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Old 11-04-2011, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by brownknees View Post
I lived in Shilbottle from 49 to 54 and the kiln was next to the field behind our house(lLee Avenue)so it was frequently visited by our gang!!Was a ruin then so dont know when it was operational.There was a quarry next to it which used to dry out in the summer,full of the usual old bikes etc !Lots of Newts could be had and frogs spawn.The field I mentioned was a great one for field mushrooms ,never tasted the like since!!

Nice to get you reminiscing. Think parts of that kiln might be ready to tumble unfortunately. (I'll make a note of that field too for mushrooming )
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