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INTRODUCTION
The DCC was formed in 1959 from the Northern Section of the Orpheus Caving Club. Since that time, it has grown to a membership of about 100 with interests ranging from pure caving for a sport through digging and surveying to mine excavation and exploration.
To reflect the range of interests, this site has been built in two main parts covering the caving and the Alderley interests. However as in the Club, there are strong links and common ground between the two sites.
We hope you enjoy your visit.
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THIS WEBSITE
In this website, you will find information about the Derbyshire Caving Club and its activities and links to other sites of related interest. A second part of the site covers the club's activities at Alderley Edge in Cheshire. There are links between the two parts of the site.
Please feel free to comment on the site or send me any information that may add to the value of the site or knowledge about the DCC.
My e-mail address is .
All information is © Copyright Nigel Dibben 2000-8 except where otherwise noted.
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NEWS
5. 2008 Plenty going on this year; we had a meet in Derbyshire in May, there is another trip to Derbyshire in August, Tony B is going to Matienzo this summer and Simon, Neil, Pete and Allan continue to cave regularly in the Dales.
4. 30/04/04 The Open Day got a number of the cavers out to help the miners at Alderley Edge. The caving side of the club is building up again with regular trips being organised. Contact the for more information.
3. 28/08/03 Members joined the Matienzo expedition and a cave was extended after a concerted dig at the end.
2. 4/9/01 Page added on dig in White Scar Cave, Yorkshire.
1. Digging is proceeding in Carlswark Cavern. See project news under "club - digging" or click HERE.
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WEBSITE UPDATES
25. 22/06/08 New page headers with better site-wide navigation and new pictures. Corrected HTML errors in footers.
24. 17/01/08 New host. Site moved.
23. 22/06/07 New front page with quicker links to commonly used areas.
22. 04/05/07 Moved pictures around to make life easier for the webmaster (should not affect users) and sorted problems with menus and headings under Netscape due to differences between browsers.
21. 03/11/06 Major revamp of site to separate the Club pages and to bring pages into a common standard. "Go to home" taken off bottom of pages as redundant. All menus now have different colours for links to other parts of the DCC site.
20. 11/.4/06 Photo gallery improved and more pictures added of caving in Derbyshire, Yorkshire and Skye. Section added to social regarding Squeeze Machine. The page on mining in Cheshire has been completed at last.
19. 04/02/06 More trip reports added to Club section. Caving safety added to main caving section.
18. 31/12/03 Response pages sorted. Also, site updated with details of committee.
17. 18/11/03 We are having problems with the response pages. Please e-mail to the webmaster rather than use the enquiry forms.
16. 28/08/03 Added page on Matienzo expedition with a report and survey of work done this year.
15. 16/03/03 Updated diary pages for club members.
14. 17/01/03 Added pages on Underground Stockport.
13. 18/08/02 Starting to scan and include early newsletters in the website. Click HERE for the new page.
12. 06/06/02 Added private pages for club members. For a password, contact the webmaster
11. 26/11/01 Revamped the index (DCC entry) for more consistency with Alderley pages. Added section on the rocket.
10. 30/07/01 Page on mining activities expanded with links to new pages on Derbyshire and Cumbria and other areas.
9. 06/07/01 New page on caving to introduce the topic and link to other pages dealing with aspects of the club. Implemented page on Alaskan project.
8. 07/06/01 New enquiry system using CGI to e-mail club and return a reply to the caller.
7. 11/05/01 New section for mining activities away from Alderley Edge. More to follow on areas such as Nenthead.
6. 02/05/01 Search page implemented.
5. 21/02/01 Lot of changes to improve compatibility with Netscape, e.g. changing BMPs to GIFs and revising opening heading.
4. 05/02/01 New item on Carlswark Cavern and Robin's Shaft.
3. 28/12/00 Added December newsletter.
2. 21/11/00 Added sample digging and expedition pages: more to come.
1. 17/11/00 New site.
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