Powder Monkey
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Powder Monkey by Mac McCarron as part of the Geograph project.
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Powder Monkey
Image: © Mac McCarron Taken: 20 Oct 2007
Not named after boys who carried powder in the Royal Navy but after boys who carried out a similar function in the coal mines (allegedly). Forty or fifty years ago it was used as the name of a small area to the west where the allotments are located.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.00472
Longitude
-1.548425