First published: 07/09/12.

Anonymous

Nord-Pas De Calais Mining Basin

Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin (Inscribed)

Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin by Els Slots

Miners' Centre, Lewarde, France -

As an Australian coal mining historian I attended the 2010 Lewarde Colloquium. This centre is an absolute marvel in terms of its presentation of the life and hard times of coal miners and their communities. It is a living link with Zola's Germinal. It is well-managed, welcoming and not to be missed.

For professional mining historians, students or family visitors, Lewarde is a treasure and a credit to all who continue to remind us of the debt the present owes to the past.

Alan Murray, Australia.

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