Jackfield floods Shropshire 090214

Jackfield floods Shropshire 090214 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tuckies,_Jackfield,_Shropshire

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/jackfield-village/query/RAILWAY+DISASTER+ 

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On Sunday it was another miserable wet day. But you still have to go out and take photographs. It is a bug.

Today the water is a lot higher and the poor The Boat pub, the water is halfway up the windows now. The place and area gets flooded on a regular basis. Jackfield is now having a new road being built. They have had a wooden road for years to take the movement of the area. 

There was a terrible disaster years ago from flooding. 

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The Tower War Memorial Crich Derbyshire 090712

The Tower War Memorial Crich Derbyshire 090712 

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www.crich-memorial.org.uk/history.html

The Summit of Crich Hill is reputed to have been the site of the Beacon Fire which signalled the sighting of the Spanish Armada in the English channel in 1588. It is believed that after thrashing the Spanish received from Drake his ships and the good old English Weather, it was again used to celebrate the victory.

In 1988 this most famous naval victory was again celebrated on the 400th anniverary with a new Beacon Post and Brazier being built and in 2002 it was again rebuilt as a cairn and brazier to commermorate HM The Queen's Golden Jubilee.

The Tower

The first record of any town type structure is during the reign of King George III (1760) when a wooden tower was erected to provide both a landmark and a place from which to take in some of the best view available. 

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Crich Tramway Village Matlock Derbyshire 100712

Crich Tramway Village Matlock Derbyshire 090712

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http://www.tramway.co.uk/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Tramway_Museum/

http://www.matlock.org.uk/

I cannot believe it as been nearly two years since I have been here.  They do a lot of different events days which are very interesting.

If you love trams and want to tie this in with a visit to Matlock its a great day out. Matlock as so much to see and view. The history on the wikipedia link is really good. 

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The National Tramway Museum at Crich in Derbyshire England, is suituated within the Crich Tramway Village. It is a period village containing a pub, cafe, old style sweetshop, including the tram depots. The village is also home to the Eagle Press, a small museum dedicated to letterpress printing including an 1859 Columbian printing press. 

The trams at Crich mostly ran along the streets of  cities in the United Kingdom before the 1960's with some trams rescued and restored as systems closed.

The town of Matlock is close by and the nearest train service is from Whatstanwell railway station on the Derwent Valley Line, with a steep walk up to the museum at the top of the hill. It is very steep. Once inside it is very easy and level to walk, especially for wheelchairs and scooters.

George Stephenson the great railway pioneer had a close connection with Crich and the present tramway follows part of the mineral railway he built to link the quarry with Ambergate.

Spephenson constructed a metre gauge line- apparently the first metre gauge railway in the world. Stephenson was born in Wylam in Northumberland in 1781, but lived the last ten years of his life in Chesterfield close by. Often bringing visitors to Crich to see the mineral railway and take refreshment in one of the village inns. He died in 1848 and was buried in the Holy Trinity Church Chesterfield. 

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