Posted by Prue Eckett on July 17, 2002 at 21:10:25 from 210.55.82.236 user Prue_Eckett.
In Reply to: Re: Mines - surface versus deep posted by Ian E-N on July 16, 2002 at 11:02:55:
Ian - many thanks for the wonderful resource. The photos are just brilliant and I especially enjoyed the one in Coniston village as it brought back some good memories of my magical stay there last year.
Some of them bring up one or two more questions though, especially: has anyone fallen down or been lost in the ventilation shafts? I can imagine a sheep or two lured there by tufts of grass just on the edge, but what about humans? Was the area fenced off in the past or has it sort of been the place mothers tell their children about aka bogeyman tales of warning.
And if not, what sort of rescue efforts or groups would have been involved if there had been a fall there between the wars?