tedmcavoy
Grove Rake 1
To me, mines high on the moors are the most evocative of any industrial sites. I was lucky enough to explore the still-working and steam-powered Montcliffe Colliery, on the Pennines above Bolton in the 1960s and the impression it left has always stayed with me. Grove Rake, near Rookhope in Co Durham must be about the very last survivor of these wild, remote outposts, the hills around it littered with old iron, lead and spar mine workings.
November 2010
Grove Rake 1
To me, mines high on the moors are the most evocative of any industrial sites. I was lucky enough to explore the still-working and steam-powered Montcliffe Colliery, on the Pennines above Bolton in the 1960s and the impression it left has always stayed with me. Grove Rake, near Rookhope in Co Durham must be about the very last survivor of these wild, remote outposts, the hills around it littered with old iron, lead and spar mine workings.
November 2010