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Sunday
Rides October - November 2004 |
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| Snaith,
en route to Goole on Bill Ross's 17th October ride. |
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Richard,
Bill R, Chris and Serena at Goole Nautical Museum. Photo Tony.Carter. |
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| On
the Dockside. Photo Ian Wright |
Goole
Maritime Museum Entrance. Phot I.Wright |
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| Left
to Right. Bill H, Serena, Pat, Photo T.Carter |
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Rob
Lawcock led the 14th November 2004 ride to Wentworth and on the way, took the group to the Needle's Eye built by the Second Marquis of Rockingham sometime between 1732 and 1780. Rockingham at that time was one of the richest men in England and is supposed to have built the needle to win a bet that he could drive his coach through the eye of a needle. The expression 'You can drive a coach and horses through it' to describe a weak argument is sometimes attributed to Rockingham, a notable politician of his day being Prime Minister twice. Holes formed by Musket shot on the eastern (left) face indicate the execution of two persons by firing squad. If this is so it may have been an illegal execution of local peasants, Jacobites marching to Derby during their rising, or even done at the time of the Civil War in the mid 17th century. |
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| Needle's Eye. One of the four follies of Wentworth. | |||||||||
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