This is particularly directed to Mersenne subscribers interested in the history of mining technologies & material culture.
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Please send all booking applications to: [log in to unmask]
University of Leeds Centre for Heritage Research
in collaboration with the National Coal Mining Museum of England
and Yorkshire Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.
SEMINAR: COAL-MINING AND HERITAGE - TWENTY YEARS ON
Friday 26 November 2004 2.30 - 6.00pm
Venue: National Coal-mining Museum of England
New Road, Overton, Wakefield, WF4 4RH*
14.30 Welcome to Seminar
14.35 Nick Mansfield (Pump House People's History Museum, Manchester
[The National Museum of Labour History]):
'Two Centuries of Mineworkers’ Material Culture’
15:05: Gillian Oakley (University of Leeds):
'St John Ambulance Brigades and Coalfield Communities'.
15:35 Short break
15:40 Dave Douglass (NCMME):
'Coalmining and miner’s heritage' [provisional ttle]
16:10 Rosemary Preece (NCMME):
'Difficult Decisions - the How and Why of Collecting at the NCMME'
16:40 break
17:00 Respondent: Malcolm Chase (University of Leeds)
17:15 Open Discussion
18:00 END
*For detailed directions and maps see http://www.ncm.org.uk/admission.asp or Tel 01924 848806
The National Coal-Mining Museum is on the A642 halfway between Wakefield and Huddersfield with
sign-posted access from the M1. The nearest mainline railway station is Wakefield Westgate.
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I would like to reserve a place at the NCMM seminar on Friday 26th November
NAME:
Institution:
E-mail address (or phone number)
Please send bookings to Jane Walton by 4pm Friday 19th November
E-mail: [log in to unmask] - use subject header "NCMM seminar 26 Nov"
Or post to Yorkshire Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Farnley Hall,
Hall Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS12 5HA, Fax: 0113 279 1479
Seminar Hospitality courtesy of Yorkshire Museums Libraries and Archives Council
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