The Golden Valley Stephen Wade

The Golden Valley Stephen WadeThe Golden Valley is a personal account in words and photographs of the Garw where Phil Cope has lived for thirty five years. In it he explores the valleys history: sparsely worked agriculture; boom town coal exploitation; sudden, followed by gentle, post industrial decline; attempts at re invigoration through heritage and leisure; and now, existing in a post covid world. This is a classic example of close knit communities shattered by the removal of

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luxurious desserts and much more

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‘…a long-awaited analysis of the intersections of sexual and gender identity with class

” ‘shenanigans’ can be found throughout this cleverly crafted collection – in wry remark and delicate wordplay

often angry and always decisive

and gained an MA in Creative Writing at the Poets’ House / Lancaster University

is there a need for such a book

and to know that for the generation of the 1930s

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including his peers at U