Peak District book research questions

[Pitlamp]

There's a whole load of administrative safeguards in place these days, to make sure such projects have been thought through properly. (But perhaps we shouldn't stray off topic?)

 

[darkdescender]

Yes the Diver with Ken Pearce was Dave Abbott, who was also on the 1964 KP Berger Expedition.

 

[alastairgott]

Don't want to stray off topic, but have just listened to your interview on the 1964 KP Berger expedition, an excellent listen. http://caving-library.org.uk/audio/playback-246.html

 

[T pot 2]

Martin
The book I mentioned is titled

Ancient caves of castleton by John royse
He states that by boat they continued on from Victoria aven by boat to foreside mine which purportedly connected to speedwell cavern.

 

[Pitlamp]

Is that the Royce who left his name in the large chamber up the rickety shafts in the Halfway House series in Speedwell Cavern?

He must have been a pretty handy caver - and obviously knew the system well.

Please can you remind us what's the date of that book?

 

[T pot 2]

1st edition published April 1943

 

[pwhole]

That's an earlier Royse - the John Royse who wrote Ancient Castleton Caves (and who opened up Treak Cliff and sunk the shaft into the cartgate at Odin Gorge in 1926) died in 1943, or maybe 1945, shortly after the book was published. He's in the DPC line-up photo outside Blue John Cavern in The Castleton Mines book.

 

[Martin Wright]

Thank you everyone who has posted, including those who have got me mixed up with Mark Wright 
Sadly, I've never been to the Gouffre Berger but I have seen Mark's excellent book.

 

[Mrs Trellis]

Wasn't John Royce the miner who covered up the "lost" vein in TCC recently re-discovered accidentally?

 

[pwhole]

I think it was, yes. He was meant to show Peter Harrison the new vein the next day, but died that evening, not having told anyone where or how he'd hidden it. I hope I got the details right but I don't know if Vicky Turner reads this to correct any mistakes!

 

[Martin Wright]

So, yet more research (an old photo caption) has confirmed P.H. Price to be Phil Price.
Thought I would let you all know and give this thread a "bump" at the same time