| Description | Erratic pagination suggests much of the file has been compiled from a multiplicity of sources.
Papers deriving from an investigation by Operation Mole and the Orpheus Caving Club of Derby into some earth tremors which occurred in the Winster area in February 1952, including correspondence (to and from Nellie Kirkham, Doug Nash, Roy Paulson and others), plans, notes and reports.
Includes:
Sketch map and "hypothetical section" showing the positions of Winster and Plackwet Wood Shafts 1 and 2.
Typescript report addressed to D G Gilman, Clerk to Derbyshire County Council, with isoseismal maps A and B, referred to in the report and explanatory reference. By Sydney G Clift, M.Sc., FGS, Planning Department, Derbyshire County Council, dated 26 Apr 1952.
28 page typescript report by Doug Nash dated 31 Aug 1952, headed "The Winster Earth Tremor Investigation Group - Operation Mole - Orpheus Caving Club - The 1st Stage of the Investigation".
Correspondence between Doug Nash and J Stanley Thornton of Winster Manor, also a director of J W Thornton Ltd, Manufacturers of Thornton's Chocolates. The principal item is a 9-page letter from Nash to Thornton, dated 28 Apr 1952, thanking him for his positive reception of the initial report and addressing issues raised in Thornton's letter of 15 Apr 1952.
Official report of the Earth Tremor Investigation Group, Closing Report of the 1st Part of the Investigation to the Winster Parish Council by Operation Mole and Orpheus Caving Club, 8 Jul 1952.
Copy of "The Winster Earth Tremors" by N E Worley and D Nash, Bulletin of the Peak District Mines Historical Society, Vol 7, No 3, pages 158 to 164, Mar 1979. |