ROGER NICHOLS
Born and raised in northern England. Lived various parts including Leeds and Yorkshire Dales. Followed by Ireland and Cornwall with short terms in Midlands and Devon. Long term move to Tasmania, with a break in Sydney and short-term work in Philippines, Indonesia, USA, W.A. and N.T. Some photography from 1967, including professionally between 1989 and 98.
Claim to fame - my movie role (starts at 12min 30sec) (2) North to the Dales.1955. - YouTube
Paternal family
Dad
Dad much later
3rd NE Leeds (St Wilfreds) Cubs
First ‘overseas’ trip was on this Dragon Rapide to the Scilly Isles from St Just airport, near Lands End, Cornwall UK. Shown here with my mother.
St Malo harbour swim & stroll
Certified trained killer
Fixie
Sumrie Wheelers cycling club - first juniors admitted
Cudworth gals
Hag Dyke snooze
Clownin' after breaking a foot
Assault boat training at Leadership Course - Strensall Camp - Yorkshire Brigade
More clownin'
Cavalry twill and tweed days
Messing about in Langdale
Senior Scout Camp in Trollers Ghyll
North Leeds District Camp Site? walkabout
Holiday with the boys
Camping in Trollers Ghyll
Movie role - British Transport Films - North to the Dales
Messing about in Morecombe on way to a Scout camp after 3 days underground at Gaping Ghyll.
Post movie dinner
Keld Farm cottage
Life changing
Chatting with a local in Gunnerside Ghyll
Mongo Gill - Stump Cross
Buckden Bill - hat removed from a skeleton found in a mine, before packing him into a box.
Surveying on Ingleborough
Tending the jigs at Dry Ghyll
Historic monument I built on Grassington Moor
Mill crew at Dry Ghyll Mine
W Day
Geophysics
Surveying peat bog in Ireland
Fitting in
What happened to the obey?
Two friends, Caleb and Tug. Had my life in their hands more than once - in underground situations.
Scout Camp Kitchen 1979
West Coast farewell
UK visit and catch up with old mates
Everest over the shoulder
Frenchman's Cap
Mt Kosciuszko in Winter
Mt Anne in Summer
Snowy Mountains - Blue Lake - Winter Mountaineering Course
Grassington Moor - part of a now Scheduled Ancient Monument - which I helped to build!
Part of a later job
Dwellings
Schooldays
Low Farside - Greenhow Hill (recent) - caving and mining history cottage
Low Farside - Kellogs Cornflakes repro
Keld Farm - caving and mining history cottage
Keld Farm - Greenhow Hill (recent)
Pickering End (recent) - caving and mining history cottage, - later fluorite
Yorkshire Dales - fluorite
Lythe - Grassington
Lythe - Grassington
Ilkley - road to the moor.
Skipton - Yorkshire - home base
Ireland - Midlands (geophysics base metals exploration)
Cheshire - geophysics salt exploration
Ireland - 2nd geophysics base metals exploration
Devon - geophysics kaolin exploration
Cornwall - geophysics kaolin exploration
Cornwall - tin mining
Tasmania - tin
Tasmania - tin
New South Wales - mining corporate
New South Wales - mining corporate
D'Entrecasteaux
Sunrise over D'Entrecasteaux
Places of significance - click on map to open Google map