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Event name: Day school: From Aberllefenni to Ynysypandy
The archaeological work of the Plas Tan y Bwlch ‘Practical Industrial Archaeology’ course, 1970-2010

Date & time: 04/12/2010 at 10:00

Details:
From Aberllefenni to Ynysypandy: Forty Years of Practical Industrial Archaeology

10:00 Welcome and introduction by the Chairman (Councillor Dewi Lewis)
Dr Michael Lewis: Origins of the course
Bill Jones MBE: Early roofing slates

Break

Jon Knowles: Going underground
Tim Smith: Water power
Graham Isherwood: Steam power

Lunch 12:30-14:00

Tim Oulton: Electrification of the slate industry
Dr Gwynfor Pierce Jones: Processing
Stan Owen: Buildings

Break

Peter Swift: Transport
Dr David Gwyn: Social change
Wind-up session

16:30 Disperse

Location:
The Stables, Plas Tan y Bwlch
Maentwrog
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Gwynedd
LL41 3YU


Contact Plas Tan y Bwlch for further details – phone 01766 772600, or e-mail: [email protected]

Attendance fee £6, including refreshments and light lunch.

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http://www.snowdonia-npa.gov.uk/study-centre 

Event added by: skimble

Full event: http://www.aditnow.co.uk/events/?uid=105 

Looks like this is turning into an AditNow event! 😉

Usual disclaimer! 😉 :smartass:

Grahami

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Looks fascinating!

I have a horrible suspicion I may be underground that day though 😠

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Looks like this is turning into an AditNow event! 😉

Will you be doing the wind-up session?

I would really love to go on that. But not possible, being stuck 300 miles away with family committments.

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Looks like this is turning into an AditNow event! 😉

Will you be doing the wind-up session?

Funny you should say that, I am still trying to decide who would be the best candidate for the wind up!

Usual disclaimer! 😉 :smartass:

Grahami

I don't know why they bothered with the other speakers, you could manage a day (and more) all on your own! :thumbup: :thumbup:

They told me I had to behave - JonK said he wanted his lunch on time - so it'll be a short talk..... I've promised. 😞

Grahami

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No, cut down on the 90 minute lunch "hour" and have more talk!! :thumbsup:

Was a very interesting and well presented event. (The lunch was nice too!). Well worth going. Good to see a few AditNow members there too.

An excellent day :thumbsup:
Thanks are due to all the speakers and the staff of Plas Tan y Bwlch. Thanks also to Skimble for flagging it up on the forum.
It was however rather dis-heartening, at the end of Tim Oulton's talk, to learn of the recent vandalism and theft of electrical equipment.