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 27th 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

https://www.namho.org/  and

Shropshire Caving and Mining Club

http://www.shropshirecmc.org.uk/ 



Thanks



Mike