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Below 2017.4 Quarterly Journal of the Shropshire Caving & Mining Club Winter Issue No: 2017.4 Club Awards It’s Offi cial - Steve Holding has Finally Retired Congratulations to Mike Shaw who At the Club Dinner in October, Steve was awarded the 2017 Archaeology announced that he had fi nally retired Award for his work at Cothercott and brought along a retirement cake Baryte mill - just when he thought that they had given him at work but his mantle-piece would be clear this not had chance to cut. year! Topped with a helmet and miners lamps - it was very tasty! Steve has already got several digging projects in mind, plus numerous trips to go on! Get Well Soon Best wishes for speedy recoveries go out to Andy Kennelly, Alan Moseley, Congratulations to Evan Kinsey and Alan Taylor who have all had various health problems This years “Busted Hernia” award David and Margaret recently. was given to Steve Holding for a Adams couple of “Senior Moments” on a They will be celebrating their 10th Wishing all Club Membe rs , trip down to the 40 yard level Wedding Anniversary in December, we wish them all the best for the fr iends and family future and to David for his 80th birthday, also in December. Cheers ! “Below” 2017.4 1 Shropshire Mining Club Veteran’s Reunion, 18th Oct. 2017 David Adams The fi rst Shropshire Mining Club Ivor it was decided to invite his wife At fi rst it was odd in the car park to Veteran’s Reunion was held at Iris, also Alan Taylor, not a veteran greet all these strange bewhiskered, the Bradford Arms, Ivetsey Bank, but now at 93, Past President and often slightly balding now elderly Staffordshire on Wednesday 18th the oldest member of the Club. cavers not seen for many years, but October 2017. To represent the present Club, the their accents soon established who Chairman, Vice Chairman and they were. The idea of a reunion of the founders Secretary were invited. Veterans and early members of our Club, then were told they could invite present known simply as the ‘Shropshire members of the Club, but it was Mining Club’ (the title ‘Caving’ was ‘their do’. not added until 1972) originated after the early passing and funeral of our APOLOGIES: - Alan Taylor Club’s second Chairman Mike James was not fi t enough after a bout of in March 2016 which was attended ill health to attend and both our by seven of us. Chairman and Secretary had other engagements. Iris Brown was David Adams giving his introductory Having given the matter considerable moving in with her daughter near speech. (Kelvin Lake - I.A.Recordings) thought and a search for addresses. Lincoln. Bob Meeson a founder I listed forty-seven members who member and wife Jean, also couldn’t I opened the formal part of the had joined our Club between its attend. Bob had recently collapsed meeting by reading out in Memoriam foundation on 6th September 1961 after a bout of fl u, and been admitted the names of the thirty six founder and the same date in 1967, (ie 50 to hospital. and early members who had been in years ago). Of these, ten were known our Club to 1967, and who due to to have passed on, one believed PRESENTATIONS: - Visual death, infi rmity, or being just ‘lost to deceased, and twenty-four whose Presentations were made by Kelvin history’ could not be with us today. situations remained unknown. On Lake and Peter Eggleston, entitled 15th March 2017 I then despatched ‘The last 50 Years of the S.C.M.C.’. This was followed by an ample lunch a circular letter to the thirteen known Also Vice Chairman Gareth Rushton of cold meats and salads provided addresses, of which two proved was able to present his father’s by the pub. Because he had to leave negative. Presentation which was made early for an important meeting after the Club meeting on the 1st Gareth gave his father’s most The fi rst to reply was Ivor Brown September, covering the Club’s impressive Presentation fi rst, telling who thought it was an excellent recent achievements, and the respect us of the remarkable achievements idea, but unfortunately this was with which it is now held by other in communications underground, followed by his own passing on organisations. camera work, recording, engineering, the 4th of April. The fact that this study of bats, and the many and had happened already to one of the THOSE ATTENDING: - varied technical activities of our remaining eleven only served to * David Adams, Founder Member present Club. spur the idea on. Ten positive replies with wife Margaret. were received. The next problem * Mike Gaut a founder member After this I reminded those present was the time of year and the