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JMB Joined: 11/04/2010 Location: Lochaber View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Stromness paving stones to be replaced - Liddle's Quarry reopened
Posted: 23/04/2011 19:54:29 Reply | Quote There was an item on BBC2 Scotland's Landward programme about Stromness. The council had some Heritage Lottery to spend so asked the community what they wanted to use it for. The decision was to replace concrete slabs that had been used to replace broken paving slabs in the streets of Stromness. Unfortunately the local quarry closed years ago so they contacted the owner and reopened to produce enough to do the job. The programme is on iPlayer until the end of the week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m994 More here (Liddle's Quarry apparently) http://www.allaboutorkney.com/news/300-stromness-streets-to-be-paved-with-stone MB -- |
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Tamarmole Joined: 20/05/2009 Location: Tamar Valley View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Stromness paving stones to be replaced - Liddle's Quarry reopened
Posted: 23/04/2011 21:43:35 Reply | Quote Down here in sunny (and it is for once) Cornwall we don't do anything as silly as use local materials. We get chinese granite or reconstituted resin based stuff. No doubt this is due to the extreme scarcity of granite in the south west. IP: 81.153.82.183 |
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Isabel Gott Joined: 01/06/2010 Location: Huddersfield View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Stromness paving stones to be replaced - Liddle's Quarry reopened
Posted: 25/04/2011 16:56:04 Reply | Quote They do the same in Huddersfield. They have taken up againg the local stone flags and replaced them with pink Chinese flags and we have quarries all over -- RL |
ChrisJC Joined: 13/10/2007 Location: Northants View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Stromness paving stones to be replaced - Liddle's Quarry reopened
Posted: 25/04/2011 19:18:37 Reply | Quote Presumably it's cheaper to extract and transport the stuff halfway across the planet than dig it up from the next village. Why is that? Chris. IP: 86.131.38.160 |
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Isabel Gott Joined: 01/06/2010 Location: Huddersfield View Profile View Posts View Personal Album View Personal Files View all Photos Send Private Message |
Stromness paving stones to be replaced - Liddle's Quarry reopened
Posted: 26/04/2011 10:26:58 Reply | Quote I wish somebody would tell the thieves who keep stealing the stone flags and shipping them South This should include wall capings and stone roof slates. -- RL |
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