Darfar Potholing Club, based in the Manifold Valley, Staffordshire

Photos before 1984

Photos from ye olden days. (Before 1984. Click on the thumbnails to see the full sized images.)

Photos from before 1984

Riverside Swallet - late 1970's / early 1980's .	Ladder on the entrance shaft of Cascade Cavern, Lathkill Dale. (Late 70's / early 80's.)
Cleaning off in the river (1979) - Photo by Alan Scragg	Darfar Pot (river entrance) shortly after it's discovery in July 1979 - Photo by Alan Scragg
Darfar Pot with a temporary grille on it shortly after it's discovery in July 1979 - Photo by Alan Scragg	The excavation of Darfar Ridge Cave. (Around 1980.)
Darfar Pot (river entrance) when first opened up in 1979.	The biggest chamber in the Peak District in the early 1980's. (Fox Chamber in Winnat's Head Cave near Castleton.) Is Titan bigger?
Hillocks Mine Camp 1978. (The floor was very cold as we didn't have anything insulating to lie on!)	Jeff Winter and Ian Bubb descending Ladyside Pot (1979) - Photo by Alan Scragg
The river sinking under the felled tree in the main sink area (1979) - Photo by Alan Scragg	Moonmilk Pot just after it's discovery in 1980 and before the original oil drum shaft was installed.
P8 Main Streamway in the late 70's / early 80's. The cavers in the top photo are (left to right) Steve Johnson, Simon Wood and Mark Whitehouse.	Steve Johnson exiting Rabbits Hole in 1980.
The excavation of the main passage of Darfar Ridge Cave. (Around 1980.)	The excavation of Darfar Ridge Cave. (Around 1980.)
Jeff Winter in The Crater near Redhurst during excavation - late 1970's.	Windy Ledge Cave (Bossen Hole), Stoney Middleton in the late 1970's.
Photos of Windy Knoll Cave near Castleton. (Late 1970's.)