....and the cave passage this represents is??

[JAA]

Roger ;



No, but my dad once told us a horrible story about a distant relative of his who got dragged into an industrial mangle in a big laundry facility . . . the last thing she ever did.

My mother had her arm pulled through a neighbours electric mangle when I was a kid, I can still hear the screams 35 yrs later. Ouch.

 

[Al S]

View attachment 17863
Saw this today when queuing - I bet I was the only person in that long line who saw it and thought about caving

Do you have a random object that reminds you of or represents a cave, formation, featuree queue for caving related reasons

That queue made us think of caving too! The cheese they were giving out while we waited was called Yoredale - can't be many cheeses named after a geological series.

 

[Fulk]

Here's one for Mendip cavers:

 

[mikem]

Mangle Hole on Mendip still contains the rollers, although rest of original has deteriorated

Of course there are also the Buttertubs in Yorkshire

 

[Jopo]

Yes! But only once . . .

I had my arm caught when reaching over the sink.

 

[hannahb]

I can't hear Mick Jagger / The Rolling Stones without thinking of the Hill Inn and cave diving

 

[cavingbiker]

Nowt to do with caving - I don't think - but does anyone remember getting their thumb or fingers caught in the mangle?

Nothing wrong with experience.

 

[Loki]

Nooooo - it's Christmas!!

Mr Hankey anyone!? Possibly one of the more surreal cartoon characters ever created!

 

[kay]

Posser is a new word to me. My mother used to use a dolly, which was why it was called a dolly tub.

I believe a marmite is a cooking pot for stews and casseroles, so the cave relevance is very similar to "Dollytubs" and not to do with brown sludge.

 

[shotlighter]

Posser is a new word to me. My mother used to use a dolly, which was why it was called a dolly tub.

I believe a marmite is a cooking pot for stews and casseroles, so the cave relevance is very similar to "Dollytubs" and not to do with brown sludge.

Similar here in the Potteries, where its called a dolly peg.

 

[JAA]

I’ve heard them called “poss tubs” in swaledale certainly.

 

[Jim MacPherson]

I’ve heard them called “poss tubs” in swaledale certainly.

I think 'poss' is reasonably common, there was a poss stick mill down by the river here until the 1920's (Durham Derwent). My Mum had a single tub Hoover with an agitator, mechanical poss stick a bit like a domestic version of those tubs on the dressing floor at Killhope, and a rather lethal electric powered mangle, but the niff of washing and the steam was quite pleasant. There was also a drying maiden above the boiler in the kitchen.

Crumbs, those were the days.... sort of.

Jim

 

[JAA]

I’ve still got my drying maiden thing above the fire in the front room, it’s ace! And makes the house smell lovely!

 

[bograt]

It may be very regional, but what you're calling a "poss", in the coal mining area of east Derbyshire we called a "ponch".

 

[Pitlamp]

I’ve still got my drying maiden thing above the fire in the front room, it’s ace! And makes the house smell lovely!

I've got a proper drying maiden in front of the stove right now, with all my wet running gear on.
But that doesn't seem to smell quite as nice . . .

Happy Christmas everybody!

 

[Pegasus]

To respond to Pegasus' original post - the Cheese Press squeeze in Lower Long Churn Cave?

Yes! Your turn

 

[Pitlamp]

OK, this item then. Which cave system is this in?

 

[Mark]

OK, this item then. Which cave system is this in?View attachment 17907

I'll suggest Lay-by Pot but its possibly not the one your thinking of?

 

[Pitlamp]

Bang on Mark; I thought a Derbyshire caver of your calibre would soon get that!

I remember when there was a pumping exercise there. Later, Ray Fairholome asked me to stick my head it it with a tank on. It didn't go unfortunately.

OK, you think of something to exercise our minds now!

 

[radddogg]

I'll narrow it down. It is found in Ease Gill