Ironstone Quarries Part 2 - Woolsthorpe and The High Dyke

[@LeiceExplore]

Very interesting Matt. I love these iron stone lines. Very interesting about the four gauge sizes. Thanks for the mention to, and yes, I’ll be checking these tunnels out haha!

[@ricktownend9144]

Very many thanks for all the detail - fascinating

[@homeideas2885]

Hi Matt, thanks for directing me to this, great graphics. I grew up in Harlaxton in the 60's and went to Colsterworth school where my mum taught in the early 70's so I remember seeing quite a lot of this still in operation it was quite exciting to see it all, the locos and the enormous walking drag lines. There was still steam quite late and as a very small boy my grandfather used to take us for a walk up to a level crossing with a hut next door to it where we would sit with the man whose job was to open and close the gate (I think) and one time a little steam loco appeared and I was briefly lifted up onto the footplate for a look. I remember the fire in the firebox mostly. Can you imagine that happening today!

[@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts]

@@homeideas2885 superb, I am glad you like the detail and I love the story of that roaring fire. I have no experience of this, although when I was a lad, my weekend swimming instructor was a shunter at Stratford (London) depot and I had a fantastic day when I was taken for a tour. Do have a look at the other quarry videos, they cover very much the same story with so many differences, particularly any on his Grace's grounds at Belvoir Castle

[@thisisbob1001]

Matt is back!

[@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts]

@@thisisbob1001 thanks Bob, it takes an enormous amount of research and then converting it to the map is a long task, but I do enjoy it. I average about 90 days per video depending on how much information there is available and now many books I have to hunt down!

[@gordonfergus7267]

Fab!