Dear all,
Sorry for the delay in replying.
I am assured that most of David's notes are still in storage,
awaiting his executors handing over to a long term WMS member for sorting, &
subsequent deposit in various Records Offices.
Before he died, I had several conversations with David, as to what
to do with his records, & my recommendation, which I THINK was taken on
board, was that as much as possible should be lodged in relevant Public
Records Offices. A recent update has informed me that this has not yet
happened. Please be patient!!
John W Hine, ( Mole ), Chairman, Welsh Mines Society ).
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From: "David Hardwick" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:53 PM
Subject: re David Bick
> In his article on the Kingswood Coalfield (part 2) in the BIAS Journal
> Matt
> Southway wrote
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> ".... One could go on reporting these smaller workings ad infinitum and ad
> nauseam, but there were larger pits at Cromhall, Rangeworthy, Wapley and
> Yate which we have deliberately excluded, as they are being actively
> researched by David Bick, of the Gloucestershire Society for Industrial
> Archaeology, who has been .most helpful. . "
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> David was most helpful to me when I was researching the Cromhall
> Collieries
> and even sent my photocopies of pages from his notes.
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> I recently came across a letter he sent to me indicating that he would
> also
> hunt out some information on lead mines in Tortworth but sadly either he
> didn't find the details or didn't get to send it before he died.
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> This letter and the comment in the article made me wonder what happened to
> David's notes? Does anyone know?
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> Regards
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> David
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