New Series Un-Numbered Newsletters From April 1990 to January 1998

Earlier newsletters were mostly not explicitly numbered, so these are listed by month and year of publication.

Links to other Newsletters:

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56^th newsletter.

• D.C.R.O. Training Day at White Hall Outdoor Centre, 28th. September 1997. Steve Knox
• Crewe C. P. C. Contribution to the DCA "Bolt Fund" and the installation of DMM hangers
• For Sale
• Nettle Pot Bolting Complete
• DERBYSHIRE CAVE RESCUE ORGANISATION
• SOME BASIC INFORMATION
• GUIDANCE & INFORMATION FOR RESCUE TEAM MEMBERS ON BEING CALLED OUT
• NOTES ON STRETCHER LOADING
• Reduction in rope strength when tying knots.
• Saturday, 23rd. November 1997 : Cascade Cavern, Lathkill Dale. Steve Knox
• Figure 8 Descenders
• Meets
• Results of recent Rope Tests, Autumn '97
• Saturday, 6th. December 1997 : Holme Bank Chert Mine, Bakewell. Steve Knox
• Emergency Kit
• Rescue Practice '97

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55^th newsletter.

• Meets List
• D.C.R.O. Training Sessions
• Trekking in the Karakorum, Pakistan
• Sales
• Hauling diagrams

July 1997 Newsletter (8 pages) PDF Scan

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54^th newsletter.

• Diagrams of hauling systems for rescue use
• Peak Cavern, Derbyshire, trip
• Current membership list (Redacted)
• Newspaper item about the Nettle rescue
• D.C.R.O. Training Sessions
• Meets List
• Reprint of letter (re. mining), dated 9th. June 1828

April 1997 Newsletter (9 pages) PDF Scan

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53^rd newsletter.

• Editorial
• Meets list
• Youd’s Level, Matlock, trip
• D.C.R.O. Events in 1997
• Reprints of P.D.M.H.S. surveys of Youd’s Level

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52^nd newsletter. It says 49 on the cover, but this is wrong!

• Meets
• Saturday, 4th. January 1997: ‘Freefall' or 'Un-advanced S.R.T. Techniques’Colin 'S' Knox
• For Sale
• Holme Bank Chert Mine Gate
• Time for a Spring Clean? Steve Knox
• Public Liability Insurance - Providing Cover for Guests.
• Club Constitution
• Letter from BCRA on Insurance Cover (Redacted)
• Membership List (Redacted)

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51^st newsletter.

• Saturday, 12th. October 1995 : Nickergrove Mine, Stoney Middleton. Colin S Knox
• SNIPPETS (literally) FROM THE MINUTES : (With apologies to Steve.)
• Nightmare on Elbrus! Ralph Johnson
• Saturday,16th. March 1996 : Stream Passage Pot / Bar Pot. Steve Knox
• Notes from a talk by Bill Whitehouse on 13th. May 1996: Dealing With Hypothermia. Steve Knox

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50^th newsletter. 3 pages.

• CCPC Constitution
• Rope Tests
• For Sale
• Forthcoming Attractions
• FEELING GUILTY? ...CANT SLEEP AT NIGHTS? COULD IT BE YOU HAVENT PAID YOUR SUBS?

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49^th newsletter.

• NCA Speleoscene News: Knotlow pollution, Nettle Pot, Mandale Mine gate, Robin Shaft Mine
• Mick Stratford
• Points of View
• CNCC Technical Group Information Circular: Bull Pot
• A Blast from the Past
• PLANNING A SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION TO AXE HOLE (WITH APOLOGIES TO J. GILLETT), Cliff Jones
• UNDERGROUND TO SURFACE COMMUNICATIONS PART 1 By Ralph Johnson
• Rescue Practice
• For Sale
• My Second 'Ole, by Gideon Rabinowitz
• Jackpot, Julieanne Holdcroft and Jonathan Holdcroft
• Forthcoming Meets
• Map of the Three Peaks cave area and surveys of the Gaping Gill system
• Rogues Gallery
• ANOTHER EXCELLENT CAVING TRIP. Sunday 25th February 1996: Swinsto Hole/Simpson’s Pot. Steve Knox

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48^th newsletter. 10 pages.

• Editorial
• Notes from A.G.M.
• Water Icicle Close Cavern, Derbyshire, trip, with survey
• Club rules
• Little Hull Pot anchors
• D.C.A. comment on Bolt Fund
• Sale Items
• Rescue Practice arrangements
• Mandale Mine Rescue reconstruction and filming event
• Meets list
• Internet items
• New Lighting System, 1988 (humorous)
• Christmas 'do' advert

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47^th newsletter. 10 pages.

• Lumb Hole, Derbyshire, update
• P8. Rescue Practice
• Hillocks Mine, Derbyshire, trip (child's account)
• Building an FX2 lamp
• Gouffre de la Pierre Sainte-Martin historical account and 1995 trip
• 1996 Meets list

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46^th Newsletter. (10 pages)

• Lumb Hole, Derbyshire, update
• Meets list
• Newspaper item: Cave Search-dog
• Caving, canoeing, canyoning, cycling, climbing in France
• Editorial
• Comic page
• Membership list (Redacted)
• Cave Rescue matters for consideration
• News
• Photo joke

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45^th Newsletter. (8 pages)

• Meets list
• Misuse of Eco-hangers
• B.C.R.C. incident report for 1994
• News
• D.C.A. letter (Redacted)
• Membership list (Redacted)
• Comic strip
• Lumb Hole survey
• News items
• Rope test results
• D.C.A./N.C.A. Cavers workshop details (Redacted)

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44^th Newsletter (10 pages)

