Industrial Rides
Wordless Wednesday: A window into the past
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, Sheffield England, c1400s
Buddha and the duck!
From time to time we all come across a blog or a post from a fellow blogger that catches your eye or tickles your fancy! Here’s one that’s definitely tickled me from Dr John Persico Jnr about a conversation between… Read More ›
Was this the birthplace of a revolution that changed the world?
Coalbrookdale is a truly significant place in the history of the Industrial Revolution. It was here that Abraham Darby changed ironmaking by using coke instead of charcoal and his original furnace is preserved as a historic reminder.
This is how to meet your ancestors!
Probably the best outdoor museum in England, Blists Hill in the Ironbridge Gorge is a reconstructed Victorian Town where you can relive a typical day in shops, a pub, a working foundry, and even buy fish and chips old style.
The Two Doctors 
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