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James Prescott Posts: 25953 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:45 on 18th August 2013 Aye we had a few up here Mike--i went down when i was 15 --there was 9 pits going at the same time. |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:46 on 18th August 2013 Yep, James posted same time as you, Mike. Thanks fellas. Good night, James. Here's another at the opposite end of the country,
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| Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:47 on 18th August 2013 I'm from coal country too, James, northeastern Pennsylvania, anthracite. Both grandfathers worked in the mines at some point. They never called them pits here, but the pits near where I was born closed the same year I was born.
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Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 22:51 on 18th August 2013 A very quick GOOGLE image search found somthing that looks very similar just needs abit more investigation........it is one hell of a link...hope it works!!!
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Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:51 on 18th August 2013 How about Middleton Quarry Teesdale ? |
| Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:54 on 18th August 2013 I think your link has blown the thread Dave, when I click on it I just go back to a forum list.- and my screen is no longer wide enough. |
| Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:58 on 18th August 2013 The other Quarry is at Merrivale and it was for granite extraction. |
| Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:58 on 18th August 2013 On 18th August 2013 22:54, Vince Hawthorn wrote:
Hi Vince: I think POE was having trouble with people linking from here to other sites. I'm guessing they disabled that functionality. Can probably see it by pasting into your browser. |
| Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | quotePosted at 23:10 on 18th August 2013 Whoops!!!! Anyway just done another search and agree with Vince on Middleton Quarry Just deleted the link!!! If youwant to look yourselves i simply did a google image search for Teesdale quaries Edited by: Dave John at:18th August 2013 23:12 |
| Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 23:13 on 18th August 2013 Do they know for sure where they got the stone for all the fab minsters and cathedrals? I'm guessing most of them were fairly local.
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