Anyone guess where this is?

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Anyone guess where this is?

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It'll help if you've ridden round the Towers ... looks somewhat different these days, so much so that it's quite hard to imagine it once looked like this.

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That's The Star at the top on the picture.
It sure does look different.

What prize do I win?
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Dylife? Based on the fact that there's old mine waste around there.
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JohnClimber wrote: Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:34 pm That's The Star at the top on the picture.
It sure does look different.

What prize do I win?
Nah - it's the Mine Office! That's why it looks different :wink: . JC wins the prize temporarily then has to hand it over to Reg :grin: .

Dressing floors in foreground and Bradford's shaft (924' deep) in the background. Star way off to the right. Photo taken 150 years ago.

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