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Scotsmans Flash

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Scotsmans Flash  (Poolstock Lane corner)
Scotsmans Flash (Poolstock Lane corner)
Photo: John Brown
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Item #: 16726
Old picture showing miners going fishing and shooting on the flash (near where the old pump-house used to be). It's a poor quality pic but I thought it was worth putting on. Me and my mates used to fish off the railway embankment there. . . the permit man wouldn't go there as it was private property Didn't stop us though !

Comment by: John Banks on 12th January 2011 at 11:12

John used to go shooting and fishing there myself in the 60s you could get a shot gun out of a catalogue those days and just use a air gun license, great photo.

Comment by: dave marsh on 12th January 2011 at 18:26

The permit man was always under the railway bridge so if you nipped down and crosed the railway line you could fish for free.

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