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StoneGloves Sep 8, 2011 13:10:30
Replying to nigelswift

Well, with a hundred and seventeen posts I don't think it's been wrecked. I'm going to write to Ken Clark and ask him to suggest to IDS that he go and live among the feral underclass for a couple of weeks. I could mentor him as 'an ex prisoner' in Newcastle's West End. That'd put some understanding into his assertions, perhaps.

As you know, I have a copper mine in Northumberland. It's possible to scrabble down it until the way becomes unsafe. There's no props of any kind and there are roof falls. The received knowledge is that it was children that worked these shafts. So there was no school for them. Their lifestyle is almost unimaginable. It does bear thinking about.

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N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 8, 2011 13:27:35
Replying to StoneGloves

I'm not against tangents, in fact I love them, it's just a shame that a big deal like the government letting developers off the leash hasn't been properly addressed, here of all places. Rotherwas Ribbon wasn't wrecked by pressure from immigrants but by developers catering to housing demand from rich people and there are likely to be a hell of a lot of prehistoric site losses from now on for exactly the same reason. That ought to be recognised, and fully discussed here, I'd have thought.

N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 8, 2011 13:28:23
Replying to StoneGloves

I'm not against tangents, in fact I love them, it's just a shame that a big deal like the government letting developers off the leash hasn't been properly addressed, here of all places. Rotherwas Ribbon wasn't wrecked by pressure from immigrants but by developers catering to housing demand from rich people and there are likely to be a hell of a lot of prehistoric site losses from now on for exactly the same reason. That ought to be recognised, and fully discussed here, I'd have thought.

N nigelswift
nigelswift Sep 8, 2011 13:28:48
Replying to StoneGloves

I'm not against tangents, in fact I love them, it's just a shame that a big deal like the government letting developers off the leash hasn't been properly addressed, here of all places. Rotherwas Ribbon wasn't wrecked by pressure from immigrants but by developers catering to housing demand from rich people and there are likely to be a hell of a lot of prehistoric site losses from now on for exactly the same reason. That ought to be recognised, and fully discussed here, I'd have thought.