Members at the Arlecdon History Club, which meets at Frizington School every Tuesday, say they have been compiling the book for “too many years” and there may well be more than one.
It is not the first time the group has clubbed together to make a book after it released a publication about Arlecdon along with a professionally-made DVD in 2008.
The first book about Frizington will “set the scene” and describe the conditions that miners worked in when they flocked to the area in the late 1850s from across the UK and Ireland.
Chairman Maureen Fisher said: “The book will let people know how primitive life was for the iron ore miners.
“Life was very hard for the workers.
“There was no running water, no electricity, no proper heating or lighting. It was very much like a third world country.
“It must have been very strange for workers, who had no formal education and had never seen anything from outside their home towns, to live next to people from from Cornwall or Ireland. It must have seemed like they were from different countries.”
The book also explores Frizington’s identity and how the the area’s dialect came about.
The group said there is no set release date for the book, but that it will be published in coming months.
Ms Fisher said that the group firmly believes in lifelong learning and that many of the members have picked up computer-based skills since joining.
The group help out at schools and often take trips out. Visits have included trips to the records office in Whitehaven, museums, historical sites and talks.
There is a weekly member subscription of £2. The group meets from 10am.
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