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Looking now in the opposite direction.....
....towards the fabled Treacle Mines.
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During World War II a secret research establishment was set up in a remote part of the common to provide the army with superior Tank armour. It in fact resulted in the famous Chobham armour. A military Railway station was built on the railway line from London, which runs on the edge of the common, to enable the research workers to get to work, and each day an army of workers could be seen entering the closely guarded establishment. All their lips were of course sealed by the Official Secrets Act, and their patriotism.
Now, at the time, in common with most food, sugar and sugar products were severely rationed to the populance. A rumour sprang up amongst the locals that the government had discovered a secret treacle mine on the common and the workers were treacle miners. Whether this rumour was promulgated by some local wag or the Ministry of Dis-Information is still a matter of conjecture.
Today the common holds different secrets. For example between here and the horizon of this picture a major motorway runs in a cutting across the width of this picture and beyond.
Looking now in the opposite direction.....
....towards the fabled Treacle Mines.
810_94589-1
During World War II a secret research establishment was set up in a remote part of the common to provide the army with superior Tank armour. It in fact resulted in the famous Chobham armour. A military Railway station was built on the railway line from London, which runs on the edge of the common, to enable the research workers to get to work, and each day an army of workers could be seen entering the closely guarded establishment. All their lips were of course sealed by the Official Secrets Act, and their patriotism.
Now, at the time, in common with most food, sugar and sugar products were severely rationed to the populance. A rumour sprang up amongst the locals that the government had discovered a secret treacle mine on the common and the workers were treacle miners. Whether this rumour was promulgated by some local wag or the Ministry of Dis-Information is still a matter of conjecture.
Today the common holds different secrets. For example between here and the horizon of this picture a major motorway runs in a cutting across the width of this picture and beyond.