tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post6348318839890506505..comments2024-03-28T09:25:14.379+00:00Comments on Veg Plotting: Postcard from YorkshireVPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-11208777017361139332011-01-16T18:50:59.178+00:002011-01-16T18:50:59.178+00:00Janet - you'll find it fascinating judging by ...Janet - you'll find it fascinating judging by the places you've visited already :)<br /><br />Helen - so your father was one of the Bevin Boys we learnt about!<br /><br />Projectforty - welcome! Nice to see a visit from a Local Vocal :)<br /><br />Nutty Gnome - we were staying at my BILs in Tingley :)VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-78131735371423918812011-01-14T16:37:11.423+00:002011-01-14T16:37:11.423+00:00You could have popped in for a cuppa with us on yo...You could have popped in for a cuppa with us on your way home!<br /><br />I've been to the NCMMfE quite a few times as it's not far from us. My granded was a miner at Silverwood Colliery in Rotherham from being 15 till he was 60...he was in charge of the Bevin Boys down the mines during the war.He also had some firly gory tales to tell about injuries, near misses and stuff. He was wonderful!<br /><br />Thanks for reminding me of him!Nutty Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06146296943319504785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-57676205397029950222011-01-13T13:11:39.632+00:002011-01-13T13:11:39.632+00:00Thanks for popping over to projectforty...good to ...Thanks for popping over to projectforty...good to see a fellow veg grower and blogger up the road! I have a comatosed veg growing blog that needs to be cut back and pruned. Perhaps that's my next job!janicebotterillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188903247970259430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-61392474908824102762011-01-12T20:10:58.197+00:002011-01-12T20:10:58.197+00:00My dad did his national service down in the mines,...My dad did his national service down in the mines, an experience that loomed large for him for the rest of his life. If you weren't farming, mining (and mills) were the two main employers around his home town in Lancashire. Somehow my closest ancestors managed to dig themselves out of the pits and find themselves other occupations. Coal mining isn't just part of Britain's regional heritage; it's part of what made the whole country great. It would a real loss to history if museums like this were to disappear. And you can tell them that this Canadian says so!Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527649631254016576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-22510756733338625582011-01-12T11:25:14.166+00:002011-01-12T11:25:14.166+00:00Glad you got to reclaim a little bit of the missed...Glad you got to reclaim a little bit of the missed Christmas plan. Looks like a great place to visit. If I'm ever up there I will try to remember it - I always love visiting the slate mines in North Wales and the Blue John mines in Derbyshire when I was a child, and although the idea of pot-holing gives me shivers I love caves. <br /><br />I hope the museum manages to stay open, such places are such an important part of the heritage of the area.Janet/Plantaliscioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15605580157193047780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-84951742041849058372011-01-12T11:06:12.326+00:002011-01-12T11:06:12.326+00:00PS For anyone nervous about going underground, bot...PS For anyone nervous about going underground, both this museum and Big Pit have plenty to see above ground to make it well worth an afternoon or even a full day out.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-3222828081623833982011-01-12T11:03:19.077+00:002011-01-12T11:03:19.077+00:00PG - 1 of the children didn't want to go down ...PG - 1 of the children didn't want to go down for that reason, but our guide was very good at likening the experience to positive ones the child had encountered on holiday. He came out 1.5 hours later beaming because he'd had such a great time.<br /><br />The journey in the lift is probably the most claustrophobic bit, but they've put things to see on the way down/up so it's not too bad.<br /><br />I've been to Big Pit several times as it was our lunch stop when I used to arrange tree planting weekends in South Wales. There's a lot of similarities between the two but also very different too.<br /><br />Big Pit's also free because its a designated Welsh National Museum. I don't know how the spending cuts will affect these museums as the Welsh Assembly can choose to make their cuts differently to central government.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4793702278130036246.post-23422078494917379892011-01-12T10:51:30.466+00:002011-01-12T10:51:30.466+00:00I can never decide if I want to go on one of those...I can never decide if I want to go on one of those trips as I do get slightly claustrophobic but I think they would be fascinating. Big Pit in Wales is meant to be very good as well, and freeHelen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.com