Posted by RichardG on June 05, 2006 at 11:22:02 from 217.207.172.242 user RichardG.
In Reply to: rock music posted by Ed Kiser on June 03, 2006 at 19:39:06:
In the North Wales slate quarries, the quarrymen created "rock cannon", which were a series of interlinked bore holes on a rocky outcrop into which a small amount of black blasting powder was poured. When lit, the explosions would play a tune such as "God Save the Queen". They generally were fired for special occasions such as a coronation, but ceased to be used in the latter half of the twentieth century as the quarries closed down. Sadly a proposal for a firing at the Millennium fell foul of the Health & Safety mafia.
Does anyone know if they had anything similar in the Cumbrian quarries ?