Bakewell - Monsal Dale, Derbyshire 1960s Dixon
- Condition : Used
- Dispatch : 2 Days
- Brand : None
- ID# : 43090935
- Quantity : 1 item
- Views : 539
- Location : United Kingdom
- Seller : justthebook (+1694)
- Barcode : None
- Start : Fri 06 May 2011 15:38:18 (EDT)
- Close : Run Until Sold
- Remain : Run Until Sold
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- Picture / Image: Monsal Dale near Bakewell, Derbyshire 'After passing through Miller's Dale and Upper Dale, the River Wye flows round the foot of Putwell Hill to make its way through the beautiful Monsal Dale'
- Publisher: J Arthur Dixon
- Postally used: no - small amount of writing on back
- Stamp: n/a
- Postmark(s): n/a
- Sent to: n/a
- Notes & Key words: hand dated 1970
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Postage & Packing:
UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p
Europe: £1.60
Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75
No additional charges for more than one postcard. You can buy as many postcards from me as you like and you will just pay the fee above once. (If buying postcards with other things such as books, please contact or wait for invoice before paying).
Payment Methods:
UK - PayPal, Cheque (from UK bank) or postal order
Outside UK: PayPal or Google Checkout ONLY please. NO non-UK currency checks or money orders (sorry).
NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:
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Monsal Dale is a valley in the Peak District of Derbyshire in England. This area of Derbyshire is formed from an uplift of limestone in the centre of the sandstone and shales, having long ago been under water, known as the Derbyshire Dome, or the White Peak. Monsal Dale is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) (1) and part of a Europe wide network called Natura 2000.
The local landmark is the Headstone Viaduct, built by the Midland Railway, over the River Wye, immediately after the 533-yard (487 m) Headstone Tunnel, travelling north from Great Longstone. The viaduct, usually incorrectly called Monsal Dale Viaduct, is 300 feet (91 m) long, with five 50-foot (15 m) span arches, some forty feet high at the centre. Initially, some slippage occurred, and remedial work was carried out in 1907-8. [1]
Whilst considered elegent today, and indeed a preservation order was placed on it in 1970, when it was built in 1863 it was seen as destroying the beauty of the dale. John Ruskin, considered to be Britain's leading writer on culture, having had many works published on architecture and art, as well as political works, harshly criticized the building of the railway :
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'There was a rocky valley between Buxton and Bakewell, once upon a time, divine as the Vale of Tempe... You Enterprised a Railroad through the valley - you blasted its rocks away, heaped thousands of tons of shale into its lovely stream. The valley is gone, and the Gods with it; and now, every fool in Buxton can be in Bakewell in half an hour, and every fool in Bakewell at Buxton; which you think a lucrative process of exchange – you Fools everywhere'. |
Listing Information
| Listing Type | Gallery Listing |
| Listing ID# | 43090935 |
| Start Time | Fri 06 May 2011 15:38:18 (EDT) |
| Close Time | Run Until Sold |
| Starting Bid | Fixed Price (no bidding) |
| Item Condition | Used |
| Bids | 0 |
| Views | 539 |
| Dispatch Time | 2 Days |
| Quantity | 1 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Auto Extend | No |
