TO AVOID CONFUSION (in case anyone on list is)
The pictures by Burrows which I (David Hardwick) have been asking about are
of Coalpit Heath Coal Mine nr Bristol
The Pictures David Williams is asking about are of Coalpithole mine Peak
Forest
Too many Davids and too many "coalpits" !!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.H.Bird" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 12:13 PM
> Subject: [MINING-HISTORY] The pictures of Coalpithole mine
>
>
> > Hi Dave,
> > The pictures to which you refer are to be found in the Sheffield
> > City Libraries, local history section. I made copies of these and have
> them
> > somewhere and if all else fails will endeavour to dig them out.
> > As a matter of interest, Brindley used to live near me on
> Abbeydale
> > Road, Millhouses, and I visited him once. This, before the days I was
> > interested in mines and mining. He had boxes and boxes of 10"x8" prints
> > stacked up against the walls, (in his downstairs bedroom) many of which
> were
> > of Derbyshire mining scenes. He wrote a series of articles in the
> Sheffield
> > Telegraph about his so-called mining exploits in which he refers, inter
> > alia, to seeing spiders as big as sparrows in the mines around Windmill
> (if
> > I remember correctly). All makes most amusing reading if you have time
to
> > trawl though his press cuttings at Sheffield Libraries. (I made some
> copies
> > of these too). He used to trundle around the mining areas of Derbyshire
on
> > an ancient motor cycle.
> > Sadly, I think that when Brindley died (he used to run an outfit
> > called Sheffield News pictures from his Abbeydale Road address) many of
> his
> > original prints were destroyed by the family, despite efforts to
preserve
> > them. The Brindley family were owners of a Sheffield Tool works I think.
> > Any problems in finding these pictures, please let me know and
> I'll
> > see what I can do.
> >
> > Dickie Bird
> >
>
>
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