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CLUB RESOURCES

This page will let you know about the resources available to Club members. These include caving tackle, caving and mining library, club records and the Surgery and information centre.  There is more detail on the main Club resources page.

CAVING AND DIGGING TACKLE

GENERAL ISSUE

The Club no longer keeps a general stock of tackle such as caving trpes and ladders. Members have their own but tackle would be bought for an expedition.

EXPEDITION EQUIPMENT

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

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CAVING AND MINING LIBRARY

The Club has three collections of caving and mining information of its own and a fourth collection made available by Ethel Burton on behalf of a deceased club member, Stan Gee. The three club collections are: (1) the club library of books most of which can be loaned to members, (2) the club records which contain surveys and journals for reference only and (3) the Jim Lovelock collection, donated by Jim and kept together as a collection. To borrow books from the club library or the Jim Lovelock collection, contact the Club Librarian. To consult the records or add items to the records, contact the Club Recorder. To borrow items in the Stan Gee collection, contact Ethel Burton.

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CLUB RECORDS

The Club Records contain all the Club's library of journals and in addition subject files as follows:

CAVING (GENERAL)

CAVING (REGIONS)

CLUB PROJECT AND EXPEDITION FILES

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THE SURGERY AND THE INFORMATION CENTRE

The Surgery is a two roomed (one up, one down) brick building at Alderley Edge which is available for use by Club members. The building is leased from the National Trust. The Club renovated the building (replacing floors and a section of roof) when it took the lease and is responsible for repairs and maintenance. The Surgery is used as a meeting place and equipment store for Alderley Edge.

The name, the Surgery, comes from its use in the past as a veterinary surgery although its full history is unknown. It seems to be present on some 18th century maps and could conceivably have been used as a mine office at one time.  In the 19th century, one of the landlords of the Wizard was a vet and it is highly probable that he used the Surgery, and gave it its present name, until he moved to new premises.

Behind the National Trust Information Centre at the Edge is a room which was adapted by the Club from a garage into an information and display centre. This was refurbished by the National Trust and connected to their information room so as to provide visitors to the Edge with better information about the Edge and the mines.

A special feature of the Information Centre is that a shaft direct into the Cobalt Mine was found during the refurbishment and can now be viewed from above by visitors.

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