> See http://www.treacleminer.com/
The above website lists a treacle mine in Dymock, Gloucestershire, but annoyingly with no links from
it (like a lot of the other entries do). I have searched the internet and cannot find any
references, does anyone know of this mine?
I did however find that there is a pub called the Treacle Mine at 83-85 St Martins Street, Hereford
(and have driven past it several times). Other than ringing the pub, does anyone know where this
name derives from?
Also interestingly there is another Treacle Mine Hotel in Silchester Road Tadley, Hampshire, which
is only a few miles from where I used to live. There was mention of a treacle mine in Sway,
Hampshire, but that's over 50 miles away.
There is some good info in wikipedia, but it centres mainly on the fictional side; it does mention
the medicinal connections.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treacle_mining
Extract:
The topic has been a standing joke in British humour for a century or more.
Several treacle mines have been claimed to exist in Britain, most notably in Bisham (near Marlow, on
the Thames), Chobham, Surrey. Tadley, Wymsey, Skidby, Ditchford and Crick in Northamptonshire and in
several northern towns. The paper mills around Maidstone, in Kent, were known as "the treacle mines"
by locals.
Maybe when this thread gets exhausted, someone can let wikipedia have an addition to mention more of
the oily side of treacle mines. Interestingly there is no mention of treacle mines anywhere else
other than in the UK; don't they have them abroad??
Cheers
Roger
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