The Museum Shop

Our shop has a whole range of items ideal as souvenirs or for presents. These include coal models, lamps and many special publications about mining and the Yorkshire area. Please see below for a list of items that may be of interest; we are in the process of adding images of some of the items for sale.  If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact the Museum shop staff, who will be more than happy to help.

Coal Models

The Museum stocks a wide range of models made from coal. These are not sculpted,as coal is generally too brittle, but are moulded using a combination of coal dust and resin. From under £4.00 for the smaller animals to £25.00 for the larger models of trains and miners in action, there is something for all occasions.

Tools of the trade £13.21                                     coal truck £9.30                                        coal tub £10.28

hard going £ 10.72                                    Seth £5.82               Jake £5.82               Mallard £22.02

Books

The Museum shop stocks a range of books, including those which have been published by the Museum:

Tom Lamb – My Mining Days 1946 – 1969

A collection of sketches made by Tom Lamb when he worked in the North East coalfields. These sketches formed the basis of the paintings which were shown in the exhibition of the same name.

Coal Faces, Mining Lives - Portraits of an Industry and Its People – Imogen Townsend

Both the amateur artist and the professional have sought inspiration from England’s coalfields and have painted the portraits of those closest to it, from the early colliery owners to miners working at the coal face. Together they provide an insight into an industry, its history and its communities.  The catalogue continues this story, while offering the opportunity to view other portraits from the National Coal Mining Museum’s growing collection.

Strike, Not The End Of The Story – David Douglass

Subtitled 'Reflections on the major coal mining strikes in Britain', the book has chapters looking in particular at the early struggles before the twentieth century, the major strikes during the 1920s, and the turbulent times of the seventies. The build up to and comprehensive coverage of the 1984 / 85 strike precede the final chapter covering the 1990s and the decline of the coal industry.

Routes To Your Roots – Alison Henesey

The aim of the book is to show how to begin researching your mining ancestors in the English coalfields, and to get a feel for the kind of life that they would have led. The book provides guidance on getting started and lists of potential sources of information.

Caphouse to Calder Grove - The Story of a Colliery Mineral Line - Malcolm Till

This is the stroy of a railway and the men who worked upon it. The mineral line is just 5 miles long yet carried coal from several small collieries to the nearby canal and railway.

Routes to Your Roots £2.50

Strike Not the End of the Story £4.50

Coal Faces Mining Lives £9.25

Tom Lamb: My Mining Days 1946 - 1969 £5.50

Caphouse to Calder Grove - £4.95