In message <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask] writes
>RHOSYDD / A Personal View by Jean Napier ARPS 1999 56 pp 56 photos,
>minimal text in English and in Welsh. Quarto, landscape. Gwasg Carreg
>Gwalch £8.95.
>
>This is another arty-farty book of black and white photos of a well
>known slate quarry in North Wales.
>SLATE TO VELINHELI / The Railways and Tramways of Dinorwic Slate
>Quarries, Llanberis by D C Carrington and T F Rushworth. Reprint of
>1976 2nd Edition with amendments. 65 pp illus. Bala Lake Railway
>Society Publication. £3.95
>
>The is a book for anoraks with a vocabulary of its own:
I read these reviews with great interest but can I beg that we drop the
judgemental vocabularly for those with other interests? I resent being
called an anorak and I find Welsh slate quarry railway types
fascinating.
I fully suspect W H Auden would have enjoyed them too but I am a bit
cautious about asking Anne to review my new book linking W H Auden to
the Pennine lead mines for fear of attracting this sort of unjustified
(to my mind) comment. There should be room enough for everyone in this
world to enjoy their own takes on life.
--
robert forsythe
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