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I was wanting either to join or start such a group. Glad I didn't need to re-invent the wheel. Will be happy to have feed back on the pictures I posted recently. I live in the North of England, place rich in the remains of the industrial revolution. I am aware of the rapid loss of the material evidence as redevelopment continues apace. Even in Almeria, I found the rapid loss of the signs of the industrial world. It has made the task of recording photograhically, at least, an urgent task. What do the group member think? Where are you based? What are your personal interests and preferences?
Cheers
Paul
Posted at 1:25PM, 25 April 2006 PDT
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hi paul, i think the same as you. more and more i notice what great places of industrial history are suddenly demolished. that's why i try to catch as much as i can.
i'm based in switzerland and specially like taking pictures in northern italy, east germany, western france and belgium. unfortunately i've never been in england to take pictures up to now.
greetz,
beat
Posted 27 months ago.
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Hi Dr.
I am sure that if you were to come the prototype of modern industrial cities-Manchester-I and some of the Northern England members of the group would be glad to show you around the delights of Darwen, Bradford and Ironbridge.
Posted 27 months ago.
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MoMaStalker [deleted] says:
Hi guys! @Beat: maybe we can organize a trip to England ;)
Paul, I'm glad to answer to your questions. First I think, like you, that taking photos of the industrial heritage, nowdays, is a very important duty! In a world like the our, where everything changes very fast, when a thing became unuseful, it will be erase. For Europe the industrial era is passed by now, and everything will be destroyed. What I think? I don't think a lot, I only try to find as fast as possible all places next to death and take pictures. For the future.
Posted 27 months ago.
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I think it is essential to keep a record and make it available to researchers of the future. When I was carrying out an archeological survey of the small township of Tong between Bradford and Leeds for my first degree in the mid '80s I could have done with the internet and an easily accessable photo archive. The township is now a well-to-do residential village, but, it once hade 50 coal pits and a tramway that transported coal and iron ore to the steel works in nearby Bowling township.
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