List members may be interested in an exhibition of photographs at the
Netherton Boat Festival, at Bumble Hole/Windmill End, Nr
Netherton/Dudley, this coming weekend, 18th & 19th September. See
http://www.waterscape.com/newsandevents/events/Black_Country_Boa
ting_Festival_20040415_103907.html
The exhibition highlights the canal systems which served two different
coalfields. Images of the abandoned Stourport-Leominster canal (Wyre
Forest Coalfield) are shown alongside images from the Black Country. It
includes numerous images shot in the surrounding landscape including
many of mining interest. Ian is a member of this list and earlier this year
took me on a tour of the Black Country coalfield; he has an extensive
knowledge of the area.
David Poyner
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