25 book group: the characters in my book are exploring an old slate mine in North Wales during WW2 and have come across some intriguing building activity.
(Darlun o Ryfel [A Portrait of War] by Beryl Stafford Williams)
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Ruth Hartnup
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jade19721 54 months ago | reply
Who or what is doing the activity?
Ruth and Dave 54 months ago | reply
Some of the local men are building huts inside the quarry; but they don't know what the huts are for any more than the kids who come across them do.
KarenSaraGaches 54 months ago | reply
Fabulous photo - love the link too. The book sounds interesting.
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Seen next to a fellow photo of The 25 Book Challenge for 2009. (?)
patchworkbunny 54 months ago | reply
I love the variation in colours in the slates.
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Ruth and Dave 54 months ago | reply
Turns out they were storing paintings from the National Gallery in there, to protect them from bomb damage; and then there was aplot to steal some, which the kids foiled a la Famous Five.
Owlet2007 54 months ago | reply
Very interesting. Does the book tell you which slate mine it is in North Wales?
I have visited the Llechwedd Slate mine near Blaenau Ffestiniog but am sure it's not that one. The buildings at the mine were of a similar construction but without the colour banding.
Ruth and Dave 54 months ago | reply
This photo is actually of the slates on the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, so I don't know where the various slates came from - probably all over Wales, The quarry in the book is fictional. I've been to Llechwedd too, though not since I was akid - it's a very interesting place.