Hi, all Forest researchers A couple of sites for you which may be of interest: http://www.forestofdeanhistory.co.uk http://www.users.waitrose.com/~iapope/Coalopen.html The second site gives details of the various coal gales, so far A-M is up and running, rest and some photographs of many of the gales to follow soon. Ian _______________________________________ Ian Pope Cartographer Oxford Centre for Cartography & Geographical Information Sciences School of Planning Oxford Brookes University Gipsy Lane Oxford 01865-483368 Chairman, Forest of Dean Local History Society http://www.forestofdeanhistory.co.uk _______________________________________