Miners at Home

Mining was not just a job; it was a way of life.

Where the mine company owned the housing, the mine dominated daily life. Cornish mining transformed both the region’s landscape and its society. It helped to create a distinctive culture. By the mid-nineteenth century, Cornwall had created a proud and assertive regional identity, associated most closely with the mining districts.

Home life

The Cornish family in the past was distinctive because there was a relatively equal division of labour between men and women.

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Housing

The growth of the mining industry created more jobs this led to rapid population growth and the creation of new settlements.

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Health

Life was often short and hard for the miners.

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Women

Bal Maidens

From the early 18th century women and girls were employed above the ground in growing numbers doing low paid manual work.

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Comment left by jim on 2009-10-12 15:31:02

His website has enlightened me. I now look at everything in a new light. I have inhaled coal dust.

Comment left by niamh on 2009-11-02 15:08:02

good information

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Miners at Home

Mining was not just a job; it was a way of life.

Home life

The Cornish family in the past was distinctive because there was a relatively equal division of labour between men and women.

Housing

The growth of the mining industry created more jobs this led to rapid population growth and the creation of new settlements.

Health

Life was often short and hard for the miners.

Women

Bal Maidens

From the early 18th century women and girls were employed above the ground in growing numbers doing low paid manual work.