United Downs landfill history wanted (From This is The West Country)

United Downs landfill history wanted

3:50pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

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Ahead of the United Mines landfill site permanently closing in October 2010, SITA Cornwall is looking for local residents and heritage enthusiasts to join a community group to create a history of United Mines and the landfill site for an exhibition.

Whether it is most known for being one of the world’s wealthiest mining areas in the 19th century or for managing Cornwall’s rubbish in more recent times, the United Mines area at St. Day has always been a place of interest.

People with local archaeological and mining knowledge of the United Mines site or anyone interested in learning more about the local area and its past, are wanted to pull together oral accounts, artefacts, photographs, maps and documents relating to the site over the past 300 years.

Stuart Higgins, treatment manager for SITA Cornwall said: “This is a great way to mark the closing stages of the landfill. I really hope that people will want to be involved in this exciting project for their local community and to learn more about what we do here at United Mines.”

The group will meet regularly and meetings will include site visits and hopefully talks from guest speakers. As places on the group are limited, people interested in joining are asked to contact the SITA Cornwall helpdesk soon on 08456 300 300 or Cornwallhelpdesk@sita.co.uk.

The next meeting will take place on Monday July 20 at 6pm at SITA’s United Mines offices at United Downs, St. Day. People interested in attending should contact the SITA Cornwall helpdesk.

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