… BOOK REVIEW Chris Barber, Exploring Blaenavon's Industrial Landscape: World Heritage Site (Blorenge Books, 2002), p/back, 220 pp., colour and b/w illustrations throughout. [Now in…
… BOOK REVIEW Chris Barber, Exploring Blaenavon's Industrial Landscape: World Heritage Site (Blorenge Books, 2002), p/back, 220 pp., colour and b/w illustrations throughout. [Now in 2nd edition]. In the national, and even regional, consciousness, the town of Blaenavon has a grim and grimy reputation. Guardian readers were notoriously astonished and amused when, in November 2000, the Blaenavon landscape was granted World Heritage Status along side such places as Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon,…
… Institute. As Chris Barber notes on page 11, the landscape 'provides a unique outdoor classroom', where visitors can absorb two hundred years of history…
… Institute. As Chris Barber notes on page 11, the landscape 'provides a unique outdoor classroom', where visitors can absorb two hundred years of history from their unique surroundings. How inspiring to know that we have such an important site at the head of one of our very own valleys! And equally inspiring is the quality of Exploring Blaenavon's illustrations. The book is packed with them, numerous colour photographs, maps and engravings, and, best of…
… suspect will prove annoying to the many that use this book for both browsing and rambling. But perhaps this is the author's very intention,…
… suspect will prove annoying to the many that use this book for both browsing and rambling. But perhaps this is the author's very intention, to entice his readers down unexpected pathways. Chris Barber's descriptions of the Blaenavon landscape will tempt many to visit the area and see its historical beauty for real. And, like the World Heritage Site itself, this is a book to be revisited. Read, explore and enjoy. Clare Hopkins…
… Gwent Local History Council The cost of membership is £ 7.50 per year for individuals and £ 12 for organisations. The Council publishes Gwent…
… Gwent Local History Council The cost of membership is £ 7.50 per year for individuals and £ 12 for organisations. The Council publishes Gwent Local History twice a year, in spring and autumn. A day school is arranged annually by the Council. For details of membership, back issues of the journal and any other of the Council's activities contact the Secretary, Gwent Local History Council, 8 Pentonville, Newport, Gwent. NP9 5XH. Notes for contributors…