Re: Batman's Hill
  David Batho

3.30 pm and it’s only 7.3 degrees C in Tamworth! Brrrr! THat’s our forecast maximum for tomorrow…

David


> On 8 Jun 2021, at 9:48 pm, Robert Bracegirdle bobbracegirdle@...> wrote:

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> Just for once I’m glad to be in Pommie land. 22degC here today. Must commiserate with my old Macclesfield, Cheshire, school pal Geoff Taylor in Tamworth. Been a few years since we were there.

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>> On 8 Jun 2021, at 07:57, David Batho dbatho@... mailto:dbatho@bigpond.net.au> wrote:

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>> Thanks for that, Mal. Very interesting.

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>> Keep safe, and stay warm! We’re looking at a maximum of 12 degrees tomorrow in Tamworth!

>>

>> David

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>>> On 8 Jun 2021, at 4:21 pm, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@... mailto:mal.rowe@gmail.com> wrote:

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>>> On 08/06/2021 16:06, David Batho wrote:

>>>> I understood they used a large part of it to fill in the land (swamp?) on which Spencer Street Station was built. Did I get it wrong?!

>>>

>>> You are correct - much of the land west and north of Spencer St was swampy.

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>>> See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman%27s_Hill#/media/File:Batmans_hill_1840_and_1892.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman%27s_Hill#/media/File:Batmans_hill_1840_and_1892.jpg

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