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It is great to see this here; thanks to @Langcliffe: for starting it off so well and for others joining in with help. There's a great photo on Flickr of the ex-car-park and a derelict building (http://www.flickr.com/photos/obiwan74/3206691499/) but sadly it's copyrighted. It would be nice to find a photo or documentation from its brief period as a showcave, but don't hold your breath. The assertion about access, even as a showcave, being more difficult is supported not only by my memories (not an RS!) but also by the ref given in that paragraph; indeed the (re-)quoted author there is absolutely right that it increased the appeal for the more adventurous: it was not just a straightforward stroll through. I'd be delighted if anyone can turn up anything else on this and I will certainly try myself. There must have been maps and postcards and guidebooks and stuff at the time, but I doubt that we still have any. ALSO: is it rare for a show cave to close? I can't think of other examples, but maybe that's just because I happened to know this one. If it's a rarity, is it worth a mention? Best wishes to all DBaK (talk) 09:38, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Other examples of show caves closing are Yordas Cave (Kingsdale) and Weathercote Cave (Chapel-le-Dale). The latter had (has?) a flight of slimy rickety steps leading down into it. I'm not sure that Yordas survived the nineteenth century as a show cave, but I believe Weathercote, which was a self-guided tour, closed after a visitor died after being hit by a rock in 1971. Langcliffe (talk) 17:02, 11 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
