enamels1000
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fleece77
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| 21 Oct 2016 10:32 PM |
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That looks like exciting stuff Joe !! Never had a chance to dig an old tip before, looks like an addictive process
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Planesman
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| 22 Oct 2016 12:26 AM |
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Some great pictures there Enamels. It must be a great feeling when you pull something special out of the ground. |
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enamels1000
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| 22 Oct 2016 08:40 AM |
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Thanks Gordo,yes it's addictive,,got to have my yearly fix. |
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enamels1000
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| 22 Oct 2016 08:43 AM |
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Thanks Planesman,it would be a lot easier on my back to buy the stuff,,but it's just not the same,,,there's a story with every piece we dig. |
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Mick G
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| 22 Oct 2016 09:25 AM |
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Sweeeeeet ! |
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Alan Blakeman
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| 22 Oct 2016 09:27 AM |
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Thanks fer posting ….. enjoyed viewing whilst having a coffee!! |
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Advertising Antiques Ltd
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| 22 Oct 2016 02:11 PM |
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Great stuff Joe, cant beat digging lids and gingers |
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enamels1000
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| 19 Oct 2019 11:48 AM |
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Thanks,Mick,Alan,Al for your encouraging comments. |
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ChrisJ
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| 15 Mar 2021 12:44 AM |
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is that anywhere near Southport? |
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BamberBooks
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| 15 Mar 2021 08:57 AM |
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Good spread and the site looks fairly dry too!
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PhoneGuy
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| 15 Mar 2021 04:21 PM |
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Absoluty love this !
An old boy in our village told me about a wooded piece of land just a 2 minute walk from me that was a large old Victorian tip – used after the original sand pits where shutdown. The original landowner then sold the land off many years ago, by breaking it up into lots of tiny parcels to apparently scupper it being large scale developed in the future. The problem would be trying to get land owners permission to dig as there could be as many as 40 of them in a small area…
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alan s
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| 17 Mar 2021 10:48 PM |
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Hi Phoneguy they were a good few day,I'm the guy in the pics,regarding ur tip it certainly worth trying to get permission worst they can say is no |
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PhoneGuy
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| 20 Mar 2021 12:37 PM |
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Posted By alan s on 17 Mar 2021 10:48 PM
Hi Phoneguy they were a good few day,I'm the guy in the pics,regarding ur tip it certainly worth trying to get permission worst they can say is no
Supposedly there is a steam-shovel that was left behind and buried as it was deemed too difficult or expensive to remove it when the sand pits were shutdown. Who knows what other treasures may be down there! As far as I know, no one has dug there as it’s history as a tip is only known by a few people.
From your experience Alan, how do you go about finding landowners of such places?
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alan s
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| 20 Mar 2021 05:27 PM |
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Hi Phoneguy we just tend to ask around locally someone usually knows or if it's a rural area best people to ask are farmers they tend to know who owns what |
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