Tankersley Roundabout

I'll find out a link and post it but my main source is that we had the rat man in at work last week for his regular checks and I asked him what the rules are about using poison outside so he showed me the regulation sheet thing that he has in his folder. I always ask him different questions about his job when he comes round so he's taught me quite a lot over the years and explained the difference between all the types of poison and once even brought me samples of poo from different pests to show how to identify the difference. I'm sure a picture would have sufficed but nope he's very thorough.

 

https://www.pestmagazine.co.uk/media/245855/32-33-know-your-poison.pdf

That doesn't contain the bit about 0.005% and 0.003% for professional and domestic from what I can see but it does have the rest of the information

 

the job is for a minimum 4 years though that’s for the whole lot not that specific section.

 

4 years is for the whole stretch though not just that bit. Can’t see us being there for that long. Wait till we start digging up parkway at the same time...

 

Can't remember where I read it but if I remember correctly an amateur MUST use poison in a sealed tamper proof bait box....only certified professionals can use loose bait...like direct baiting into a nest etc.

 

Some people really love their jobs, don't they.

 

put some bait down, summat smelly,pilchards will do, mash then up so theres no lumps(liquidise them ) then find a decent spot where the rats are entering then shoot them, any standard air rifle will do, shooting them is the best way to control them

 

there were loads of mines around tankersley, both coal and ironstone

 

yes, was surprised to see them on an old OS map -
also a railway line form Tankersley to High Green area and to Chapeltown - wonder if it was a line for coal to be shifted.

When did these mines close?
And is it mining subsidence that has caused the road round from Mcdonalds to the Fire Station to be so bumpy?

 

but why are they digging a trench across the roundabout?

 

The trackbed of the line is still there in parts, there's an overbridge just to the east of the roundabout.

 

Left a bit of the lawn unmown to let the plants etc flourish ……….looks o.k. but every fkn cat in Gawber has found its way there for their daily lovely personp.

 

More info on the ‘improvements’ here:

https://highwaysengland.co.uk/projects/a61-westwood-roundabout/

 

MacDonalds fast-track lane?

 

tankersley colliery shut in the 1920's or thereabouts and the men were absorbed into wharncliffe silkstone at pilley and rockingham/skiers spring collieries

deep mining subsidence will be long gone but the whole area is subject to coal seam outcrop and has been hammered over the centuries ,so the place could well be liable to subsidence,i honestly dont know

https://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/coalauthority/home.html

the above link is for the coal authority map that lists all known mine shafts and adits in the uk ,you need the drop down menu set to coal mining data,then keep clicking on the map so that it zooms in on the area you want, when zoomed in you need to tick the mine entry box under the coal mining data menu,the red crosses which will appear on the map are all shafts and adits, some are simple bell pits others are shafts, when you click on the red crosses it will tell you what it is,what colliery it belonged to and shaft dimensions etdc

the map is interactive so will take a bit of getting used to

 

i've had a look on the coal authority map and the road that runs past mcdonuts is riddles with old shafts which worked the outcrop.. the seam outcrop runs smack in line with that road so chances are there could be some really shallow workings that are causing the subsidence.

as a matter of interest that map only shows known shafts and adits, the whole database grows year on year as more and more shafts and adits give themselves up,you have to remember that pre the late 1800's most coal owners didnt keep plans of their workings