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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: damon80 on 19 March 2011, 00:47:12
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Just as a heads-up, if anyone interested in mining fancies a day out...
Spent the day at the National Coal Mining Museum today, between Huddersfield and Wakey.
Cracking day out, great exhibits, and a superb trip down the mine shaft to the old seams.
Thoroughly enjoyed it - the majority of my ancestors (being a Wiganer) were miners, and just experiencing some of the conditions they worked in day-in, day-out, really brought it home how easy we have it these days.
It doesn't cost a penny, but any donations are greatly appreciated - even if it's only a quid or so.
If ever you have a day free, I can strongly recommend it :y
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Just as a heads-up, if anyone interested in mining fancies a day out...
Spent the day at the National Coal Mining Museum today, between Huddersfield and Wakey.
Cracking day out, great exhibits, and a superb trip down the mine shaft to the old seams.
Thoroughly enjoyed it - the majority of my ancestors (being a Wiganer) were miners, and just experiencing some of the conditions they worked in day-in, day-out, really brought it home how easy we have it these days.
It doesn't cost a penny, but any donations are greatly appreciated - even if it's only a quid or so.
If ever you have a day free, I can strongly recommend it :y
Cracking :y just what we need now, experienced miners, time we got digging again, before the skills are lost..... :) :) :)
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Just as a heads-up, if anyone interested in mining fancies a day out...
Spent the day at the National Coal Mining Museum today, between Huddersfield and Wakey.
Cracking day out, great exhibits, and a superb trip down the mine shaft to the old seams.
Thoroughly enjoyed it - the majority of my ancestors (being a Wiganer) were miners, and just experiencing some of the conditions they worked in day-in, day-out, really brought it home how easy we have it these days.
It doesn't cost a penny, but any donations are greatly appreciated - even if it's only a quid or so.
If ever you have a day free, I can strongly recommend it :y
This sounds good! :y
Wouldn't mind taking the two 'little fellas' when we're up that way, so they can see what their great grandparents did for a living ;)
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Just as a heads-up, if anyone interested in mining fancies a day out...
Spent the day at the National Coal Mining Museum today, between Huddersfield and Wakey.
Cracking day out, great exhibits, and a superb trip down the mine shaft to the old seams.
Thoroughly enjoyed it - the majority of my ancestors (being a Wiganer) were miners, and just experiencing some of the conditions they worked in day-in, day-out, really brought it home how easy we have it these days.
It doesn't cost a penny, but any donations are greatly appreciated - even if it's only a quid or so.
If ever you have a day free, I can strongly recommend it :y
Cracking :y just what we need now, experienced miners, time we got digging again, before the skills are lost..... :) :) :)
Funny you should say that Vamps...
I got a souvenier (sp) piece of coal, which was dug out on the "night shift" last night - apparently, they do coal mining on a small scale at night, to make some educational rooms on the seam.
I have permission to shoot over a few farms in Lancs and surrounding areas, and on one of the farms, part of the land was set aside for open-cast mining "back in the day". Mining has long since stopped there, but when I first started shooting over that land, I remember the farmer telling me that the pits were closed because of a conspiracy, but that there is plenty coal left... :(
My Grandfathers - on both sides - had mined all their lives, and both retired in the early 80's (before the NUM strikes of 84-85). But that's by-the-by, in the wider sense of things... (that was the driver for me going to the museum in the first place, so I could get a grasp of what kind of conditions they had to endure on a daily basis...)
The chap who took us on the tour confirmed what I'd thought, and what the farmer had said - there was still plenty of coal left underground (heck, this morning, I came face-to-face with a coal face, and can certainly confirm that!), and that the pits were closed prematurely.
The main reason - the "green" Agenda.
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Now, we come to the beefy bit. After the War (WW2), the Germans worked with us on "Clean Burn" technologies which meant all the pollutants from a coal-fired Power Station are safely contained.
But, the oil firms bought the patent to them, and destroyed them (not like they had a hidden agenda, obviously... >:()
That leave us with 4 choices:
Nuclear - given the current issues in Japan, that highlights why it's a no-go...
Water/Hydro-electric - our tides aren't strong enough
Wind - Nice "gimmick", and a nod to the Green Agenda, but not reliable, and stupidly high expenditure for very little power
Oil/Gas Feulled - prices linked to world affairs...
The chap who led our tour today confirmed my theory, and also said that in that pit alone, if they were to open a coal-fired station (with the necessary clean-burn stuff), they could power it easily for 100yrs.
Further to that, a massive coal field has recently been discovered in Devon/Cornwall, which is so thick, scientific estimates say it could provide us with power for 1,000 years!!!
My point is - once the reliance on oil for power/electricity reduces, and we start to rely again on our own resources (i.e. coal), then energy costs will reduce,
Fuel prices will reduce,
And then happen this bunch of f**kwits in Parliament will stop sending our boys in to fight wars which aren't ours, all because of oil!! >:( >:( >:(
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Just as a heads-up, if anyone interested in mining fancies a day out...
Spent the day at the National Coal Mining Museum today, between Huddersfield and Wakey.
Cracking day out, great exhibits, and a superb trip down the mine shaft to the old seams.
Thoroughly enjoyed it - the majority of my ancestors (being a Wiganer) were miners, and just experiencing some of the conditions they worked in day-in, day-out, really brought it home how easy we have it these days.
