Quarry Gap - Dick Lane
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Quarry Gap - Dick Lane
Image: © Betty Longbottom Taken: 31 Mar 2007
On a sports ground attached to this Hotel in 1864 Mrs Emma Sharp, a miners wife, undertook a pedestrian feat of walking 1,000 miles in 1,000 consecutive half hours. Walking backwards and forwards on a 120 yard stretch. The walk was completed on 29th October before a crowd of 25,000, there was much betting on the outcome.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.790807
Longitude
-1.711103