Disaster at Mount Saint Mary's

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 9:45 pm

I seem to remember an article, I think in the YEP about a year ago, in which someone was taken into an old well/mineshaft/tunnel (down Phill!), the only way in being from inside the church. Affraid the memory on the detail is a little vague, but there was deffinately something of this nature associated with the Church.(Looked at it in the low afternoon sun the other day whilst driving home - quite a majestic sight, looking down upon it's land).

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 9:49 pm

Isn't there a friends of Mount St Mary's group out there? I think the statues were salvaged and kept in safe keeping if I remember correctly. Anyone know anything about it?

julesd · Post by **julesd** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 10:21 pm

"There is a letter in tonights YEP on the subject which goes on to point out that there are abandoned mine workings under the site (apparently a large chunk of the school playground once vanished down one once upon a time)."I was at school when that happened - it was when there was a primary school on the same site (not sure what happened to that) but one day while we were all in classes a milk float (remember them!!) half disappeared into a big hole that opened up - we were told that it was an old mine shaft that had given way.Can't remember much more than that I'm afraid as it is a few(!!!!) years since I left Mount St Mary's.Always remember the church though, as someone else pointed out earlier it was bl**dy freezing & at this time of year (Easter) we had to endure hour's of masses.......Phill_d seems to have a good idea about the friends of Mount St Mary's but I don't know if anything like that exists, although from reading your posts Phill you sound like a guy who could find this sort of thing

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 10:26 pm

Yes I'm interested in Mount St Mary's along with a few other places. I've found The Leeds Irish Community website that have documented Mount st mary's in publication, The ham shank e.t.c. I've not heard back yet. As I belief it the statues were removed several years ago for safe keeping and are now kept in a secret lock up/garage out of the vandals way. There site is here although the coyright is 2003. There site might not get maintained these days. I dunno!http://www.lihcs.org.uk/publications.html

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 10:34 pm

Phill_d wrote: Yes I'm interested in Mount St Mary's along with a few other places. I've found The Leeds Irish Community website that have documented Mount st mary's in publication, The ham shank e.t.c. I've not heard back yet. As I belief it the statues were removed several years ago for safe keeping and are now kept in a secret lock up/garage out of the vandals way. There site is here although the coyright is 2003. There site might not get maintained these days. I dunno!http://www.lihcs.org.uk/publications.html I hope they are better looked after than some we traced Phill, taken from the old Royal Exchange House as I recall, found in storage - sat unprotected in one of the stables on Temple Newsam farm!

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 10:36 pm

Really? Well that's shocking to say the least Chamaleon.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 10:39 pm

Phill_d wrote: Really? Well that's shocking to say the least Chamaleon. If you ever dome across anything in your travels with the name Throp as the Stonemasons mark, I'd be interested....

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 10:49 pm

chameleon wrote: Phill_d wrote: Really? Well that's shocking to say the least Chamaleon. If you ever dome across anything in your travels with the name Throp as the Stonemasons mark, I'd be interested.... I'll try bear that in mind. I've seen plenty of the identity marks they used to use. arrows, initials and that type of thing. Usually i see stuff through the beam of a torch tho.

Post by **chameleon** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 11:04 pm

Phill_d wrote: chameleon wrote: Phill_d wrote: Really? Well that's shocking to say the least Chamaleon. If you ever dome across anything in your travels with the name Throp as the Stonemasons mark, I'd be interested.... I'll try bear that in mind. I've seen plenty of the identity marks they used to use. arrows, initials and that type of thing. Usually i see stuff through the beam of a torch tho. Well, so long as someone can shine some light on the problem...(That really is bad isn't it!)

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Sat 22 Mar, 2008 11:06 pm

chameleon wrote: Phill_d wrote: chameleon wrote: Phill_d wrote: Really? Well that's shocking to say the least Chamaleon. If you ever dome across anything in your travels with the name Throp as the Stonemasons mark, I'd be interested.... I'll try bear that in mind. I've seen plenty of the identity marks they used to use. arrows, initials and that type of thing. Usually i see stuff through the beam of a torch tho. Well, so long as someone can shine some light on the problem...(That really is bad isn't it!) For a Saturday night it is lol. Crack open a few tins