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John Lawson
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8 years ago

Hi great to see these photos of Newlandside,
Do you have a date for these?
Also which side of the road is it?
East or West?
For as you may be aware, at one stage the road carriageway went over a tunnel joining both halves of the quarry.
Photograph:

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sparlad
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8 years ago

John, I would say this is the east side of the road looking west into the corner where the tunnel went through....just the slope of the land where the road comes down makes me think that. Back in the 70's and 80's I had some long conversations with Tommy Wilson, the then landowner. He told me that during the first world war he and his sister used to supply cigarettes to some of the German POWs who were held at a camp at Shittlehope and who were put to work in the quarries. Not really apropos of anything but it just reminded me of some of the characters I've met over the years.

poosticker83
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8 years ago

it certainly is the eastern (older side) noticed after posting the site only related to the newer west quarry. From what I gather they are from the 20s.

have spent a lot of time in the quarries loking for and opening some of the old levels and tunnels put in before the quarry was worked proper in the 20th century.

One of the tunnels still exists between the western end of the east newlandside quarry and the eastern end heading toward parsons byers. Its worth the akward slide into it.

Ill update the album with some current pics when im back on my home PC.

Damned if you do, and damned if you don''''''''t.

poosticker83
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8 years ago

"John Lawson" wrote:
Hi great to see these photos of Newlandside,
Do you have a date for these?
Also which side of the road is it?
East or West?
For as you may be aware, at one stage the road carriageway went over a tunnel joining both halves of the quarry.
Photograph:

🔗109150[linkphoto]109150[/linkphoto][/link]

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/54%C2%B043 '49.6%22N+2%C2%B000'14.1%22W/@54.7304451,-2.0060907,555m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d54.730442!4d-2.003902

Damned if you do, and damned if you don''''''''t.

sparlad
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8 years ago

'One of the tunnels still exists between the western end of the east newlandside quarry and the eastern end heading toward parsons byers. Its worth the akward slide into it.'

Tommy used that tunnel as a rubbish tip. He put a lot of dead animal carcasses in there so I'd not be too keen to poke about too much.

poosticker83
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8 years ago

"sparlad" wrote:
'One of the tunnels still exists between the western end of the east newlandside quarry and the eastern end heading toward parsons byers. Its worth the akward slide into it.'

Tommy used that tunnel as a rubbish tip. He put a lot of dead animal carcasses in there so I'd not be too keen to poke about too much.

I know the bit you mean, that's not great as you say, although if you can stand the stink, above the collapse of the rail tunnel you can climb up and traverse some nasty collapses into the old pre quarry lead stopes. Worth the ovine soup squelch. The interesting bit of tunnel is on t'other side of the newlandside vein outcrop, ill add an image of it to the album in the next few minutes. Love it up there, caves mines and quarries all mixed together.

Damned if you do, and damned if you don''''''''t.