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End of shift, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales

Scene at the end of a day's shift at the Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. Quarrymen climb a 360 foot wooden ladder out of the slate pit. For some of them there will be a long walk home on top of a hard day's work

Picture No
10425102
Media ID
47978414
Size
4511px x 5689px (5.8MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Roger Worsley Archive
Source
The Roger Worsley Archive
Date
Early 1970s

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Caernarvonshire Climb Gwynedd Nantlle Penyrorsedd Quarry Quarrying Quarrymen Shift Slate Workmen


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