It doesn't cost a penny, but any donations are greatly appreciated - even if it's only a quid or so.
If ever you have a day free, I can strongly recommend it :y
This sounds good! :y
Wouldn't mind taking the two 'little fellas' when we're up that way, so they can see what their great grandparents did for a living ;)
As long as they ain't too young Sethsmate - think it's about 6yrs+ minimum before they let them down the pit ;) And it wouldn't be recommended for claustrophobics! :D
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Now, we come to the beefy bit. After the War (WW2), the Germans worked with us on "Clean Burn" technologies which meant all the pollutants from a coal-fired Power Station are safely contained.
But, the oil firms bought the patent to them, and destroyed them (not like they had a hidden agenda, obviously... >:()
That leave us with 4 choices:
Nuclear - given the current issues in Japan, that highlights why it's a no-go...
Water/Hydro-electric - our tides aren't strong enough
Wind - Nice "gimmick", and a nod to the Green Agenda, but not reliable, and stupidly high expenditure for very little power
Oil/Gas Feulled - prices linked to world affairs...
The chap who led our tour today confirmed my theory, and also said that in that pit alone, if they were to open a coal-fired station (with the necessary clean-burn stuff), they could power it easily for 100yrs.
Further to that, a massive coal field has recently been discovered in Devon/Cornwall, which is so thick, scientific estimates say it could provide us with power for 1,000 years!!!
My point is - once the reliance on oil for power/electricity reduces, and we start to rely again on our own resources (i.e. coal), then energy costs will reduce,
Fuel prices will reduce,
And then happen this bunch of f**kwits in Parliament will stop sending our boys in to fight wars which aren't ours, all because of oil!! >:( >:( >:(
On nuclear - far from it! It illustrates precisely why it's a lot safer than all the doom-sayers would have people believe.. unfortunately you have to get past the quagmire of sensationalist "OMFG IT'S CHERNOBYL 2 EVERYONE IS GOING TO DIE!" journalism to see that.
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Just as a heads-up, if anyone interested in mining fancies a day out...
Spent the day at the National Coal Mining Museum today, between Huddersfield and Wakey.
Cracking day out, great exhibits, and a superb trip down the mine shaft to the old seams.
Thoroughly enjoyed it - the majority of my ancestors (being a Wiganer) were miners, and just experiencing some of the conditions they worked in day-in, day-out, really brought it home how easy we have it these days.
It doesn't cost a penny, but any donations are greatly appreciated - even if it's only a quid or so.
If ever you have a day free, I can strongly recommend it :y
This sounds good! :y
Wouldn't mind taking the two 'little fellas' when we're up that way, so they can see what their great grandparents did for a living ;)
As long as they ain't too young Sethsmate - think it's about 6yrs+ minimum before they let them down the pit ;) And it wouldn't be recommended for claustrophobics! :D
i think its 5 damon,i only live about 5 miles from it and was gonna take my brood the other week and iirc i could of only taken one of them
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Just as a heads-up, if anyone interested in mining fancies a day out...
Spent the day at the National Coal Mining Museum today, between Huddersfield and Wakey.
Cracking day out, great exhibits, and a superb trip down the mine shaft to the old seams.
Thoroughly enjoyed it - the majority of my ancestors (being a Wiganer) were miners, and just experiencing some of the conditions they worked in day-in, day-out, really brought it home how easy we have it these days.
It doesn't cost a penny, but any donations are greatly appreciated - even if it's only a quid or so.
If ever you have a day free, I can strongly recommend it :y
This sounds good! :y
Wouldn't mind taking the two 'little fellas' when we're up that way, so they can see what their great grandparents did for a living ;)
As long as they ain't too young Sethsmate - think it's about 6yrs+ minimum before they let them down the pit ;) And it wouldn't be recommended for claustrophobics! :D
i think its 5 damon,i only live about 5 miles from it and was gonna take my brood the other week and iirc i could of only taken one of them
Cheers for the clarification on the age Hurcules :y
Cracking part of the world you live in up there :)
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I live in Wakefield and I've never been. ::)
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Just as a heads-up, if anyone interested in mining fancies a day out...
Spent the day at the National Coal Mining Museum today, between Huddersfield and Wakey.
Cracking day out, great exhibits, and a superb trip down the mine shaft to the old seams.
Thoroughly enjoyed it - the majority of my ancestors (being a Wiganer) were miners, and just experiencing some of the conditions they worked in day-in, day-out, really brought it home how easy we have it these days.
It doesn't cost a penny, but any donations are greatly appreciated - even if it's only a quid or so.
If ever you have a day free, I can strongly recommend it :y
This sounds good! :y
Wouldn't mind taking the two 'little fellas' when we're up that way, so they can see what their great grandparents did for a living ;)
As long as they ain't too young Sethsmate - think it's about 6yrs+ minimum before they let them down the pit ;) And it wouldn't be recommended for claustrophobics! :D
i think its 5 damon,i only live about 5 miles from it and was gonna take my brood the other week and iirc i could of only taken one of them
Cheers for the clarification on the age Hurcules :y
Cracking part of the world you live in up there :)
:yits got its dumps but there is some really nice green spots and you can at times think your out in the countryside and away from it all
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I live in Wakefield and I've never been. ::)
get yer sen up there and dig deep ;D
pardon the pun