tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post6352571733253529858..comments2024-03-27T05:18:53.795-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: Mining Lead in the Dales.The Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53316929775965429002012-08-29T21:24:06.315-07:002012-08-29T21:24:06.315-07:00What a beautiful area, Weaver - your pictures are ...What a beautiful area, Weaver - your pictures are lovely!Golden Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590087189810939432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-18985453742420127822012-08-28T07:22:56.342-07:002012-08-28T07:22:56.342-07:00Interesting that some of the lead miners went to S...Interesting that some of the lead miners went to South Africa too - I imagine they would travel steerage, so the journey would be awful too - what suffering the poor went through in those days - and still do in many parts of the world. Thanks for adding your comment to the debate.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-45841742214558027262012-08-28T03:06:30.929-07:002012-08-28T03:06:30.929-07:00Fascinating area, the Dales. Fascinating post.Fascinating area, the Dales. Fascinating post.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-24472872933309770922012-08-27T14:14:20.112-07:002012-08-27T14:14:20.112-07:00thats interesting Pat
on our village census of 199...thats interesting Pat<br />on our village census of 1991 we had several lead miners living here!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-74330326628611320382012-08-27T10:01:38.503-07:002012-08-27T10:01:38.503-07:00There is a sadness about those old mine workings i...There is a sadness about those old mine workings in their remote settings.Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13357761230206692089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-81779542563718506372012-08-27T09:46:04.562-07:002012-08-27T09:46:04.562-07:00Both you and Pat wrote today about programs you wa...Both you and Pat wrote today about programs you watched on TV and both sound so interesting.<br />One of your commentators, Em, watched the same program and mentioned the cows the family got and how it transformed their life. <br />My family supports The Ark program that gives animals to families in need who then share/sell the eggs, milk, calves with another family in need. They in turn share. Even trees !<br /><br />Wonderful photos. The steams look so lovely.<br /><br />cheers, parsnip<br /><br />angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-81807003976026442902012-08-27T08:14:09.407-07:002012-08-27T08:14:09.407-07:00What a peaceful place. I hope the hard working men...What a peaceful place. I hope the hard working men of long ago took some solace from the streamside flowers and the heather covered moors as they walked by.Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-7369981469232562972012-08-27T07:55:32.536-07:002012-08-27T07:55:32.536-07:00The settlers who came out to South Africa also nam...The settlers who came out to South Africa also named a little village, Richmond. It is a farming area near to us. It is sobering to think of the hardship these poor miners endured. ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-16669041062450067562012-08-27T07:37:53.876-07:002012-08-27T07:37:53.876-07:00Yes, those miners had very difficult lives, and I ...Yes, those miners had very difficult lives, and I think very unhealthy too.We saw in Cornwall abandoned tinmines. Daphne du Maurier wrote about a coppermine. In Wales we saw abandoned leadmines and slatemines. All very interesting and impressive.Once a Cornishman asked me to translate a leaflet about tinmines from English into Dutch, which was not easy as the main part was very technical. You are right the mines are always situated in beautiful, rural surroundings.Reader Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06384603525251159272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-53314955265147527672012-08-27T07:28:40.490-07:002012-08-27T07:28:40.490-07:00Wasn't it a great program and I'm so glad ...Wasn't it a great program and I'm so glad the couple got their two cows. Humbling indeed that their lives were so transformed by something so small and that it had been so totally out of their reach previously. That lavatory WAS pits. <br /><br />Lovely pictures of the valley and flowers - thank you.Em Parkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789754528697848623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-78314920084326137642012-08-27T07:18:59.667-07:002012-08-27T07:18:59.667-07:00You forgot to mention the ones who lost their live...You forgot to mention the ones who lost their lives in collapsed workings and those who met an early end through lead poisoning. But I agree: the old workings are picturesque places for a wander.John "By Stargoose And Hanglands"https://www.blogger.com/profile/00832873074550725579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-31999374654947335272012-08-27T07:10:16.541-07:002012-08-27T07:10:16.541-07:00Lovely set of photos. Lovely set of photos. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-78233272104480400092012-08-27T04:30:27.352-07:002012-08-27T04:30:27.352-07:00That scenery is so rugged and beautiful - hopefull...That scenery is so rugged and beautiful - hopefully it's remoteness will preserve it - but the working conditions there must have been indescribably tough. What a soft life so many of us have today, and still we complain.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-15681864997031592532012-08-27T04:17:06.144-07:002012-08-27T04:17:06.144-07:00And of course Dartmoor was mined for tin, copper, ...And of course Dartmoor was mined for tin, copper, silver and lead. All the wild places we love now must have looked very much different in those times. Picteuresque in summer but a different matter when you are eking a living in the depths of winter and towns for provisions so far distant.<br /><br />I am glad that you had an enjoyable walk and reached the car before the heavens opened.<br /><br />We are having one of those "there was no possibility of a walk that day" days here so I am baking!Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-12638322210297788002012-08-27T03:22:36.545-07:002012-08-27T03:22:36.545-07:00'Large', not 'larch', of course......'Large', not 'larch', of course...Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-60635990278060320472012-08-27T03:22:00.338-07:002012-08-27T03:22:00.338-07:00Not far from here in the Mendip hills, you can see...Not far from here in the Mendip hills, you can see larch pits where the Romans mined Galena too - heavy metals from beauty spots!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com