been missing my dog Jack. Decided to write about him again and about dogs and people. He was an important part of our life here - bit.ly/42UIAKK
Knowing Jack
It has been six months since our lovely dog Jack died making me sadder than I could ever have imagined. It’s a sadness that has stayed with me. When Jack joined us, here on the farm, he was three m…
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April 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
NEW POST: Been missing my dog Jack. Decided to write about him again and about dogs and people. He was an important part of our life here - bit.ly/42UIAKK