Janet Roberts

'From Pit to Park' - Sutton Colliery to Brierley Country Park (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

the way to make money in victorian england was to open a pit, so that's what squire robert marsh eckersley wilkinson dodsley did in 1873. despite sinking considerable sums of money into the project, sutton in ashfield, some 20 miles north of nottingham, and on the edge of the derbyshire peak district, was not the ideal location. there was considerable unrest amongst the miners as their anyway poor wages were cut in an effort to make a profit. Eventually the pit did produce a considerable amount of coal, but it had an interesting, and chequered history. the pit finally closed in August 1989.
after much speculation about what would happen to site in september 1993 ashfield district council purchased the area and began the conversion of the 125 hectare (80 acre) land into brierley forest park. the very popular park now has a visitor centre, which sells hot and cold snacks, a fishing lake, a purpose-built mountain bike trail, bird feeding stations and a net work of paths suitable for walkers and horse riders.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Janet Roberts
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781310082603
• Artikelnr.: 70645373

Autorenporträt

Janet Roberts of Nottinghamshire, England is a passionate humanitarian, healer and author.
For more than 20 years she has written features for the local Talking Newspaper for the Blind; and has had several articles in national magazines like Best of British, This England, and History Today;
She's written several children's books (Coming Home, Face at the Window, Secrets, and The Boy and the Monkey). And her novel Every 4 Minutes in 2011, with the sole intention of raising much-needed funds for the leprosy charity, Lepra. Her love of history is found in her non-fiction works Oil under Sherwood Forest; The Clumber Love Story; and The Hardwick Love Story (about Lady Arbella Stuart).
Her passion for all the diversions the local English countryside has to offer is creatively woven throughout her travel blog, and her tourist booklets for historical locations such as Thorsby Hall and Elvaston Castle:
"I live in the heart of England near the very famous Sherwood forest the hiding place of Robin Hood. I love going out and about, so my heavily illustrated, detailed blog describes the places I've visited and what I thought about them. It's ideal for people planning a visit, armchair travellers, or Anglophiles living abroad."
Her charitable interests include working with Lepra (that compelled her to write Every 4 Minutes, which is how often someone is diagnosed with leprosy), and Tools with a Mission that started when a Baptist minister realised the things people throw away could change people's lives.
Her Healing Hands volunteer service provides tools, techniques and distant healing for people no matter where they're located, which was the genesis for her book, "THE POWER OF DISTANT HEALING."
For more information about her promotional and travel writing, her charitable works and any questions you may have about the information above, you can contact her via:
[e-mail]
Blog: http://nottinghamshirenotes.blogspot.com
Tools with a Mission: www.twam.co.uk
Lepra: http://soonoutthere.blogspoot.co.uk/2011/10/every-4-minutes-e-book.html