OneGuyFromBarlick

The Lamb Club (Bank Hall) Barrowford. This is one of the oldest buildings in Barrowford with a date stone of 1696. However, one of the top corner bossage stones has a face carved on it that looks totally out of character with the rest of the building. (see photo) Does anyone know the history or the ...

May I say what a fantastic job all those involved in this project have done. I must go on to show my own ignorance about the WW1 (The great War) I have seen memorials dated 1914- 18 & 19. and I know that the final peace treatise was signed in 1923. Until the recent photo's I have never seen one ...

Sometimes its wise just to look back. It only takes 6 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFCekeoSTwg

Time to throw some light on this object.
Its a search light that they clamped to the side of the car to expose criminal acts.
What criminal acts these were I won't go into.

PS. I'm still looking for a 6 inch glass for it. Our local car store doesn't stock them any more!

Stanley. I don't know if you have posted this engine before but it is well worth looking at.
Its the Burnley Elm St: engine in the Manchester Steam museum.
http://www.mosi.org.uk/media/33871769/e ... engine.pdf

Something to think about while waiting for the "round robin" to come into land.

Made by "Kaufman" USA in 1917. a nice piece of brass pivots and swivels. What's its purpose. (think Elliot Ness).

The lack of detail about the chemical attack in Syria is worrying. We read that over 1400 people have been killed. A tragic loss of life. This number of deaths raises the question of how much nerve agent was used and how many rockets / bombs were needed to deliver it. I would have thought that the “...

Ok Time to give up. Its actually a time delay switch. The canister is a dashpot containing oil. Depending on the viscosity of the oil and the stroke length set on the piston it will give a delay of between 1 - 25 seconds. I must admit I've had this thing for over 25 years and other than put it on th...

Even with so called surgical strikes with laser precision accuracy there must be what is called euphemistically collateral damage. Dropping a cruise missile into a storage depot of nerve agents won’t result in a simple puff of smoke. Think of the end results if this happened in a built up area. Woul...

I can see that you have not been fooled by taking bits off. Here's the full monty.
The canister is the real clue. What's it doing?

So as not to make it too easy I've removed a bit. Overall length about 4 inch.
What is it?

I struggled with the wireless connection to our smart TV. With a brick wall and a floor to transmit through the connection was intermittent at the best. My conclusion was unless the TV can see the router you can have problems. The final solution was to use a Power Line connector. No problems with th...

Good answer. Its a "Wanda" stripper. Made in Birmingham 1926. The cutting blade is a straight guillotine action which may have been good enough for stripping the old rubber insulation but not much use on modern material.

Made in 1926. I'm beginning to think you Barlickers have lead very sheltered lives.
This is a give away clue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twOUAUKurFw
But what kind?

Made 1926.

Two crows with superman on the left.

Oil and gas are just another form of fossilized fuel. If you burn them you finish up with carbon dioxide and extra greenhouse gasses. The answer would therefore be to develop sequestration (carbon capture and storage). This then leads to the question as to why we closed all our coal mines. Nothing t...

Normally not disposed to following eccentric traits like Post Box spotting. (See mystery objects Aug 6.) Wendyf’s reply spurred me to take a look at some of the boxes in the Colne area. So far the results are. E11R. Pillar box. Painted gold in recognition of Steven Burke ‘MBE’ and his Olympic gold m...

Peony and Bee

Finally found out what was going on during the Heritage open days 2013.
A bit late but there you go.

http://visitburnley.com/wordpress/wp-co ... 13_Web.pdf

A friend whose grand child is unemployed (no qualifications) was sent from Burnley to apply for work in Barlick. The questions he asked were. 1 Is there no unemployment in Barlick. 2 Are people from Barlick being sent to Burnley. Of course if you can’t prove you have looked for work you are struck o...

Thank you Bodger for the link. The world must be full of engineers both amateur and professional who have a great deal more skill and patience than I have. On a similar line to yours I can recommend this American site for quality and detail. I have set the link address so that the site is easy to op...

Silverman Hall Nelson. Not knowing much about the buildings in Nelson I am just a little puzzled by what used to be the Silverman Hall on Pendle St. Built originally as the “Weavers Institute” in 1904 it carries a finial with the lettering very similar to that used by the William Astley breweries. D...

New Imperial restoration continued. Image 11.jpg Image 11. The petrol “tundish”. To assist with starting raw petrol was dripped directly into the cylinder and then sealed up again. Image 12.jpg Image 12. A trial build. Checking out the gear box and hand change mechanism. With an output of 4.5 BHP th...

New Imperial restoration Continued. Image 6.jpg Image 6. Magneto and spark plug set in place. Notice the large blanking washers over the valve chambers. The valve spring covers are telescopic in their sealing action. Image 7.jpg Image 7. A view showing the “Pilgrim” oil pump. A worm and wheel pump w...