Delabole Slate November 2022

NEWS & INFORMATION FROM
THE DELABOLE SLATE QUARRY
BUSINESS – The quarry yard is open again for customers to browse but please note:
Quarry opening times are now Monday to Thursday 9am - 5pm and we are closed every Friday, Week-end and
Bank Holiday.
We have been operating a 4 day week since March of this year and everyone loves having a 3 day week-end – very
good for reducing stress levels, especially mine.
For those living in earshot of the quarry, no doubt you have noticed the absence every Friday of the peck, peck, peck
of the hydraulic hammer breaking overburden on 160m & 170m level at the south end of the quarry. This work will
continue Monday to Thursday for several months yet as we develop better access from the south haul road to upper
benches in the quarry and regrade the old quarry faces on the Eastern side to the long term and lower profile for wire
sawing.
PEOPLE AT DELABOLE SLATE – Since our July entry in the “Slate” we have been joined by a fine young fellow from
Delabole but we want more like him.
So, we continue to recruit for the following:
VACANCIES
Slate Splitter & Dresser
Saw Operator
Mill Operator
Work hours: Monday to Thursday – 8am to 5.30pm with ½ hour lunch break
Pay - £10.65 / Hour fully skilled (£383.40 / 36 hour week)
Holidays: 6 weeks holiday per year including Bank Hols
4 Day Working Week- so every Friday, Saturday & Sunday off
To apply: EMAIL or POST us your CV or CALL IN FOR AN APPLICATION FORM
Email: sales@delaboleslate.co.uk
Thank you George Hamilton Oct/Nov 2022
Would anyone in the village volunteer to supervise/help at a Warm Space for a few hours each week?
Please phone 212558 if you're interested.
A Methodist Minister’s View
I was recently in a three-way conversation which evolved into us talking about the World as we are experiencing it at
the present time. At this point one person left us saying that he finds the current situation too depressing to talk about.
A number of other people have expressed the same sentiment to me in other situations.
I fully understand such feelings amongst people as we daily learn of the continuing conflict in the Ukraine and suffer
some of the consequences of it in the rise in the price of our fuel be it electricity, oil, gas, coal or logs. Added to this are
the increasing prices in our shops as a direct consequence of the energy prices and shortages of some products.
Most of us are worried about the increased costs and being able to meet them. These costs, but other factors as well,
have led to the on-going strikes action by our railway staff and postal workers. What is more is that other employee
groups are considering strike action causing all of us to wonder where it is all going to end. All of the above is happening
around us as we approach our annual Remembrance Weekend when there will be acts of Remembrance on Friday,
11th November, and Sunday 13th November in various locations. It is important for all of us to use these opportunities
to ‘Remember’ the sacrifice of so many in various conflicts which enables us to live with the relative freedom which we
have.
What is of concern to me in all of the conflicts, be it between countries or employing bodies and employees, is that we
hear very little about peace making initiatives. As I was thinking in these terms, I recalled one of Jesus’ statements in
what we know as the ‘Beatitudes’ which can be found in Chapter 5 of Matthew’s gospel, where it reads ‘Blessed are the
peace makers: for they shall be called the children of God’.
The same phrase in the Good News version of the Bible is ‘Happy are those who work for peace. God will call them his
children;’ The same verse in ‘The Message’ translation reads ‘You’re blessed when you can show people how to
co-operate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.’
This is how God wants us to be – the ‘Be Attitude.’ As we ponder the current conflicts and Remembrance Weekend
there is food for thought and action in Jesus’ statement. Please pray for peace in all the conflicts and be a peace maker.
Every Blessing,
Bryan Ede