Treasure Trove

posted in: Broken Poles

O ur Saddleworth correspondent, Stuart X, has been back to the undergrowth and has sent us these pictures from the Delph Donkey line.  A real find for ye olde worlde telegraph pole afficionados such as myself, and I suspect a fair few of our dear readers too.  I must assure him that although the woodwork looks like it would crumble like a wet weetabix if he was so much as to touch it – it’s amazingly resistant stuff and the kerruing heart wood should clean up nicely.  Just like Edward Woodward’s wood would if he had any!

A pile of dead telegraph poles from the undergrowth in Delph A lichen covered insulator from the Delph undergrowth

W e also now have an update on our Question 3 from Asela Premachandra 5 posts ago… Apparently, things have moved on and over a weekend, someone mysteriously removed the troublesome rediffusion pole and disconnected the cabling which was trailed across everyones’ gardens.  So a big special thank you to all the wood and copper thieves down there for clearing that one up.