Blue John

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

419

Date Released

7 Jan 1963

Date recorded

30 Nov 1962

Length of issue (in feet)

725

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Blue John
2. 2Champagne Story

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Derbyshire - famous for its crags and peaks and climbing paths which lead to Wonderland. We found a path which, like Alice’s, burrowed underground. A path stamped hard by miners’ boots. Miners - not of coal, not of some industrial mineral - but of Blue John [fluorite]. And Blue John is nowhere else in the world. Geologists will tell you it’s coloured fluoride of calcium. But the people of Castleton know it as a brooch or a vase or a shimmering bowl.

Keywords

Mining

Locations

Derbyshire; England; Castleton

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Tim Brinton

Length of story (in feet)

287

Story extras:

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