And the rise and fall of industry in my favourite part of England, the Lakes.
It's great to see this award stimulating discussion and interest.
Jonathan
And the rise and fall of industry in my favourite part of England, the Lakes.
Quite good it is too!thirdcrank wrote: ↑29 Jul 2021, 10:34am There is a National Coal Mining Museum
https://www.ncm.org.uk/
There's a huge amount of lead mining evidence in the North Pennines, including the stone structures which were for access to the vertical seams or draining of the horizontal shafts; and flues which stretched for miles to disperse toxic gases in processing.Hellhound wrote: ↑29 Jul 2021, 11:24amQuite good it is too!thirdcrank wrote: ↑29 Jul 2021, 10:34am There is a National Coal Mining Museum
https://www.ncm.org.uk/
So is the Black Country museum in Dudley.
One of the disused Quarries in Hope,Derbyshire,Pindale is now a SSSI.
It's a beautiful landscape IMHO. So much to see and interesting things. Much more in interesting than a load of old stones leaning against each other in a circle! Mind you it's give the whole of lake district mining world heritage status if it was up to me. Mind you I do like old mining landscapes. Indeed old industrial estates of all kinds. I'd quite like to do a tour of important stone, bronze and Iron age sites around the UK. Orne head, langdales stone age quarry, is it grimes pits, etc.
What would you call the slate slag heaps opposite Llanberis?Tangled Metal wrote: ↑8 Oct 2021, 8:02pmIt's a beautiful landscape IMHO. So much to see and interesting things. Much more in interesting than a load of old stones leaning against each other in a circle! Mind you it's give the whole of lake district mining world heritage status if it was up to me. Mind you I do like old mining landscapes. Indeed old industrial estates of all kinds. I'd quite like to do a tour of important stone, bronze and Iron age sites around the UK. Orne head, langdales stone age quarry, is it grimes pits, etc.
Time has seen most slag heaps removed, and old industrial sites greened over. So those remaining are sometimes seen in a different light. In Wales, a place formerly blighted by an excess of slag heaps, the slate industry sites are now viewed with pride and nostalgia. Landscaping over them would be seen as sacrilege. That is helped by the fact that nature has moved back in and softened the appearance with vegetation. If you travel around north Wales these days the slate workings don't dominate the whole region. They are isolated features that you encounter now and then, as a reminder that a quiet corner of a very scenic region was once different. You will find similar former industrial sites, with their scars, in the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales. And they make the story of those places a bit more interesting. I am glad those dirty industries are gone, but I am also glad we have hung on to a few visible scars to make the telling of the story easier.reohn2 wrote: ↑8 Oct 2021, 8:20pmWhat would you call the slate slag heaps opposite Llanberis?Tangled Metal wrote: ↑8 Oct 2021, 8:02pmIt's a beautiful landscape IMHO. So much to see and interesting things. Much more in interesting than a load of old stones leaning against each other in a circle! Mind you it's give the whole of lake district mining world heritage status if it was up to me. Mind you I do like old mining landscapes. Indeed old industrial estates of all kinds. I'd quite like to do a tour of important stone, bronze and Iron age sites around the UK. Orne head, langdales stone age quarry, is it grimes pits, etc.
What would you have called the pit slag heaps around the Wigan coal fields?
The first time I went to Llanberis and looked across Llyn Padern I said to myself "who did that?" And not in an appreciative way either
May I remind you that 'old stones leaning against other in a circle' such as Avebury and many others,along with tombs such West Kennet long barrow were the most sacred sites to our ancestors and IMHO overall get nowhere near the recognition,attention and protection they deserve from our heritage organisations and charities.
EDIT:- To my mind awarding slag heaps any kind of heritage is IMHO perverse.