time of and 1st Treasurer with his wife that it was initially the interest of day, many were busy in the summer Marlene. John Mason in exploring mines and months and at weekends, while a * Colin Lears our fi rst member and then the rest of us as gathered round number did not relish the idea of his ‘daughter’ Victoria. the table who had set the course of driving longish distances at night. * Terry and Jen Davies this very successful Club fi fty plus Thus the optimum month seemed to * David Stevenson and his wife years ago. be October, the day midweek, time * Peter Summerfi eld, midday, and Chris Lane fi nally fi xed * John Norton and his wife Josie Following this I listed the early the date of his availability as the 18th * Chris Lane and his wife Elizabeth, achievements of the Club, the of October. * Jock King and his wife Josie. fi rst private survey of the South * John Mason, who fi rst instigated Shropshire Mines, the survey of VENUE: - The Bradford Arms was the idea of exploring mines in Llanymynech Roman Mine, which chosen due to its good reputation for South Shropshire in 1958 with his had not been bettered, caving in food, and its position on the A5 east- wife Liz Derbyshire and South Wales, our fi rst west and proximity to the motorways Rescue Call Outs, commencement of north and south. Also the Presenters Gareth Rushton, the Church Aston-Lilleshall survey Kelvin Lake and Peter Eggleston - and so on. GUESTS: - In view of the loss of 22 in all. 2 “Below” 2017.4 Shropshire Mining Club Veteran’s Reunion, 18th Oct. 2017 Continued ... Kelvin and Peter then made their I then asked whether they wished proved that people joining and taking superb visual Presentation of many this to be only the fi rst Reunion, a real interest in our Club could fi nd photographs taken of our activities that could be continued in the next, ‘Friends for Life’. over the last fi fty years. All of which and future years, to which there was brought back many memories and enthusiastic agreement. Next year’s The fi nal act was for Kelvin to gather went down extremely well. Reunion will include those who the party in one corner of the room joined our Club in 1967-8, provided and take a group photograph. Chris Lane’s old 8mm, unfortunately their names and present addresses somewhat hazy fi lm showing can be found in the Club records. Around 4pm the reunion broke up members activities 30 to 40 years I ended by saying that for all of us and all departed happily on their ago completed the Presentations. to meet again after fi fty plus years separate ways. Attendees at the Veterans Reunion,18th October 2017. Standing (left to right): John Mason, Josie Norton, Peter Summerfi eld, Terry (Blogg) Davies, Mrs. Stevenson, Dave Stevenson, Mike Gaut, Marlene Gaut, Elizabeth Mason, Liz Lane, Colin Lears, John Norton, David Adams. Seated (left to right): Jen Davies, Chris Lane, Robert ‘Jock’ King, Josie King. Pictures from the Archives Following the Reunion (and in the days leading up to it) a number of photographs taken in the 1960s were sent in: Above: Terry & Jen Davies (Jen Davies) Above right: David Adams ascending Croesor Slate Mine near Ffestiniog, North Wales watched by Mike Gaut, Mike James lifelining, & Colin Lears. During the fi rst Easter camp, 20th-23rd April 1962. (Bob Meeson) “Below” 2017.4 3 Pictures from the Archives Dave Stevenson Among the photographs sent in for 705ft. in the rift below to the Veterans Reunion was a picture a boulder slope (estimated of the 1967 Provatina Expedition to be about 1600ft. down). (Greece) and one of the ‘team’ Every member of the party training for the expedition. descended to the Snow Ledge (570ft. down) some Amongst older cavers this was a two or three times! legendary expedition and two Club members (Nigel Beattie and Dave The depth of the Provatina Stevenson) were on the trip. Abyss is currently recorded as 405m (1,328ft.). Provatina is in the North Western part of the Pindhus Mountains, Greece. The landscape is dominated Right: Practising ladder by a broad tabular mass of pure climbing in Gaping Gill Main Chamber - the little spec in limestone, nearly 8,000ft high, the light is Nigel Beattie! named Gamila which is drained by two rivers, the Aoos and Vikos, that have cut deep canyons over Pictures: Dave Stevenson 4,000ft deep. The Vikos is a resurgence, emerging in a deep gorge Below: View across the by a minor peak called Astraka. It is mountain to the Provatina Shaft as the team lays out this area that interested the British the ladders. cavers due to a huge, unexplored shaft on a plateau at an altitude of 5,850ft.
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