• Meets list
• Rigging changes in Lancaster Hole, Yorkshire, with diagrams
• N.C.A. Cavers Fair details (Redacted)
• Eco-resin hangers drop test results
• News
• Membership list (Redacted)
• Newspaper item
• 270 days underground
• Comic strip
• Goat Gap Inn advert

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43^rd newsletter (10 pages)

• Editorial
• A.G.M. elections
• Yorkshire non-event
• Meets list
• News
• Fun Quiz (repeat)
• Derbyshire access notes
• Yorkshire exploits
• Comic strip
• Meets list
• Secret tunnel at Gawsworth New Hall
• Peak Rigging Guide advert
• D.C.R.O. reports 240 to 243

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42^nd (7 pages)

• Ice-climbing in Snowdonia
• Fun Quiz
• Editorial
• Eco hanger tests
• News
• D.C.A. information circular (Redacted)
• Meets list

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41^st newsletter (4 pages)

• Longest Caves in the World
• King Pot, Yorkshire, trip
• Meets list
• Pipikin, Yorkshire, trip
• News

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40^th newsletter (6 pages)

• Lost John's Fatality
• Membership list (Redacted)
• Letter (joke) (Redacted)
• Meets list
• 'Knox Aven'
• Giant's Hole
• News
• N.C.A. conference advert (Redacted)
• News

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39^th newsletter (4 pages)

• Obituary of Dr. Rob. Heath PhD.
• J.H.Mine, trip
• J.H. Mine survey
• News

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38^th newsletter (8 pages)

• Eco-hanger heating warning
• Meets list
• C.C.P.C. Rules
• Pyrenees caving and canyoning, including four surveys

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37^th newsletter (6 pages)

• A.G.M. election results (Redacted)
• Meets list
• Lumb Hole Dig
• News

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36^th newsletter (5 pages)

• Hauling Techniques and knots
• Rope Drop Tests
• News
• Sale items

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35^th newsletter (9 pages)

• News
• Knotlow Mine Pollution and Weil's Disease warnings
• Bolt failures
• Meets list
• lecture advert
• Photo competition
• News
• Colour coding of ropes
• N.C.A. Training Grants
• N.C.A./D.C.A. Cavers Workshops (Redacted)

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34^th newsletter (7 pages)

• Editorial
• News
• Life lining with a Petzl Stop, pulley/jammer, etc. and rescue hauling/lowering, etc.

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33^rd newsletter (4 pages)

• Ropes and Acid lamps
• News
• Meets list
• aliem River Cave, Irian Jaya, New Guinea, flooding
• Holme Flat Mine, Derbyshire, trip

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32^nd newsletter (5 pages)

• Editorial
• Access to Ball Eye Mine
• Gouffre Berger, trip
• News (Redacted)

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31^st newsletter (14 pages)

• Using a knife underground
• News
• Christmas Puzzle
• Robin's Shaft Mine, Derbyshire, history/trip + surveys
• DMM resin anchors
• Rescue reports 223 to 228
• Pitch rigging with a double lifeline, inc. diagram
• Rigging diagrams for descent and for hauling
• Historical: Driving the Magpie Sough
• News
• Sale items

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30^th newsletter (8 pages)

• Great Orme Visit
• BCRA National Caving Conference
• BCRC Incident Report 1990
• BCRA National Caving Conference
• Rescue Reports
• Instant World Wide Translation System
• For Sale
• Weil's Disease
• Caver Training

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29^th newsletter (8 pages)

• News
• Oxlow Repair Project
• Le Grotte D'Aliou, France trip
• C.C.P.C. Archives: Knotlow (part 2)
• Meets 1991
• Derbyshire digs
• Making an FX4 battery + diagrams
• Membership list (redacted)

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28^th newsletter (13 pages)

• A.G.M. notes
• News
• Shock Absorbing Knots
• Gavarnie and Casteret's Ice Cave, 1974 and 1987, trips
• First Aid for Cavers
• Meets 1991
• C.C.P.C. Archives: Knotlow (part 1) + survey
• Insurance aspects
• sale items

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27^th newsletter (16 pages)

• News
• Information for the Gouffre Berger 1991 trip
• Map of approved routes to Oxlow etc.
• Swinsto, Yorkshire, rescue
• Hanging Flat Mine, Middleton Dale, Derbyshire, trip
• Exploits down a well at Rudyard
• Canoe trip in Long Churn Cave, Yorkshire
• Bolt Failure. - Giant's Hole trip/rescue (1974)
• Historic entries from 'The Caves of Derbyshire' (1964)
• Christmas Quiz
• Membership list (Redacted)

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26^th newsletter (8 pages)

• Hire charges for gear
• News
• Rigging Alum Pot (joke)
• Obituary of Christine Scragg
• Financial aspects of the 1989 Czechoslovakian trip
• Caving Glossary
• Review of C.C.P.C. Journals 2 and 3
• Lecture ads.
• Caption competition No.8
• B.C.R.A. invitation to tender (Redacted)

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25^th newsletter (10 pages)

• Berger update (1991)
• Oxlow etc. re-opened
• News
• Knotlow, etc., Derbyshire, trip
• Birchwood Bridge Christmas 'Do' report
• Tinker's Pit Coal Mine, trip
• D.C.R.O. Practice at Knotlow Four Ways Shaft
• Great Orme Mines, trip
• Eldon letter
• B.C.R.A. Conference ad.

April 1990 (8 pages)

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24^th newsletter (8 pages)

• Maskhill/Nettle/Oxlow closure
• Rope jamming in Chest- mounted Croll
• The Neil Moss incident in Peak Cavern, 1959, (part 2)
• News
• Meets 1990
• Knotlow gear recovery
• Local access arrangements
• Bolt and helmet failures
• Mine adit in Bullhay Dale, Derbyshire, trip

After a trip to Cussey Pot. Photo © Gaz McShee 2023.