Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Earth Centre

This bronze plaque is one of several in the entrance to the former Earth Centre between Conisbrough and Denaby Main, Yorkshire. This was also the entrance to the former Cadeby Colliery. The poem tells of the feelings of a young lad as he descends the shaft of a coal mine for the very first time to start work on his first underground shift. I still remember my first time too, even after 42 years. Translation, for those not familiar with South Yorkshire dialect: I was frightened and cold, just fourteen years old As we dropped like a stone into (the) dark. With my snap tin* and lamp, and clothes like a tramp, Well, I knew this was real - and no place to lark**. * a metal sandwich container, shaped like a slice of bread, which could be strapped to your belt. ** to lark = to mess around, to behave foolishly or irresponsibly.

Originally uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group. This is a north-easterly view over the Don valley and part of Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, near Doncaster. The photo was taken from the disused quarries in the Lower Magnesian Limestone (Edlington Formation) at North Cliff, Conisbrough, sometimes known as 'Conisbrough Crags', sometimes as 'Denaby Crags'. The buff-coloured embankment across the valley is 'Cadeby Crags' - the scarp slope of the Lower Magnesian Limestone. The site of the former Cadeby colliery is just in front of Cadeby Crags. Cadeby village is on the distant skyline at (0.2, 0.6). The disused buildings of the Earth Centre are at the extreme left (0.05, 0.5). Flickr member loose_grip_99 has a photo of Cadeby Crags and Cadeby colliery in 1976 here: www.flickr.com/photos/loose_grip_99/163184624/