BlackSheep2
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Not much info out there on the web. 1957 the 20 year old art student's belongings were found in Goyden. His body never found. It is suggested that he may have faked his death, does anyone have any further info on this case?
rhychydwr1 said:Come on you tup Derbyshire Cavers, two artificial bodies, 12 sheep and Alan Kerr have disappeared in this cave and to date they have not been found. Pull you fingers out!
Goydenman said:Well you can take the caver out of Derbys but you can't take Derbys out the caver....so we are digging in that direction........watch this space
BlackSheep2 said:Not much info out there on the web. 1957 the 20 year old art student's belongings were found in Goyden. His body never found . . .
Clive G said:..........................Those who really know Goyden keep away in winter when the weather is uncertain, or a sudden thaw can send millions of gallons of water down off the moors."BlackSheep2 said:Not much info out there on the web. 1957 the 20 year old art student's belongings were found in Goyden. His body never found . . .
Clive G said:The other puzzle is that in his wallet in his anorak (found in the Lower Stream Passage) was some English money, presumably to help with the journey to the cave and back home again, but also "four 1,000 French franc notes." Now, this was 4,000 FF, which, with the old conversion rate of 8 FF to the English pound, comes in at around ?500 - in 1957/8. In 1962 you could buy a large house in a good area in Harrogate for ?2,500! So, what on earth was B.A.K., a 20-year-old Leeds art student, doing with all this money in the first place and why did he take it into the cave with him . . . ?
langcliffe said:. . . So the 4,000 French francs would have been worth about ?3.60p - or a little over ?60 in today's money.
Sorry, didn't realise Goyden connected with Derbyshire, where would you suggest we start looking Tony?
Alex said:Sorry, didn't realise Goyden connected with Derbyshire, where would you suggest we start looking Tony?
Well definitely coming next thurday then!