David P. Waddington was Professor of Communications at Sheffield Hallam University, where he was employed from 1983-2021. Fryston-born David has written extensively on the sociology of mining communities, industrial relations in the British coal industry, the regeneration of former coal-mining areas, and the policing of political and industrial protest.
Books:
Coal, Goals and Ashes: Fryston Colliery’s Pursuit of the West Riding County FA Challenge Cup
Pit-folk and Peers: Volume I – Echoes of Fryston Hall (1809-1908)
Pit-folk and Peers: Volume 2 – Diamonds and Rust (1909-2023)
