Oops, of course I know about PDMHS. My apologies.
Pete
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From: "David Williams" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: Publishing (was Callington Mines)
> In message <[log in to unmask]>,
> Dave Linton <[log in to unmask]> writes
>>On 28 Mar 2009, at 13:18, Curator wrote:
>>
>>> ... Apart from the Northern Mines Research Society, does any other
>>>group represented on the list publish? We should all be aware of
>>>each other.
>>
> I will wave the flag for Peak District Mines Historical Society (PDMHS)
> - I happen to be the production editor of "Mining History", our
> Bulletin.
>
> This year is the 50th anniversary of PDMHS. We published our first
> Bulletin in January 1961 and have published two a year since then.
> Obviously the majority of our articles are biased towards the Peak
> District, but I would guess that some 30ish percent of our output
> relates to other parts of the UK (and indeed, other parts of the World).
> We also have placed quite a good percentage of older Bulletin articles
> as PDF's, for download, on our Website (www.pdmhs.com).
>
> We are also lucky in that we have a local publisher (originally Moorland
> Publishing, later Landmark) who has also published quite a body of work
> on Peak District Mining. For a detailed overview of Peak District Mining
> I would recommend Jim Rieuwerts 3 volume set from Landmark (Vol's 1 and
> 2 have been published, and we await Vol. 3 with bated breath).
>
> And of course we have a Museum!!
> --
> David Williams
>
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