THE STORY OF BIDEFORD BLACK

If you follow the seam of Bideford Black east up over the cliff at Greencliff you might be lucky enough to notice ...

Many thanks again to Gerald Ford and Ron Pither for a pleasant morning spent wondering down memory lane – well ‘Paint Mines Lane’ ...

Ex-Bideford Black miner Gerald Ford sent this excellent account to the blog about his early years at the Chapel Park processing pl...

Ex-miner Ron Pither brought this drawing into the Burton to share with us that he has spent his time making. It shows the ground plan of the...

Thanks to local artists Merlyn Chesterton, Sue Plummer, Judith Westcott and  Grizel Luttman-Johnson for sharing this wonderful picture of t...

Another Bideford Black worker has recently contacted the Project. Here is his story that he has kindly written down to share with us... “I...

On the SHOW & TELL Day ex-Bideford Black miner Ron Pither, with the help of others who came, kindly wrote down a list of all those he co...