Beer Quarry Caves, nr. Seaton, Devon, UK. with John Scott
Beer Quarry Caves, Quarry Lane, Beer - East Devon
The caves are open every day until Friday 31st October 2014.
2014 Times and prices
Open daily at 10.00 am. From 7th April Until the end of September tours are every hour on the half hour e.g. 10.30, 11.30 - Last tour 4.30 pm
October Tours are 10.30, 12.30 & 2.30.
Admission - Adult £7.00.
Child 5 to 16 years and Senior Citizen £5.20. Family 2 adults + 2 Children £22.00.
Under 5's FREE.
Useful Facts
Onsite Car Parking is Free
The caves are cool even on a warm day and a warm top with sensible footwear is advisable
There is no crawling required, height varies from 13 to 20 feet (4 to 6 metres).
Regrettably the path to the cave entrance is impractical for wheelchairs
Unfortunately dogs are NOT permitted underground.
Light refreshments and souvenirs available.
Location - Between Beer and Branscombe
Many of us marvel at the intricacy of stonemasons' work on numerous stately buildings, cathedrals and churches. But do we ever stop to consider where the stone came from and the history of the excavation behind it?
News - Macbeth at the Caves
Macbeth For the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth the Four of Swords Theatre performed Macbeth at the caves in May 2014. Tickets quickly sold out and there may be further performances later. See for more information. Click for Further info or Photo's by Matt Austin
Conducted Underground Tours
Our guides will take you on an hour long tour through the awe-inspiring caves with their mighty halls of vaulted roofs and pillars of Beer Stone which have been likened to a vast underground cathedral.
This vast man-made complex of underground caverns was created by centuries of quarrying the famous Beer Stone. The underground quarry, first worked by the Romans, supplied stone for 24 cathedrals including Exeter and St.Paul's, parts of Westminster Abbey,the Tower of London, Hampton Court and Windsor Castle. Quarried by hand, a small block weighing 4 tons, the stone was carted on horse-drawn wagons and by barges from Beer beach to its destination, sometimes involving journeys of several hundreds of miles. The quarry closed around 1920 as a new quarry opposite was opened. This closed in 2003, so there is no quarrying activity now.
Your Journey through Time
The entrance leads directly into the Roman section, which now houses a small museum containing pieces of Beer stone carved centuries ago by skilled masons, the tools used by the Quarrymen, copies of ancient documents and photographs. A late medieval Beer stone window forms the centrepiece of the museum. From this very chamber the Romans quarried the first blocks of Beer Stone to build their villas, leaving typical Roman arches and even their tool-marks are still visible on the walls. On through the Saxon part of the workings to where the Normans quarried stone for cathedrals, castles and Manor houses. You will then get to the modern era, where saws replaced pickaxe's as the main cutting out tool.
The sheer grandeur of the mighty halls, vaulted roofs and massive supporting pillars of natural stone are awe- inspiring and have often been likened to a vast underground cathedral. As you pass through you will be shown the charcoal signatures of the quarrymen who toiled here years ago and places where bats - mostly greater or lesser horseshoe hibernate during the winter months.
The Cavern Club, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom, Europe
The Cavern Club is a nightclub in Liverpool, England. Opened on Wednesday 16 January 1957, the club had its first performance by The Beatles on 9 February 1961; Brian Epstein first saw them perform there on 9 November 1961. Alan Sytner opened the club, having been inspired by the jazz district in Paris, where there were a number of clubs in cellars. Sytner returned to Liverpool and wanted to open a club similar to Le Caveau in Paris. He eventually found a perfect cellar for his club which had been used as an air raid shelter during the war and opened it on 16 January 1957. The first act to open the club was the Merseysippi Jazz Band. What started as a jazz club eventually became a hangout for skiffle groups. Whilst playing golf with Sytner's father, Dr. Joseph Sytner, Nigel Walley who had left school at 15 to become an apprentice golf professional at the Lee Park Golf Club asked Dr. Sytner if his son could book The Quarrymen at The Cavern, which was one of three jazz clubs he managed. Dr. Sytner suggested that the band should play at the golf club first, so as to assess their talent, which they did. Sytner phoned Walley a week later and offered the band an interlude spot playing skiffle between the performances of two jazz bands at The Cavern, on Wednesday, 7 August 1957. Before the performance, the Quarrymen argued amongst themselves about the set list, as rock 'n roll songs were definitely not allowed at the club, but skiffle was tolerated. After beginning with a skiffle song, John Lennon called for the others to start playing Don't Be Cruel. Davis warned Lennon that the audience would eat you alive, but Lennon ignored this and started playing the song himself, forcing the others to join in. Halfway through, Sytner pushed his way through the audience and handed Lennon a note which read, Cut out the bloody rock 'n roll. The Quarrymen played at The Cavern again on 24 January 1958, which was Paul McCartney's first appearance there. (George Harrison first played there at a lunchtime session on 9 February 1961). Sytner ended up selling the Cavern Club to Ray McFall in 1959, after moving to London. Blues bands and Beat groups began to appear at the club on a regular basis in the early 1960s. The first Beat night was held on 25 May 1960 and featured a performance by Rory Storm and the Hurricanes (which included Ringo Starr as drummer). By early 1961, Bob Wooler had become the full-time compère and organiser of the lunchtime sessions. The Beatles made their first lunchtime appearance at the club on Tuesday 9 February 1961. They had returned to Liverpool from Hamburg, Germany, where they had been playing at the Indra and the Kaiserkeller. Their stage show had been through a lot of changes and some in the audience thought they were watching a German band. From 1961 to 1963 The Beatles made 292 appearances at the club, with their last occurring on 3 August 1963, a month after the band recorded She Loves You and just six months before the Beatles' first trip to the U.S.[citation needed] At the time, Brian Epstein promised the club's owners that the Beatles would return someday, but it was a promise that was never fulfilled.[citation needed] By this time, Beatlemania was sprouting across England, and the small club could no longer satisfy audience demand for the group. During 1962, The Hollies took The Beatles' slot at the Cavern Club. The Beatles had graduated from the club and had been signed to EMI's Parlophone label by producer George Martin. The amount of musical activity in Liverpool and Manchester caused record producers who had previously never ventured very far from London to start looking to the north. In the decade that followed, a wide variety of popular acts appeared at the club, including The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, The Kinks, Elton John, Queen, The Who and John Lee Hooker. Future star Cilla Black worked as the hat-check girl there. A recording studio, Cavern Sound opened in the basement of an adjoining building, run by Nigel Greenberg and Peter Hepworth. The club closed in March 1973, and was filled in during construction work on the Merseyrail underground rail loop. Jan Akkerman with Dutch group Focus were the last to play The Cavern, a few days before the club was shut down in May 1973. In April 1984 the club was taken over by Liverpool F.C. player Tommy Smith in association with Royal Life. Occupying 75% of the original site, it was re-built with many of the original bricks. The new design was to resemble the original as closely as possible. This was a difficult period of massive economic and political change in and around Liverpool and the club only survived until 1989, when it came under financial pressures and closed for 18 months. In 1991, two friends schoolteacher Bill Heckle and taxi driver Dave Jones reopened The Cavern. They still run the club today and are now the longest-running owners in its history.
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So many routes there, so, so many!
This seemed to be silver-tongued cavalier - but it easily might not have been! Also, I (/Jeff and I) each veered off to the side of the route - perhaps far enough to invalidate the ascent? Let's hope not ;-)
(The thunk noises are a road working crew shifting big rocks nearby BTW)
As ever .. many thanks to Jeff for a great trip! :-)
Jan 2017
Warren James - UK Skiffle revival
Warren James is coming to The Lowry in Salford on Sunday January 26, bringing the hugely influential art of skiffle back into the spotlight.
Combining such diverse sources as folk, blues and gospel, skiffle came to the forefront of British culture in the 1950s.
But ask the man on the street about skiffle and you may get a blank look, or possibly a retort slamming the likes of Chas 'n Dave.
In truth the much-maligned genre was the basis for the careers of many of the biggest rock stars in British pop history.
As The Quarrymen, a little band called The Beatles started playing skiffle at church fetes and school discos in Liverpool in 1956.
They were influenced by the first exponent of skiffle in Britain, Lonnie Donegan - whose track 'Have a Drink on Me' Warren covers here.
I suppose you could say I had good 'grandparenting' - I grew up on a diet of Donegan vinyl and the first instrument I ever heard was the banjo, he says.
I was playing it long before it was cool! Long before the Mumford and Sons!
Warren started performing at the age of 12, and now wants to unite the older music fans with a whole new audience.
Find out more on SalfordOnline.com or at Warren's website
Hedge monkeys skiffle troupe playing worried man at Geldeston locks inn April 2017
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