Charcoal Burners. - ROBERTS Edward c1945 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Thursday, December 29, 2011, 17:38 (4716 days ago) @ m p griffiths

This may have been mentioned in one of the prior threads...

By coincidence only last night I was once again browsing thro my newly "rediscovered" copy of "The Forest In Old Photographs" by Humphrey Phelps, there's a few photos of charcoal burners including Fred Faulkes of Flaxley c1912.
The text then states (no photo sadly);

"Edward ROBERTS of Gun's Mills was still charcoal burning with pits in Dean after the Second World War. He had also used portable metal kilns, but maintained that the old method using pits produced a better charcoal."

PS PERSONAL APPEAL !
If anyone has compiled an index of the subjects and people/place names in the numerous photos within Mr Phelps' otherwise incomparable series of books, I would happily contribute generously for a copy, please !. Thanks.