Cherry Eye Bridge

[mark99]

Ruby walking through Cherry Eye Bridge near where the boat is moored. 100 years difference - not a lot. The painting was done in 2009 by Mike Fisher a local artist.

"The bridge is named after a condition of ironstone miners' eyes, from the redness caused by rubbing them with ore-stained hands. The Cherry Eye ironstone quarry site was near to this bridge.

The unusual shape of the bridge is thought to have been done for aesthetic reasons, to placate the local landowner when the canal was built".

[Tonka]

24 minutes ago, mark99 said:

Ruby walking through Cherry Eye Bridge near where the boat is moored. 100 years difference - not a lot. The painting was done in 2009 by Mike Fisher a local artist.

"The bridge is named after a condition of ironstone miners' eyes, from the redness caused by rubbing them with ore-stained hands. The Cherry Eye ironstone quarry site was near to this bridge.

The unusual shape of the bridge is thought to have been done for aesthetic reasons, to placate the local landowner when the canal was built".

but what was the bridge originally named

[magnetman]

I like the big lumps of coal. 

[MtB]

1 hour ago, magnetman said:

I like the big lumps of coal. 

 

I remember my grandparents burning large lumps like that in the fireplace when I was a small child. It smelled wonderful. 

 

Curiously, their surname was also Walley.

 

 

[magnetman]

I found some of these in the towpath on the Ashby in my first winter on. boat 94/95. They had been dredging (!) and one of the push tug geysers advised me there was some coal about. 

 

Burnt it in the Arctic fire. Quite nice. I do like real old coal. 

 

 

[mark99]

 

 

 

1880 map (image 2) calls it same

Edited November 20, 2023 by mark99

[ditchcrawler]

4 hours ago, magnetman said:

I found some of these in the towpath on the Ashby in my first winter on. boat 94/95. They had been dredging (!) and one of the push tug geysers advised me there was some coal about. 

 

Burnt it in the Arctic fire. Quite nice. I do like real old coal. 

 

 

Passed a couple of boats today with fires, doesn't this modern so called coal, stink when it burns 

[magnetman]

If you mean Excel then yes it is horrid. Like burning carrier bags. Also popular, sadly. I've never used it. 

 

Petcoke not nice. 

 

 

 

It is likely that more oil products will find their way into the smokeless briquettes over time. Seems a bit wrong but where there are economic incentives these things will happen. 

 

 

Maybe a side effect of electric cars

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

1 minute ago, ditchcrawler said:

Passed a couple of boats today with fires, doesn't this modern so called coal, stink when it burns 

this fake coal is horrible,

takes ages to get going proper and like you says stinks bad,

 

I did visit a lovely boozer this weekend that still has a stash of the proper big lumps of real stuff,

enough for a couple more winters

lovely 🔥 and roasting hot

[magnetman]

Interesting that despite the coal ban it is still possible to get real stuff (columbian, polish and welsh bit coal) delivered to central London. 

 

Which is nice ! 

 

Not cheap though.