Steve - I remember the outbreaks of swine fever in the 60s I think ... Farmers had to slaughter and bury their pigs on the farm, digging the pits by hand and covering the corpses with a layer of lime which was delivered on a lorry. maybe that's what you've found?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Constantly finding pieces of old clay (smoking) pipes in our garden - it has been a garden of sorts for over 300 years so not that surprising really.
We had an allotment in the village once and were very excited to find a fossil in one of the first stones we dug up. Sadly the Gloucestershire sandstone was about 9 inches below the surface and we found that there was a stone with a fossil in every spadeful - frequently more. Rather lost it's novelty quite quickly!
I've got a few clay pipes but got them from the bottom of a river when I used to scuba dive. They chucked them off the boats at one time. Interesting that they'd be chucking them out in the garden too!
I took on a garden once where the rubbish wasn't buried but slung behind the kennels in plastic bags. Yes it was kennel waste! Moved it to the tip 3-4 bags at a time in an old Ford Capri (with the sunroof open!).
Steve - I remember the outbreaks of swine fever in the 60s I think ... Farmers had to slaughter and bury their pigs on the farm, digging the pits by hand and covering the corpses with a layer of lime which was delivered on a lorry. maybe that's what you've found?
When the previous owners dug the foundations for a conservatory on the back of our victorian house they found a well. It's now a feature in the conservatory floor.
When we moved in there was a tea towel at the bottom that someone had dropped so I got my friends husband to absail down it and retrieve the tea towel. At first I was nervous about standing on the glass cover but I've got used to it now.
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Steve - I remember the outbreaks of swine fever in the 60s I think ... Farmers had to slaughter and bury their pigs on the farm, digging the pits by hand and covering the corpses with a layer of lime which was delivered on a lorry. maybe that's what you've found?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Constantly finding pieces of old clay (smoking) pipes in our garden - it has been a garden of sorts for over 300 years so not that surprising really.
We had an allotment in the village once and were very excited to find a fossil in one of the first stones we dug up. Sadly the Gloucestershire sandstone was about 9 inches below the surface and we found that there was a stone with a fossil in every spadeful - frequently more. Rather lost it's novelty quite quickly!
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I've got a few clay pipes but got them from the bottom of a river when I used to scuba dive. They chucked them off the boats at one time. Interesting that they'd be chucking them out in the garden too!
I took on a garden once where the rubbish wasn't buried but slung behind the kennels in plastic bags. Yes it was kennel waste! Moved it to the tip 3-4 bags at a time in an old Ford Capri (with the sunroof open!).
Happy memories
House was built in 56 so should be OK!
Phew!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
When the previous owners dug the foundations for a conservatory on the back of our victorian house they found a well. It's now a feature in the conservatory floor.
When we moved in there was a tea towel at the bottom that someone had dropped so I got my friends husband to absail down it and retrieve the tea towel. At first I was nervous about standing on the glass cover but I've got used to it now.
OK. I'm jealous now!
So am I
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yviestevie, that's fabulous. Was there any water in it or was the teatowel really, really absorbent?
Great that you didn't find a shopping trolley.
Beats my planned Butler sink, prep sink, one and a half sink combo! he he