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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
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:
Map:
Chemical testing...
D-UK
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
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:
Map:
Chemical testing...
D-UK