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Project attracts international interest
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Project attracts international interest
Location: Gloucestershire
As the Forest of Dean Local History Society project has started it has attracted wide spread interest, including interest from Canada, where a memorial to miners already exists in Northern Ontario
Project attracts international interest
Roll of Honour
The Forest of Dean Local History Society has been overwhelmed by the number of people who have phoned with details of family members who lost their lives whilst working in the coal and iron mines and quarries of the Forest of Dean. All the information and many of the stories we have been told will be carefully logged and some will be used on our CD. The letters and phone calls have come from all over the Forest and farther away, such as this one sent recently from Canada to the local newspaper offices.
"Dear Sir,
While in Lydney in November this year I read an article in your paper about Dave Tuffley of Cinderford, who is looking to establish a permanent memorial to fallen miners.
I remembered seeing such a memorial while travelling in Northern Ontario in 1994 and am forwarding you some photographs which you might be good enough to send on to Mr. Tuffley, together with a copy of this letter. The photos show labouring miners and you will see a tram in the foreground.
This memorial impressed me, both in its design and construction. Its design is reminiscent of an inukshuk, which the Inuit build out on the land. An inukshuk has several meanings, one of which is to show the way to other travellers and another to say, "I was here", the latter being quite appropriate in that area of extensive mineral mining, employing much of the population. All the minerals mined in that area exist as the result of a meteor impact many years ago. In fact, I learned when I was in Sudbury that, even now, the deeper they go, the more minerals they find. The stone, orthocite, used in the construction was quarried south of KirMand Lake between Sudbury and Field.
I will be interested to learn when Mr. Tuffley has eventually been successful in
bringing his wish to completion.
Yours truly
Grace Pole"
It is still not too late to give us details of any people you know who lost their lives. Please give Dave Tuffley a ring on 01594 824343.
Averil Kear
Chairman FODLHS
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