30-01-2013, 19:48
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Re: Where is Moleside?
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Originally Posted by pompeylass
Wah! This is getting interesting.
But, is that all you're going to tell us. I've done some walking up there when I was a kid with my dad and brother but we never came across any caves!
Tell us more!!
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There never were any caves, it was a hole in a quarry face, there was a flat area in front of it, where the gambling took place on Sundays during good weather, the gamblers took turns to use a small piece of wood which fitted over the first two fingers of the right hand, the referee would place two 1/2pennies on it which were then tossed into the air when all bets had been placed, either two heads, two tails or odds, look outs were posted on the surrounding high ground to warn of police raids.
My daugter took me up there about two years ago, its completely changed now, the quarry face has been damaged, and its now strewn with rubble, and the old generating station for the WW2 decoy is in a dangerous condition
Last edited by Retlaw; 30-01-2013 at 19:53.
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