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Absolutely fascinating reading, really enjoyed reading about this as my knowledge is very limited.
Only really got into looking after a reference to one of the inclines in Cwm Penmachno (Rhiw Fachno) being referred to as Hill 60, (named after the battle of Ypres).
Not sure when this 'nickname' came about or who gave it the name? Miners after returning from WWI ??

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Only really got into looking after a reference to one of the inclines in Cwm Penmachno (Rhiw Fachno) being referred to as Hill 60, (named after the battle of Ypres).
Not sure when this 'nickname' came about or who gave it the name? Miners after returning from WWI ??

Some WWI place names became (in)famous from quite early in the war and the names were used in a variety of ways. The following URL gives some insite to a 'Hill 60' near Sheffield.
http://www.pals.org.uk/sheffield/redmires.pdf 
More generally it was not uncommon for names that were 'in the news' to be used when a new name was needed for something, e.g. some of the gallery names in the Dinorwic Quarry.

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Hi! there was a documentry called "One of our mines is missing on one of the cable channels which starts with the explosion in the 1950's which left a crater 60ft deep and 200ft across caused by lightening striking the detination wires the clip is on youtube under the same name and the hill was Vimey ridge which was the austrailians first action of the war and although it cost 5,000 lives they were the first troops to take control of the hill as for the tunnels they were dug by welsh miners and there are still some large mines still unaccounted for some as with the one they found in the programme containing one million pounds of amatol plus many layered detinators
as a mark of gratitude the aussies were given 250 acres of the top of the hill where they built their war memorial complete with mines still underneath sorry to go on but a british historian looking back through military records noticed that the mines had been layed primed etc but for some no records existed of detination that is how they found the one in the programme
i'll end it there but do check out youtube

I checked out Youtube .... wow... someones in for a surprise if those lost mines go off.... I couldnt believe the craters around one particular farmouse..... 😮

(PS Welcome to Aditnow Lilly2285)

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Hello dear all,


This is Lilly Michelle and i am newbie to this forum. I am happy to stay in this forum. I am from London. Thank you.

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Oh in that case by Lilly :lol:

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More on this theme on channel 5 tomorrow night;

http://www.channel5.com/shows/ww1s-tunnels-of-death-the-big-dig/episodes/episode-1-476 

I think you'll find that the missing mine which exploded about 1955 was prepared for the Messines Ridge battle in 1917. Another one nearby is still missing.

Vimy Ridge was the first major battle for the Canadians rather than the Aussies.

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I think you'll find that the missing mine which exploded about 1955 was prepared for the Messines Ridge battle in 1917. Another one nearby is still missing.

Vimy Ridge was the first major battle for the Canadians rather than the Aussies.

Indeed, and the Canadian memorial and preserved trenches are very good if a little "sterile" most of the tunnelling around Vimy was done by the British earlier on in the was before the Canadians took over that section. There is a section of preserved original communication tunnel.

The Durand Group fairly recently located and removed a fair quantity of ammonal from almost directly underneath the road junction outside the memorial car park.

I think you'll find that the missing mine which exploded about 1955 was prepared for the Messines Ridge battle in 1917. Another one nearby is still missing.

Vimy Ridge was the first major battle for the Canadians rather than the Aussies.

The one remaining unexploded Messines mine isn't missing, it's well known where it is but no-one dares touch it. There is a farmhouse that got rebuilt almost on top of it after the war, I saw an interview with the farmer a few years back where he took a very sang-froid view of it, his comment was along the lines of "well, if it does go off it won't matter to me because I'll be instantly killed" 😮

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