The Old Gang

lead mine spoil heap
As usual, don’t rely on the colour, as I’ve colourised my original black and white 35mm shot in Photoshop.
Swaledale trip

One last snapshot from our 16 July 1965 third form trip to Swaledale. Sorting through the old gang (‘gangue’ = waste) near Hurst, Swaledale are my two school friends Derek Stefaniw examining a chunk of mineral – perhaps fluorite or galena? – alongside cool dude Paul Copley.

Swaledale trip
From this distant view, I can’t identify any of the teachers or pupils examining the lead mining waste heap.

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