I have some photos which I never labelled and have little idea where they are. I don't suppose I am the only person who has this problem, so I though I would start a new thread wher we might try to help jog a few memories. I have loaded four photos into my personal gallery, and if anyone can provide any details of the sites I will move them into the correct gallery. Any ideas on who these peopleare?

Any clues?



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The last photo shows Morses Level in the Forest of Dean. The one above could be one of the shafts just on the other side of the road. I think the following persons are on the photo:
Red jumper Phil Schwarz
Brown jumper Mike Howell
Boiler suite with red badge Daniel Howell
Shorts John Hine (Mole)
I assume the other photos were taken in the same area but I can't identify the locations.

The one in the shorts isn't Mole it is Chegg - Stuart Chesters

Blue jumper is Steve Southwick
Blue Boiler suit Eileen Bowen

I suspect these were taken during a NAMHO conference

Mike

1994? I may try Google earth to pick up some of these features if it is near Morse's level, but the tree cover might be a problem.

Yes it would have been about that time

Mike

Thanks for the help with the above. Here are three more, also FoD, but from 1991. Where are these, please?

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These photos are together in my collection with ones of a stone quarry with cranes, which I think was up a track west of the Bixlade Stone works. I can't locate a mine in the database in that exact area. What I would like is a map with multiple 'pins' in it to identify all the mines and things in an area. The only way I have found to see what is around is to click in turn on each of the nearby mines in the 'nearby mines' list, and check the map.
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photo 2 is Paul Sowan and Roy paulson (sadly passed away). I would suggest this is also a the NAMHO conference

Mike

Mike - these were definitely an earlier event - SubBrit possibly. NAMHO was high summer, these were in the autumn. I'll upload the quarry pics some time - very nice autumn tints.

These photos are together in my collection with ones of a stone quarry with cranes, which I think was up a track west of the Bixlade Stone works. I can't locate a mine in the database in that exact area. What I would like is a map with multiple 'pins' in it to identify all the mines and things in an area. The only way I have found to see what is around is to click in turn on each of the nearby mines in the 'nearby mines' list, and check the map.
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What you could do is make a note of the location and produce your own Google map. Providing you know the locations it's quite simple. Bit it can't be done on the site. At the moment.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?msa=2&utm_campaign=en&utm_source=en-ha-emea-uk-google-mm&utm_medium=ha 

I did it, very amateur effort, with the Basset Mines and the tramway.

Simon's the expert on this.

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Peter,
Sorry to come to this thread so late but I think I recognise the area as the old route of the Bixlade tramroad and some of the 'Free mines' that existed on the route at that time. I can't really say that I'm surprised that there are no mines in the database since the mines where/are usually small one and two man operations, often transient in nature.
If it is Bixlade (which was built to carry stone from Bixhead quarry at the top of the hill quite near Coleford to the Stoneworks you mention which is still situated alongside Cannop Ponds. The tramroad then continued on for about about another 100 yards to an exchange yard with the FoD branch of the GWR.
The tramroad is still (just) traceable but dear old Forest Enterprises have been at work in recent years and a 'nice pathway' leads one away from the tramway which at this time of year is now hidden in undergrowth.
The relative absence of FoD mines on the database bothers me. At the moment I'm only semi ambulant following an accident but once I get fit enough it's something I want to rectify.

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When I looked at the aerial photo of the Bixlade stone works, and tracked west up the valley, I could see something immediately south of the track, about halfway up the valley. I think this is where the last three images were taken, but have no name for it. I suppose I can leave the photos in my personal gallery until the site might be identified, or post them in the Bixhead Quarry gallery where I will upload a few quarry images soon. It looks like the old cranes that were there in the 1990s have gone. I couldn't see them in the aerial image.

The first pic of the large pipe is just up the road from Morses Level. Was there a few weeks ago and its alot wetter!.

DP

Do you know what the pipe was for?

AFAIK Peter, the pipe takes the stream which flows under the road. Not sure why its got a sodding huge pipe though 😉

DP