In message <[log in to unmask]>, Robert Forsythe
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>Hello folks
>
>does anyone recognise as a mine name
>Stafford's Dream?
>
>W H Auden used it in his play The Chase.
>
>I am again trying to close off a few remaining mystery mining names
>which have not been identified as used in his work.
>
>Since in the end, despite the most unlikely sounding of names, a factual
>explanation has usually been forthcoming, I feel like giving this one a
>go. There may be a few others to follow.
>
>--
>Robert Forsythe
I'm sure we had the same or a similar conversation a couple of years
ago. It's a mine near Wirksworth, in the Peak District.
See PDMHS Bulletin 2:5 p297 for an explanation and a poem.
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David Williams
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