Coalbrookdale Viaduct

Off to Ironbridge

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May 7th 2016
We started the day with a breakfast and joined by a gentleman who was leading a walk for Ironbridge Festival. The history was fascinating. In the late 1600's a community of Quakers developed a number of businesses. When the need arose for a work force, they went to Wales. This explains the ongoing "differences" between the folks on different sides of the River Severn. I want to figure out a way to ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more