Sorry I won't be able to come, but I do have fond memories of Ivor. I got to know him quite well when we were both on the Atalaya Tours trip to mines in Mexico in 1998. It was then that I learnt he had a heart pacemaker.
Years later, when there was a NAMHO meeting near Machynlleth I mentioned to Ivor that my brother-in-law had been told he needed a pacemaker and was worried sick about it. Ivor volunteered he would talk to him
and gave me his phone number. My brother-in-law rang Ivor and Ivor's reassurance saved the day. A really gracious and rightly well-admired human being. One of the best.
Tony Brewis
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From: mining-history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Moore
Sent: 27 September 2018 09:40
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Subject: Ivor Brown memorial talks 27th October 2018
Ivor sadly passed away last year and was involved in a lot of aspects of
Mining History, including setting up of Museums and influencing at national
level many of the activities we now enjoy. Ivor started as a barrow boy in
a Shropshire Coal Pit and wealth of knowledge was gained has he rose
through the ranks of Colliery management.. Later he worked for Teford
Development, filling in 100's of mine shafts , but carefully recording and
getting preservation of features, he later moved to Yorkshire where he
carried out similar functions . He was a member of the Shropshire Clubs,
Ironbridge Friends,, Northern Mines Research Society, .Welsh Mines Society
and a director of PDHMS ,.
He was a major influence on the preservation of Oddball . a walking
dragline and the restoration of St Aidens opencast site where it was used
and now sits for all to see..
The programme is as follows cost is £5 and a further £5 for a sandwich lunch
A day of talks and films in memory of Dr Ivor Brown, *Saturday 27**th**
October* 2018 in The Glass Classroom, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Offices,
Coalbrookdale, Telford TF7 8DQ
*09.00* *Registration *and coffee. *09.30* *Welcome and Introduction -*
David Adams; *Life of Ivor Brown* – Kelvin Lake; *Ivor Brown and the
Coalport Dodger* – Neil Clarke; *God and the Miners* - David Poyner; *SCMC/SMT
*– Andrew Wood; *NAMHO* - Nigel Dibben; *Ivor Brown and the St Aidan's
Opencast Site *- Sam Wood; *The Great Rock Sandwich - * John Challen; *South
Gloucestershire Celestine Mining *- David Hardwick; *The Adventures of a
Coal Mining Geologist* - Rob Vernon; *The Yorkshire Coalfield* – Eddie
Downes: *The setting up of the National Coal Mining Museum *- David
Cross; *Summary
of the day & thank you* – Neal Rushton, Chairman of SCMC and David De Haan,
Chairman Friends of IGMT
Booking foprms can be found on the websites below
NAMHO https://www.namho.org/ and
Shropshire Caving and Mining Club
http://www.shropshirecmc.org.uk/
Thanks
Mike
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https://www.moorebooks.co.uk/ tel 01952 405105
Snailbeach and Tankerville Mines see http://shropshiremines.org.uk/
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