Might be of use to someone and could possibly be a place to start, I seem to remember many years ago that there was a lead mining museum/centre at a place called I think Killthope Wheel, about 10 miles West of Stanhope due to adverse weather we did not get to it Chris In Kent --------------------------------- ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun!

Yes, there is a very popular, and very good, open air museum at Killhope. (But you do need to take extra woollies, wellies and midge repellant!) I also have photographs of this, but they were taken sometime ago and are somewhere in a box! We went there first when they were raising funds to restore the wheel: you could 'buy' a rivet for the wheel for 1pound - with a share certificate to go with it. My 3 boys bought one each! Try: http://www.durham.gov.uk/durhamcc/usp.nsf/web/pages/killhope+index+page then follow 'about us' Cheers, Rosemary, Northumberland UK ............................................................ My Family History - mostly from England and Scotland And Photographs from the North of England http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rprobert/index.htm ............................................................ In a message of 30 Jul 2004 you wrote: | Might be of use to someone and could possibly be a place to start, I seem to remember many years ago that there was a lead mining museum/centre at a place called I think Killthope Wheel, about 10 miles West of Stanhope due to adverse weather we did not get to it | | | Chris In | | Kent