![]() This includes his four family homes and the Durban House Heritage Centre from where, as a boy, D.H. On the town’s pavement, there is a “Blue Line Trail” which visitors can follow, as it connects many of the places in Eastwood associated with Lawrence’s early life. Brinsley Colliery, where his father worked, was just outside the town and the site has now been reclaimed as a picnic site and conservation area, but the Colliery Headstocks and winding wheels have been installed to their original site, creating a very evocative scene. Lawrence’s childhood, but even in those days there were ten pits within walking distance of his home. The town attracts many visitors from all over the world and there is a thriving tourist industry connected with David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930). As well as author of famous novels such as, ‘Sons and Lovers’, ‘Women in Love’ and ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’, he wrote short stories, over one thousand poems and was also a playwright. Lawrence, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century and his home for the first twenty-three years of his life. Today, the town is famous for being the birthplace of D.H. It is one of the few places where the distinctive dialect of East Midlands English can still be heard. The majority of the men who lived in Eastwood were coal miners, who could work in the pits from the age of fourteen. It was important in the 19th century as a major producer of coal, but the last pit closed in 1985. ![]() ![]() ![]() Eastwood is a former coal mining town, eight miles north-west of Nottingham. ![]()
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