Martin Trevor Griffiths used the data from the Hulton Colliery Explosion [1910] Relief Fund archives as a major source for his book, and his PhD research. Trevor is from Blackburn originally, and now lecturing at Edinburgh University. He agreed to help us with our LAN-OPC Pretoria Pit Disaster site, and provided a lot of information from his database which otherwise we would not have had access to, as current privacy rules have closed the archives (there are a lot of personal data in the archive) for 100 years from when the last recipient died - in 1973! There is also a lot of cotton spinning industry information in the book which makes interesting reading - mind you, the book is a product of detailed academic research, and written in that manner. Regards Peter Wood >Some books are only readable online. This one seems to have quite a lot on the history of Bolton. >The Lancashire Working Classes c. 1880-1930 >by Trevor Griffiths >Oxford University Press (2001) >408 pagesISBN: 9780199247387 >Martin Briscoe >Fort William