Gwyn
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17 years ago
Why is it called Ding Dong?
ICLOK
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17 years ago
Which one??? The Cornish one just put up or colonel mustards North west one.

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Oh well I'll do the Cornish one anyway.... Its thought to mean Head of the Lode according to a Cornish source... or Outcrop of Tin on the Hill!
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Captain Scarlet
17 years ago
Local kids during the 1920s used to play a game that involved dropping stones down the shaft which made 'Ding Dong' noises as they rattled to the bottom. The mines correct name is actually the 'B45 Pit'
Ding Dong being a local name for this haematite mine.
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Gwyn
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17 years ago
Thank you for the answers, gentlemen.
Sorry, I thought the pictures I was looking at are all one and the same place. :stupid:
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