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The secrets of Britain's abandoned villages
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| November 18, 2010
| Tom Geoghegan
Posted on 11/18/2010 4:40:57 PM PST by decimon
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posted on
11/18/2010 4:41:00 PM PST
by
decimon
To: SunkenCiv
Time and tide ping.
Maybe it has always been so. And maybe these would be good sites for some archeological exploration.
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posted on
11/18/2010 4:42:26 PM PST
by
decimon
To: decimon
This is a sure sign of a vampire pandemic.
;^)
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posted on
11/18/2010 4:46:43 PM PST
by
Dumpster Baby
(Truth is called hate by those who hate the truth.)
To: decimon
I recommend Ken Follett’s “The Fall of Giants”, the first book of an intended “century trilogy”. It is an historical novel about WWI and the Russian Revolution...and much more.
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posted on
11/18/2010 4:49:06 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: decimon
There are “thousands” of these ghost villages, but the one the BBC uses to illustrate its story disappeared because of the mean, old Americans who barged in, broke that old man’s heart and killed him. The Americans carried out this heartless act because they were there to SAVE GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE GERMANS for the second time in 20 years, for crying out loud. I am surprised they didn’t claim it was Bush’s fault.
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posted on
11/18/2010 4:50:36 PM PST
by
La Lydia
To: decimon
I remember when I lived in Western Kansas, there were a lot of small towns which while not yet ghost towns were barely hanging on.
For some reason people are migrating to the larger cities. Maybe sometime the trend will reverse, I sure hope so.
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posted on
11/18/2010 4:59:30 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: Dumpster Baby
To: decimon
That’s ok. In time the Muzzies will re-populate them.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:02:09 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Two wrongs don't make a right. But they can make it interesting.)
To: decimon
There in lays the conservitive problem. We as a group will not suport anyone who does not beleive just as we do. Should we (as a Group) make up our mind not to support someone if they win the primary, then who do you think the other side is going to try to manipulate into the winners spot? This is why we got McCain last time. If you dont think the left did not have a hand in that your nuts. I do not want Romney, he is a true politician, will say most anything. His stance on abortion makes me ill. There are many people who are better than him, but I WILL NOT STAY HOME if he is the canidate. I refuse to concede the next election to Obama!
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:08:00 PM PST
by
teancumspirit
(The name is pronouced Tea-anc-um)
To: La Lydia
George H. W. Bush was alive at the time so perhaps it was his fault. I mean, when he wasn’t busy trying to avoid being beheaded and eaten by the Japanese, of course.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:17:12 PM PST
by
MeganC
(January 20, 2013)
To: yarddog
My hometown in southern Iowa once had several thousand residents including immigrants from all over Europe. It's down to about 350 today.
Coal and the railroad were what propelled it. When the RR switched to diesel, that was the beginning of the end.
To: teancumspirit
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:19:52 PM PST
by
decimon
To: La Lydia
They are called “ghost towns” here in the US.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:21:50 PM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Most of the towns in Western Kansas also grew up along the railroads. I think modern farming methods have a lot to do with it.
At one time, most of the farms were operated by a single family and were usually smaller than 640 acres. Today’s farms are far more efficient but they only take a few people to produce a huge amount of produce.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:23:29 PM PST
by
yarddog
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Thanks decimon.
World War II has become the midpoint of all history; in the case of these abandoned villages, it had to do with the economics and gubmint budgets of the war effort basically pulling the plug on that slower-moving (and probably non-economic) ways of life. When Margaret Thatcher was PM, she pulled the plug on a good many subsidized activities, such as Welsh mining. One Welshman complained that his town was going to vanish, because once the Pit was gone, there was no reason for the town to exist.
OTOH, there are plenty of placenames in the Domesday Book which still exist (probably the overwhelming majority, btw), including some pretty small places which were even smaller in the 11th century. A good number of British towns have been continuously occupied since their Roman foundations, while other Roman settlements were abandoned and forgotten, even in local folklore. And there are some British towns which have been continuously occupied since Pre-Roman times, whereas most (maybe all) of the hillfort towns reduced by Vespasian's artillery (in Roman times, that was catapaults and such) had been around for a long while before those events, but ceased to exist thereafter.
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:33:31 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: decimon
In the 1930's several towns in Massachusetts were destroyed to create the Quabbin Reservoir.
Enfield, MA, in 1927:
After being cleared:
Reservoir in 1987:
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:33:59 PM PST
by
LibFreeOrDie
(Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
To: La Lydia
disappeared because of the mean, old Americans who barged in, broke that old mans heart and killed him. The Americans carried out this heartless act because they were there to SAVE GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE GERMANS for the second time in 20 years, Oops......time to send Barry on another bowing mission....
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:35:27 PM PST
by
LasVegasMac
(What's up with the towel on the head? - 'Ima Target')
To: La Lydia
disappeared because of the mean, old Americans who barged in, broke that old mans heart and killed him. The Americans carried out this heartless act because they were there to SAVE GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE GERMANS for the second time in 20 years, Oops......time to send Barry on another bowing mission....
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:35:52 PM PST
by
LasVegasMac
(What's up with the towel on the head? - 'Ima Target')
To: decimon; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:36:02 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: La Lydia
"The Americans carried out this heartless act because they were there to SAVE GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE GERMANS for the second time in 20 years, for crying out loud. I am surprised they didnt claim it was Bushs fault." I swear, it never ends!
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posted on
11/18/2010 5:37:31 PM PST
by
blam
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