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carnkie
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17 years ago

Is Dr Who paying a flying visit? If not what is it?

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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

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Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

portable bog

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carnkie
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17 years ago

Argh right. Nice colour.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

Jimbo
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17 years ago

Also known as a 'thunder box' on site 😉

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LAP
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17 years ago

probably there for the national trust, interesting contrast between that and the building behind.

Sorry, but what do the national trust actually plan to do to this place; keep it locked and to themselvs? (The mine building)

Kein geneis kanaf - Cain gnais canaf
Byt vndyd mwyhaf - byth onddyth moyav
Lliaws a bwyllaf - Líows o boylav
Ac a bryderaf - ac o boryddarav
Kyfarchaf y veird byt - covarcav yr vairth
Pryt nam dyweid - poryth na'm dowaith
Py gynheil y byt - Pa gonail y byth
Na syrch yn eissywyt - na soroc yn eishoyth
Neur byt bei syrchei - nour byth bai sorochai

carnkie
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17 years ago

That's echoes my thinking. As a matter of interest what was the building?

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

jagman
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17 years ago

"LAP" wrote:
probably there for the national trust, interesting contrast between that and the building behind.

Sorry, but what do the national trust actually plan to do to this place; keep it locked and to themselvs? (The mine building)

Force Crag baraytes mine, near Keswick.Processing mill
Its pretty much restored to the day of closure back in 1984(?)
They have periodic opens days throughout the year, the intention is to preserve it as is permanently, I've been in and they have done a really nice job on it. Its not a Disney type restoration, the National Trust went to great lengths to recover equipment that had been liberated between closure and them getting hold of the place.
Its worth looking up when they have an open day and going for a look, not normally much in favour of guided tours but at least it ensures its long term preservation just as it was the day it closed (or as close as makes no difference)

Jimbo
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17 years ago

More info & some other links to the Nationl Trust & English Heritage sites here http://www.visitcumbria.com/kes/forcecragmine.htm

I visited the mine in 1987 when it was still worked on an intermittent basis & you could drive up to the site when the guys were there for a chat. The mill was in a worse condition then, good to see it preserved unlike the relatively modern mill at Carrock that also existed untouched at that time & was later demolished & the site landscaped (wish I had taken more photos back then) 😞

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Mr.C
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17 years ago

The Trust seem pretty good at maintaining stuff as is, or as was last used - & letting folk see it! In Cheshire & the Peak they don't seem overly averse to exploration or even digging of stuff on their land, it may take time & some form filling but if you ask & satisfy them you're responsible, insured etc...
Given the current climate, one of the better big landowners.

We inhabit an island made of coal, surrounded by a sea full of fish. How can we go wrong.......

Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

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It a bog for walkers... part of the new directive from Mine Explorers United. They are to be placed outside every mine so walkers have no need to use portals as toilets anymore when they get a call of nature.

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carnkie
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17 years ago

#11

Seems a sensible idea and being colour coded negates the necessity for sign posts.

The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.

hymac580c
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17 years ago

#12

There is nothing worse than using one of those portable toilets especially when it has been used by about 100 people before you.
Personally I prefer to pee against a rock or a wall, but being very carefull that I don't face into the wind.

Bellach dim ond swn y gwynt yn chwibian, lle bu gynt yr engan ar cynion yn tincian.

Captain Scarlet
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17 years ago

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"hymac580c" wrote:
There is nothing worse than using one of those portable toilets especially when it has been used by about 100 people before you.

Even worse in the middle of winter when its contents are all frozen, but enough of that, eh ? 😮

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JohnnearCfon
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17 years ago

#14

Worse, worse, still using one late at night at Dorset Steam Fair only to have an entire row of them, with users, tipped over by drunken persons. I pity the people who were inside, especially as they were always emptied first thing in the morning, by evening they must have been well ripe!

gus horsley
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17 years ago

#15

At least they're better than the construction I saw on entering a festival in Lancashire many years ago. This was a scaffolding affair with plastic sheeting which was built on the hillside above the approach road. Probably not too bad under quiet conditions but it was a windy day and there were frequent views of rows of bums while we queued to get into the site.

Gus