The programme of talks has been finalised for the NAMHO Conference, we are
providing two lecture theatres and this will enable parallel talks, we are
considering single day visits for delegates who can't make the whole weekend
further details for booking are available via
http://www.namhoconference.org.uk/2011/front.htm any questions please come
back to me
There will be the usual welcomes on the Friday evening a new Video
presentation and the rest will be left for socialising
*The Saturday *
Mining in Shropshire 50 years ago (slides)
Ivor Brown
Mines of Spain (PP)
Rob Vernon
*Tea*
Iron Ore Mining in North Lincolnshire (PP)
Les Riley
50 years of exploring Scottish stone and metal mines (PP)
Alan Jeffreys
North Wales Manganese Mines (PP)
Dave Linton
An Obsession with Mines (Slides)
George Hall
Lunch
The mines of Mid Wales 1960 – 2011 (PP)
Simon Hughes
Alderley Edge (PP)
Nigel Dibben
The archaeology of Shropshire Mines (PP)
Colin Richards
Nenthead underground
Mike Worsfold
Tea
Early lead mining in Shropshire
James Lawson
Digging for victory; attempts to gain new ground! (PP)
Roy Fellows
Exploring Surrey’s underground 1911-2011 (PP)
Peter Burgess
The SCMC and coal mining
Neal Rushton
The Sunday Programme will be
*Presentation Room 1* *Speaker Room 1* *Presentation Room 2* *Speaker
Room 2*
Registration Shafts, stopes and headings - realising the 'inaccessible':
towards an agenda for subterranean mining archaeology Peter Claughton
Cornwall 50 years of coming and going - A kaleidoscope of events, sites and
people
Kevin Baker
Mining in the Tamar Valley to the 17th Century (PP) Robert Waterhouse
Seen one, seen the lot? What we've learned about underground building-stone
quarries in the UK and the rest of Europe in the last century (OHP)
Paul Sowan Tea Firesetting, preliminary work in West Devon (PP) Rick
Stewart Cleveland ironstone mining (PP) Simon Chapman A life in mining
history Mike Gill
The UK's mining heritage - A personal view of our mining heritage and some
of its lesser known corners (PP)
Ian Castledine Lunch Oswestry’s Forgotten Coalfield (PP) Gordon Hillier 50
years of exploring Dudley mines (PP) John Smith
The Clee Hill coalfield (slides)
Alf Jenkins
Exploring underground; recent digs by the SCMC Kelvin Lake Tea Excavations
at Pitchcroft engine house David Poyner A year underground with Subterranea
Britannica (PP) Martin Dixon/Linda Bartlett The mole of Edge Hill Steve
Moran
Adventures at Nenthead
Peter Jackson
Conference Summary
NAHMO Chair
