Today in Labor History September 6, 1869: The Avondale fire killed 110 miners, including several juveniles under the age of 10. It led to the first mine safety law in Pennsylvania. Avondale is near Plymouth, Pennsylvania. The Susquehanna River flows nearby. The mine had only one entrance, in violation of safety recommendations at the time. In the wake of the fire, thousands of miners joined the new Workingmen’s Benevolent Association, one of the nation’s first large industrial unions (and precursor to the United Mineworkers). My book, “Anywhere But Schuylkill,” opens with this fire. My main character, Mike Doyle, joins the bucket brigade trying to put out the flames shooting out of the mineshaft.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #mining #coal #avondale #disaster #WorkplaceDeaths #WorkerSafety #union #HistoricalFiction #novel #books #author #writer @bookstadon

@PatrickOBeirne you will need Irish versions too!

I think there’s a better constituency name to be found outside of the county names.

I think the Constituency of #Avondale would make a nice nod to history. Probably find more favour in Wicklow than Wexford though.

Or maybe the Constituency of #FernsAvoca

#ElectoralCommission

If you wonder why fast food places are allowed to build so close to NZ schools here's why, it's so unsettling how they'd sell schools to corporations
#nz #newzealand #nzschool #pepsi #avondale #FuckCapitalism

@bitbit hung over. watching #nfl playof football at hipster central here in #chicago #morningwater #beer #bloodymary #avondale #veltins

“A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a little boy’s shoulders to let him know that the world hadn’t ended.” — Bruce Wayne/Batman, The Dark Knight Rises

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#batman #BatSignal #WheatPaste #hero #UrbanArt #StreetArt #BeAHero #Chicago #StreetPhotography #avondale

Bric-A-Brac T-Shirt Fundraiser Will Support #Avondale Record Shop's Rebuild After Burst Pipe

#BricABrac #Chicago #RockNRoll

https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/12/30/bric-a-brac-t-shirt-fundraiser-will-support-avondale-record-shops-rebuild-after-burst-pipe/

Oh no!

Burst Pipe At Avondale's Bric-A-Brac Record Shop Destroys At Least 3,000 Records

#Avondale #Chicago #BricABrac

https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/12/28/burst-pipe-at-avondales-bric-a-brac-record-shop-destroys-at-least-3000-records/?utm_source=Pico&utm_campaign=a1a48f41c3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_12_27_morning_list1_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b6b84a5cee-a1a48f41c3-127134081&mc_cid=a1a48f41c3&mc_eid=fcf250f630

Always nice to have a unique addition to the neighborhood. I'm ready to go grab some #whiskey from this new local #distillery.

https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/december-2022/midwest-spirit/

#Chicago #Avondale #bourbon

On the way to #Avondale, saw the #mural that is in progress. I could see the outline of a tūī, a dragonfly and a pīwakawaka about to be painted. #publicart is the best! #art #cycleway #sharedpath

#Chicago friends: I need #Avondale restaurant recommendations. We've eaten at a lot of great places, mostly near us, but we want more! Send me your best!

#Chicago friends: I need #Avondale restaurant recommendations. We've eaten at a lot of great places, mostly near us, but we want more! Send me your best!

shoutout to my neighbors having a carne asada in the middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday. Doing it right! #avondale