Westwood Mine Chemical Testing PDF & Pics

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Sooooo, I have spent the last couple of days buried in files in the National Archives in London.

Originally I went down to research a local company I plan on doing a case study on which will include my exploring pictures and other information I have gathered over the years. This small task then turned into a mammoth amount of files and reading. It is quite amazing to see the back and forth chat between a company and the secretary of state especially when the company gets pissed off with the attitude of the government lol.

The internet will never be as fun as opening a 'Top Secret' document:mrgreen:

Anyway, after 1 whole day in the archives I rebooked my train tickets and went down the next day to finish off my research and to see what else is on offer.

Then I found the 'Westwood Trials' folder, documenting the chemical trials that went on in the mine during the Cold War. Something different and interesting.

I photographed the whole of the document and have now uploaded it so you can all see it for free and not have to go to the lengths I did to see it (although I would totally recommend going to the National Archives!!).

Pics in the document are below and the PDF with text is here....


http://pdfcast.org/pdf/westwood-mine-chemical-testing

Pics:

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Map:

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Chemical testing...

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Seriously raising the research bar sir!
Fantastic job, thanks for sharing your finds!

Wiki doesn't touch the National Archives!! I could quite happily camp out there and spend a gap year searching through our countries recent history! If only school had taught us about recent history instead of bloody Tudors!!
 

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