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rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 19:30 on 17th August 2014 Think of the South West. |
Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 20:18 on 17th August 2014 Tin mining |
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 20:28 on 17th August 2014 Yes Vince, plus other stuff, copper etc. You probably know South Crofty mine closed in 1998. I hear a rumour that it might re open. The Romans used to send runaway slaves who had been recaptured to the mines in Cornwall and Devon, it was considered the worst place in the Empire to be - very few survived beyond a matter of months. |
Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 22:33 on 17th August 2014 Thank you Ruth, mind you the early days it would have been tin streaming but indeed it was one of Britains longest running industries. South Crofty is having a run of mixed developments and preparations have been going on for a long time now with management as the Canadian firm involved pulled out without warning and leaving financial issues. Plus the local council were far from helpful and wanting to flatten the area and build modern industrial units along with other redevelopment. And then there was the league of don't live in the past and we don't want all that noise and mess that goes with mining brigade - so the revival of South Crofty is a bumpy ride even though the deposits undergound is financially viable with modern mining methods. One can live in hopes ! |
Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 22:43 on 17th August 2014 Thanks John. I have worked out the new quizzy so put your thinking head on. When this geordie hit the sack he could wear two hats. |
Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 23:09 on 17th August 2014 not in this case |
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 15:12 on 18th August 2014 We call hitting the sack "going to bed" so those are the lines I'm thinking on John, I maybe totally wrong though. I'm guessing there may be a music connection though. |
rustyruth Posts: 18773 Joined: 23rd Oct 2012 Location: England | Posted at 20:31 on 18th August 2014 I'm going to have a wild guess at Mark Knopfler, no idea why. |
Vince Hawthorn Posts: 12758 Joined: 19th Apr 2010 Location: UK | Posted at 20:43 on 18th August 2014 neither have I cos it ain't 'im i'm afraid. |
Dave John Posts: 22335 Joined: 27th Feb 2011 Location: England | Posted at 21:13 on 18th August 2014 Alan Price I was thinking sport but then Vince ain't much interested in sport so back to music |