Frank's Shaft, Giew Mine, near Cripplesease
Giew Mine, near Cripplesease - 10th Feb., 2010
Frank's Shaft, Giew Mine, near Cripplesease
Frank's Shaft, Giew Mine, near Cripplesease
Frank's Shaft, Giew Mine, near Cripplesease
Frank's Shaft, Giew Mine, near Cripplesease
Frank's Shaft, Giew Mine, near Cripplesease
trepolpen

Frank's Shaft, Giew Mine, near Cripplesease

Relic of the past, this was a new working of the Billia Mine (otherwise Reeth Consols) by the St Ives Consols company. This engine house stands by the B3311 road and used, at least, to portrayed in working condition on the signboard of the nearby Engine Inn, Cripplesease. Operations here ceased in 1923 owing to the low price of tin. 200 persons were employed here in the last few years, the deepest level in the workings being 240 fathoms. What is this in feet?
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BayOfPlenty
I was just thoroughly enjoying the bickering, tpp :D
Incidentally, is this the five-minute argument, or the full half-hour?
 
trepolpen
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CHILLYWILLY
I propose that tpp converts the difference of 75 feet into pounds and then donates it to the next committee meeting to get a couple of rounds in. ::10: The remainder will pay for chips on the way home.
 
trepolpen
Interesting comment, CW! My Chambers shows 'gone for a Burton': (airmens slang) drowned, dead, absent, missing, no longer in existence!

I don't know about your chips. Apparently, Burton is a Staffordshire town famous for its beer (I thought it was its water!) and a 'Burton' is slang for a drink. You can buy us all a round next time you see us when we all go for a Burton!!::11:
 
treeve
My father, just after WWII, having served on dromes throughout England with 88 Squadron (bombers) told me the term applied to an airman having gone off to get himself a suit at Burton's, which was why he was no longer around. I think it had something to do with an advertisement; the suit was ragged out so get a new one at Burton, so it was gone for a Burton.
 
treeve
Just checked on my favourite website for such things, it generally gives a better account than other sites.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/
Quotes on strong contender as being a demob suit was made by Burton, hence the chappie has been demobilised. My father's demob suit lasted him years, it has to be said, well into the 60s.
 
trepolpen
See what you get on PP! A treatise on the English language and its origins , no less! Tailoring was what I first thought of also, Treeve, despite the Chambers definition. I think that your demob suit sounds very plausible.

Nice little bricked up window spaces on the front of this engine house, by the way. I suppose it's a conservational measure.
 
CHILLYWILLY
The recipe for Burton Ale states that the water for it must be sourced from the Trent. It goes on to say A smooth tasting pale ale -- full in body and a great long lasting head. This I thought described you down to a Tpp. ::11:
 

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