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Black Country Museum

In the early 80’s I abseiled into the Singing Cavern and I think the other was called the 144 level. Was there also a Hursts Cavern? We came across a derelict boat at the bottom, a hundred or so feet below the surface.
 
Astoness said:
i noted no safety helmets back then pedro

lyn
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No there didn't used to be.
I hadn't been for some years and then visited with my sister and brother in law who were over from Germany - was amazed to find we had to wear a hard hat and, I think, a hi viz jacket!
 
to be honest i think hard hats are needed as you never know when something could break away from up above and wack you on the head...also quite a bit of netting gone up just in case...cost £16.50 for myself and grandson for the 40/45 min trip..3rd time i have done it... well worth it i think

lyn
 
Not sure If I have posted theses before, but possibly lost in hack.
The entrance to the tunnel before the BCLM was extant.

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Conditions inside the tunnel

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Exit at the other end, which you at present cannot do, though possibly in future if the Trust expands the work

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A book is now available being part of the research for the Black Country Museum "Forging Ahead" development depicting the years 1945-1968.

Forging Ahead, Austerity to Prosperity in the Black Country 1945-1968, Simon Briercliffe.
 
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A connection to Birmingham can be seen in the thread…Julia Varley.

Julia Varley

Saw this in the Mail A Birmingham Civic Society blue plaque is to be unveiled in honour of Julia Varley. Birmingham Civic Society will honour Julia Varley with a ceremony at the Minworth Greaves building in Selly Manor on May 24.A blue plaque will be erected on her former home in Hay Green Lane...
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ive got my yearly pass so i shall be visiting soon...cant wait to the see the new buildings in place which wont be just yet of course

lyn
 
Racecourse Colliery, Black Country Museum.

“It was originally the shaft of one of the Earl of Dudley's small pits, Coneygree Colliery Pit No 126, which operated between 1860 and 1902. After the pit was abandoned, all the surface landmarks were removed and the shaft itself was eventually filled in.”


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