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Old 29-04-2016, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by janwhin View Post
This is going to excite quite a few of you collectors out there, not those after coal in jars!
Apparently waste from Alnwick was used to fill in the mine shafts at Tarry which has resulted in a large number of old Alnwick Brewery bottles being found there. Clay pipes too.
That's interesting. Must admit though I wouldn't like to dig a 10 foot diameter cylindrical rubbish tip in a mine shaft!

I'm saying 10 foot but I've no idea about those old shafts. 20c shafts are quite some size:




Shaft pilings in position for a new shaft:

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