fabulous. memories of going down armthorpe pit in the late 70's.... crawled on our bellies for 3/4 mile to be shown how it was, then told at the end we could walk back....a memorable day ap
yes a real but no longer operational coal mine ,you'd have to be very short to stand-up in this tunnel; it's about 4feet 6 inches high; I'm 6-3 and it was back breaking just walking down hunched up. Some miners worked in seams 18 inches high!!! the real thin seams.
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fabulous. memories of going down armthorpe pit in the late 70's.... crawled on our bellies for 3/4 mile to be shown how it was, then told at the end we could walk back....a memorable day
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Coal Mine? At least the could stand up---sort of.
yes a real but no longer operational coal mine ,you'd have to be very short to stand-up in this tunnel; it's about 4feet 6 inches high; I'm 6-3 and it was back breaking just walking down hunched up. Some miners worked in seams 18 inches high!!! the real thin seams.
Really great shot. Can I have a 10x8 in print please :-) Seriously! Best, Stephen
Thanks Wadds, printer SNAFU, copy emailed, C
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