Monument

[garrat]

I,mostly for pub gigs use a Laney ft300 and the band says its too loud it does have a lot of poke and only a 12inch in it .I also own the pa mikes and stands etc pokes out 700w plenty for what we do ,Guitars, The epi ,strat, a one off i had built to my speck by a Beatles luthier guy looks like a duo jet. an echo jazz which is rare, takamine accoustic and my latest is a park P42 which I really like.you can have too many women but not enough axes.Dare not say who I played with in the past ir might be watching

[Dave Rowland]

Originally Posted by Seabrook

Thanks to Dave Rowland I think you are right I had heard it was to do with Coal now I can say with some certainty what it is for. Every time I have had a road learner it is the question that crops up. What is the monument for. I had been told it was a boundary, Coal tax point even a post where they timed the Decapod Steam Engine when it was tested!

I've just accidentally discovered this photo of a coal boundary pillar:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21602076@N05/3101828581/
Is this similar to what you saw?

[Bubblewrap]

Good old Google.
http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corpo...coal_posts.htm

[Seabrook]

Thanks Dave Rowland for the picture of the Coal Tax Post. The post at Chadwell Heath is about 9' tall. It is a basic stone structure more what you might find in a graveyard. Until a few years ago there were the remains of a cast plate attached. I'll stick with 'Coal Tax Post' until I hear something more convincing! It is nearer to what was the general view of long gone Drivers who always had a great knowledge of the areas outside the Railway in which they they worked. They were always good at pointing out the areas where famous people lived or where notable events had occurred.

[25250]

Um, if i can get this thread back on "track", between Rugby and the site of the former Kilsby and Crick station, there is a monument to a father and son who were killed during the line's construction.

[Dave Rowland]

Originally Posted by 25250

Um, if i can get this thread back on "track", ....

A few meanderings along the way perhaps, but not OFF track - the last posting before yours still referred to the original monument.....?