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legendrider
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6 years ago

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I recall hearing that tiles from Red Grooves were trammed out through Coldberry mine.

I don't recall the exact source of this info but may have been from the late Ronnie Smurthwaite who was a miner at Coldberry until its closure in 1960

MARK

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grover dave
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6 years ago

I recall hearing the same tale from another source,there was a building called the Tilesheds just off the Stable edge Red grooves track,so I suspect tiles may have been manufactured in this location,but would any advantage be gained by carting the tiles to red grooves adit mouth transferring to a mine tub tramming through to coldberry loading back onto cart and then down to Middleton by horse and cart via Aukside,when Middleton via Middleside much the same distance but a lot less handling of load,is the just local legend perhaps?:)

allways look on the bright side

legendrider
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6 years ago

Hi Dave, hope you're in rude health.

I did wonder same, but, there may have been a winter advantage as the Coldberry side of Hude would have benefitted slightly from being on the lee side of the hill to the prevailing westerlies.

That being said, another old-timer, Claude Watson, recalled seeking shelter from the folks up at Hardberry Farm one winter whilst searching for lost sheep. He said that the snowdrift continued under the front door and reached the back of the settee. brrrr...

and one winter we did walk over the top of the 5-bar gate leading to Skears Firestone Level. Oh, and a few years later I span my Orion through about 900 degrees and ended up as part of the dry stone wall, on the steep bit by Lodge Sike in 1994. Summer is for wimps! :lol:

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PeteJ
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6 years ago

FB comments received from Teesdale people include field drain pipe making at this site. Buried in the nettles is a solid wheel metal trolley that looks like a furnace trolley. We found a few bricks, but no sign of any pipes. The source of the clay is puzzling - there are signs of shallow diggings uphill and slightly north.

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colin567
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6 years ago

Does anyone have an idea of what the structures might have looked like? I guess that the columns supported some sort of roof to keep the bricks etc out of the rain whilst they dried out before being fired, I guess the kiln could have been within that structure as well, as there is only the oblong building shape on the OS map. Is the trolley likely to have been used as part of this process?

Oh and I' sure that the bricks were transported on that famous 2 mile underground canal that I have been told about on a number of occasions when wandering the dales :lol: