Postcard showing waterwheels, benching and extensive slate tips at the #Delabole Slate Quarry, #Cornwall, UK #geology #thestoryofslate
November 1, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Postcard showing waterwheels, benching and extensive slate tips at the #Delabole Slate Quarry, #Cornwall, UK #geology #thestoryofslate
Come to think of it that's 1100 dead bats per day every day for 45 years. There would be huge mounds of dead bats on the ground.
And did we even have wind farms in 1981? I know here in UK we didn't until 1991
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabol...
And did we even have wind farms in 1981? I know here in UK we didn't until 1991
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabol...
Delabole wind farm - Wikipedia
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October 30, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Come to think of it that's 1100 dead bats per day every day for 45 years. There would be huge mounds of dead bats on the ground.
And did we even have wind farms in 1981? I know here in UK we didn't until 1991
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabol...
And did we even have wind farms in 1981? I know here in UK we didn't until 1991
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delabol...
I'm getting slightly addicted to Facebook accounts extolling the virtues of Cornwall. Having grown up there it's very entertaining seeing a hundred replies going "ooh" about a shithole like Delabole.
October 21, 2026 at 9:46 PM
I'm getting slightly addicted to Facebook accounts extolling the virtues of Cornwall. Having grown up there it's very entertaining seeing a hundred replies going "ooh" about a shithole like Delabole.
No way, Delabole! Been there many times. What a fantastic photograph Hope that's up on a wall somewhere?
October 12, 2026 at 9:39 AM
No way, Delabole! Been there many times. What a fantastic photograph Hope that's up on a wall somewhere?
Pretty dramatic growth in the #Delabole Quarry, Cornwall between 1884 & 1905 in these OS maps. #geology #thestoryofslate
September 29, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Pretty dramatic growth in the #Delabole Quarry, Cornwall between 1884 & 1905 in these OS maps. #geology #thestoryofslate
Three new floating docks for the Clyde submarine base will be built in Britain in a UK-only competition. Balaena, from Delabole, stands ready: 2,000 people across Falmouth, Padstow, Birkenhead, Tyne and Gibraltar, 12 dry docks, 171 apprentices. Sovereign capability is built in yards like these.
September 29, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Three new floating docks for the Clyde submarine base will be built in Britain in a UK-only competition. Balaena, from Delabole, stands ready: 2,000 people across Falmouth, Padstow, Birkenhead, Tyne and Gibraltar, 12 dry docks, 171 apprentices. Sovereign capability is built in yards like these.
A postcard from the Delabole Slate Quarries, #England c.1911. You can see headframes and slate carriages in the background and two water wheels in the foreground used to power heavy-duty reciprocating pumps to keep the quarries unwatered. #geology #thestoryofslate
August 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
A postcard from the Delabole Slate Quarries, #England c.1911. You can see headframes and slate carriages in the background and two water wheels in the foreground used to power heavy-duty reciprocating pumps to keep the quarries unwatered. #geology #thestoryofslate
A definite slate port!
And there are plenty of vessels where slate was the main cargo (including this one, which is full of Cornish Delabole slate):
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
And there are plenty of vessels where slate was the main cargo (including this one, which is full of Cornish Delabole slate):
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
Unidentified wreck: Thames Estuary, - 1453164 | Historic England
List entry 1453164. Grade Not Applicable to this List Entry Scheduling: Unidentified wreck: Thames Estuary. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.
historicengland.org.uk
August 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
A definite slate port!
And there are plenty of vessels where slate was the main cargo (including this one, which is full of Cornish Delabole slate):
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
And there are plenty of vessels where slate was the main cargo (including this one, which is full of Cornish Delabole slate):
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
August 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Delabole Slate Circle, by Richard Long #TateModern
2 metres in diameter & 168 pieces of slate from the Delabole quarry in Cornwall. Long specified a few rules on how it should be put together. All pieces of stone must touch so that they can be locked together and stable, in a circle.
2 metres in diameter & 168 pieces of slate from the Delabole quarry in Cornwall. Long specified a few rules on how it should be put together. All pieces of stone must touch so that they can be locked together and stable, in a circle.
April 21, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Delabole Slate Circle, by Richard Long #TateModern
2 metres in diameter & 168 pieces of slate from the Delabole quarry in Cornwall. Long specified a few rules on how it should be put together. All pieces of stone must touch so that they can be locked together and stable, in a circle.
2 metres in diameter & 168 pieces of slate from the Delabole quarry in Cornwall. Long specified a few rules on how it should be put together. All pieces of stone must touch so that they can be locked together and stable, in a circle.
reputation, according to Boslowick was based purely on Tregarron’s skill for self-publicity and his insatiable desire for attention. Describing him as “…a Delabole wastrel who couldn’t recognise a tune if it kicked him in the balls,” he went on to describe youtu.be/A7iILWUFHm8?...
Cornish Concertina Blues: Elmore Boslowick
YouTube video by The Music of Cornish Hobos
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March 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
reputation, according to Boslowick was based purely on Tregarron’s skill for self-publicity and his insatiable desire for attention. Describing him as “…a Delabole wastrel who couldn’t recognise a tune if it kicked him in the balls,” he went on to describe youtu.be/A7iILWUFHm8?...
@RSWcommunities conf @BedfordSonya: @GoodEnergy delabole local tariff very popular with neighbours, really helped win local support
November 25, 2024 at 5:47 AM
@RSWcommunities conf @BedfordSonya: @GoodEnergy delabole local tariff very popular with neighbours, really helped win local support
Congratulations @GoodEnergy on supplier derogation for delabole https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/decision-grant-good-energy-limited-enduring-derogation-certain-standard-conditions-its-electricity-supply-licence-respect-its-delabole-local-tariff - prefigures local...
Decision to grant Good Energy Limited an enduring derogat...
This letter sets out the Authority’s decision to grant Go...
www.ofgem.gov.uk
November 24, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Congratulations @GoodEnergy on supplier derogation for delabole https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/decision-grant-good-energy-limited-enduring-derogation-certain-standard-conditions-its-electricity-supply-licence-respect-its-delabole-local-tariff - prefigures local...
Our new shop is now open at
Unit 5 Pentire Workshops
Delabole
Cornwall
PL339BA
Unit 5 Pentire Workshops
Delabole
Cornwall
PL339BA
November 20, 2024 at 11:30 AM
Our new shop is now open at
Unit 5 Pentire Workshops
Delabole
Cornwall
PL339BA
Unit 5 Pentire Workshops
Delabole
Cornwall
PL339BA
Social housing - Delabole - 7 December 2010
December 7, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Social housing - Delabole - 7 December 2010
Bodmin Moor from Delabole- 6 December 2010
December 7, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Bodmin Moor from Delabole- 6 December 2010
Delabole- 6 December 2010
December 7, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Delabole- 6 December 2010
Social housing in Delabole nearing completion - 6 December 2010
December 7, 2024 at 8:33 PM
Social housing in Delabole nearing completion - 6 December 2010
I went to Delabole in Cornwall in the early 1990s when is had the distinction of hosting the very first commercial windfarm in the UK. There was a even a gift shop and visitor centre, such was the novelty value.
July 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I went to Delabole in Cornwall in the early 1990s when is had the distinction of hosting the very first commercial windfarm in the UK. There was a even a gift shop and visitor centre, such was the novelty value.
Energy prices will go down, isn't that great news?
I heard it first 33 years ago in 1991 when Delabole wind farm opened, the first commercial wind farm in the UK.
Still waiting.
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I heard it first 33 years ago in 1991 when Delabole wind farm opened, the first commercial wind farm in the UK.
Still waiting.
x.com/CapitalMoments…
January 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Energy prices will go down, isn't that great news?
I heard it first 33 years ago in 1991 when Delabole wind farm opened, the first commercial wind farm in the UK.
Still waiting.
x.com/CapitalMoments…
I heard it first 33 years ago in 1991 when Delabole wind farm opened, the first commercial wind farm in the UK.
Still waiting.
x.com/CapitalMoments…
The slate quarry at Delabole in Cornwall today
November 22, 2024 at 4:37 AM
The slate quarry at Delabole in Cornwall today
