Quarry open day

[Dave_L]

If you get the chance to go to a quarry open day, it's well worth it. What a great educational day out.

This was one at Westleigh Quarry (Bardon) back in September.

[Big Phil]

send the kids in to distract the quarry manager and you can load up the pick-up with subbase

[GB_Groundworks]

theres normally an over 16 rule, nice photos though like the big hitachi and the komatsu loader with the rock chains

our mate runs the local quarry and when i was a kid i got to detonate that days blast from the little mobile bunker, wouldnt happen now but for a 10 yr old letting off a ton of amonia sulphate was good fun hehe

[Dave_L]

Nope, no admission rules at all Giles, minibuses take you from stop-to-stop within the quarry. Really well organised and also a great PR tool for them.

Kids big and small can get up into the cabs of the dumpers etc, quarry staff were very helpful.

[Tony McC]

Hillhead was always mega-fussy about under 16s, which I thought was a bit of an own goal, as if we want to encourage youngsters to come into the quarrying industry, you need to catch them while they are still at school.

Oh for the days when I was a nipper and could wander into more or less any quarry, flag-making plant, or workshop where my dad went, and be guaranteed a personal guided tour by some well-meaning worker (who would probably be marked down as a paedo nowadays, for wanting to educate a kiddie) while my owld feller talked business.

[GB_Groundworks]

Yeah I used to go on rd trips with the drivers to the quarry and back etc to sit the cabs of the big wagons or sit on some guys knee and play with a drag line hehe, I take my lad to work and encourage him to drive the achinesand get used to them but getting harder and harder to nowadays.

Yeah hill head was what I was referring to but maybe it was the more scantly clad ladies than h&s hehe

[Dave_L]

Indeed......plant that little seed young and they'll hopefully aspire to what I/we want him to do when he's older.

Well, thats the plan, anyway! He's a practical young lad so I'm hopeful!

[rimexboy]

that looks well good... i would love to have a good look around one ... im no kid im 43 opps:p :p

[Dave_L]

It'll be another 2 1/2 years till the next one.......I'll try and give you lot a heads-up if/as/when