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Tag Archives: David Fellows
If the cap fits…
On Sunday I rode up Coppice Lane in Brownhills for the first time in a few weeks, and noticed that contractors for The Coal Authority – the body charged with monitoring and remediating historic mineworkings – had been hard at work capping the two shafts left over from the West Coppice Colliery, near the old level Crossing.
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Mine, all mine…
Continuing the trawling of material relating to mining on Brownhills Common and the origins of Engine Lane, I happened upon a collection of survey plans in the excellent book ‘Coal Mining in Walsall Wood, Brownhills and Aldridge’ by Brian Rollins … Continue reading
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Tagged Brookes R Smith, Brownhills, Brownhills common, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Past, Brownhlls coal mines, Cathedral Pit, Chasewater, Coppice Colliery CO., Coppice Pit, David Fellows, Derelict, Engine, Engine Lane, local blogs, Local History, mining in brownhills, New Photos, Old maps, Ordnance Survey, Pump, Reservoir, Staffordshire, Steam pump, West Colliery, William Harrison
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A hole in the history
If ever anything were to prove the importance of a detailed mapping record, than my post of Wednesday last, ‘Common ground’ does just that. Whilst dredging the available mapping for the area beforehand, the 1938 draftings were unavailable in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brownhills, Brownhills common, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Past, Brownhlls coal mines, Bug row, Cathedral Pit, Chasewater, Coppice Colliery CO., Coppice Cottages, Coppice Pit, David Fellows, Derelict, Engine, Engine Lane, local blogs, Local History, Marklew, Marklew's Pond, mining in brownhills, New Photos, Norton Pool, Old maps, Ordnance Survey, Pump, Reservoir, Robert Webster, Staffordshire, Steam pump, West Colliery, William Harrison
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