Re: Christmas photos


<Johnny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> I'll have some more pix for you all tomorrow. Carlisle's
>> rather excellent Christmas decorations, both in daylight
>> and after dark, and bits of Hadrian's Wall in the snow!
>>
>> ally
>
> Thanks for the first set from Christmas Day. On the one "Smoke
> rising in the distance" what is that mound on the right? Looks
> man-made.
>
It's what I, as a Scot, would call a bing, but most people round here would
call a slag heap. It's part of the remains of Birkby Brickworks, which in
its heyday produced very fine bricks which are to found in many of the
buildings and walls hereabouts. The interesting thing about Birkby
Brickworks was that it was only approachable by railway: there was no road
leading to it at all. It lay on the banks of the Ellen, the river that flows
into the sea at Maryport. I'm not sure how much is left. I'm fascinated by
industrial archeology, but I've been warned that the ground around there is
full of holes and pits which are almost completely obscured by trees and
undergrowth these days, so it's very dangerous. I believe the odd dog has
been lost down these holes. All you can see from up above is dense forest
with the bing (oh, all right, slag heap) sticking up in the middle of it
all.

ally


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