It has been a while since I have posted on 28 for a while for all sorts of busy life reasons but I still clock in every day to keep up to date, but after logging in a few weeks ago I happened to see a report from this place and decided that I had to see it, so a big Thanks to Morrisey for providing no nonsense details and for hooking me up with Willknot for a visit, a few phonecalls later and we were on our way to this amazing sandstone mine.
I do not know much about Crisp Delph but we happened upon an old bloke in the woods who lived in the bungalow that backs onto the quarry, he told us some amazing story about a company called Finch who illegally quarried the the Sandstone from Crisp Delph and where only stopped when a resident started legal proceedings to put an end to the plundering, yes this was in the early 1900's and he was quoting from memories that were told to him by his own grandad.
Upon entering you are immediatly on an incline that opens up from a crawl to a full on chamber that has jenga type concrete supports right up to the roof.
It looks like massive jenga
Once your eyes adjust and you get your bearings, you realise that these supports are holding up the entire hillside that you had crossed to get in.
Willknot here linin up a money shot...check those roof supports!
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I am not gonna lie, There were parts in here that had me shitting myself as I passed under them, basically the roof was seriously shonkey in parts and some of the collapses were recent.
This was the first time that I had used my camera since rebiuiding my lens and I just had to take some twat dash shots, i must say however tha it was a refreshing change from filming and taking pictures on my mobile phone.
Me...check that roof
me again...those concrete supports!!
I was quietly having a little sex wee at this point
the workings went for about 2km into the next village, we saw the passageway but gave it a swerve because Willknots Mrs had made a fish pie for tea and my Mrs had a Shepherds pie in the oven and we know were our bread is buttered
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I took 10 gazillion photos here and they are all my faves but just look at this.
Despite being a little apprehensive about the condition of the roof in parts I felt priviliged to see this georgous place and thanks to Morrisey and Willknot for the info and good company
I do not know much about Crisp Delph but we happened upon an old bloke in the woods who lived in the bungalow that backs onto the quarry, he told us some amazing story about a company called Finch who illegally quarried the the Sandstone from Crisp Delph and where only stopped when a resident started legal proceedings to put an end to the plundering, yes this was in the early 1900's and he was quoting from memories that were told to him by his own grandad.
Upon entering you are immediatly on an incline that opens up from a crawl to a full on chamber that has jenga type concrete supports right up to the roof.
It looks like massive jenga
Once your eyes adjust and you get your bearings, you realise that these supports are holding up the entire hillside that you had crossed to get in.
Willknot here linin up a money shot...check those roof supports!
http://s128.photobucket.com/user/paulc_2007/media/crisp delph sandstone mine/300_5773.jpg.html
I am not gonna lie, There were parts in here that had me shitting myself as I passed under them, basically the roof was seriously shonkey in parts and some of the collapses were recent.
This was the first time that I had used my camera since rebiuiding my lens and I just had to take some twat dash shots, i must say however tha it was a refreshing change from filming and taking pictures on my mobile phone.
Me...check that roof
me again...those concrete supports!!
I was quietly having a little sex wee at this point
the workings went for about 2km into the next village, we saw the passageway but gave it a swerve because Willknots Mrs had made a fish pie for tea and my Mrs had a Shepherds pie in the oven and we know were our bread is buttered
View attachment 723296
I took 10 gazillion photos here and they are all my faves but just look at this.
Despite being a little apprehensive about the condition of the roof in parts I felt priviliged to see this georgous place and thanks to Morrisey and Willknot for the info and good company
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