On Saturday 9 April there is a seminar at the University of Exeter,
organised by NAMHO (National Association of Mining History Organisations)
in association with CSWHS.
Mining history in south-west England; new approaches, new history ?
10:00 in the Parker Moot Room, adjoining the Amory Building in Rennes
Drive, on the main Streatham campus.
Speakers, in no particular order of appearance -
Bowman, Andy - quarrying
Mayers, Lynne - women in mining
Neill, Alistair - Mineral Statistics, Fluorspar and the Stannary Assessments
Stewart, Rick and Waterhouse, Robert -Archaeology and Mine Digging:
Problems and Opportunities.
Warrington, Geoff - The SW influence on Cheshire mining - the Alderley Edge
district (1857-1878)
Willies, Lynn - Water Usage on Gwennap Common
With an open discussion along the lines of 'mining history in SW England;
yesterday, today, and the way forward' - Owen Baker will kick off with a
short presentation on 'From working industry to heritage sites - changing
perceptions of westcountry mining and research over the last forty years'
Booking forms are available on
http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~pfclaugh/mhinf/seminar.rtf
Or just e-mail me and turn up on the day.
Peter
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Dr Peter Claughton,
Blaenpant Morfil, nr. Rosebush, Clynderwen, Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 7RE.
Tel. +44 (0)1437 532578; Fax. +44 (0)1437 532921; Mobile +44 (0)7831 427599
Hon. University Fellow
School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies (Centre for South
Western Historical Studies)
University of Exeter
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Co-owner - mining-history e-mail discussion list.
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Mining History Pages - http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~pfclaugh/mhinf/
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