OneGuyFromBarlick

Hi

FYI, my brother Graham passed away in hospital in Nanning, China, on 29th December 2021.

The SILVESTER LOWCOCK referred to in the original post was my great-great-grandfather. I don't know whether he was the tenant farmer or just a farm labourer at Fiddling Clough. Several of my ancestors lived at Fiddling Clough: John Slater, father of Mary Slater & my 4x great grandfather- 1841 ce...

The SILVESTER LOWCOCK referred to as a tenant of Fiddling Clough Farm was my great-great-grandfather. He is listed in the 1871 & 1881 censuses as living at Fiddling Clough. His son, John Lowcock (my great-grandfather) is listed in as living there in the 1871,1881 & 1911 censuses, and my gran...

A butter churn handle? Second thoughts. If you had two of them you could lay rods between them and use them as a drying rack. Just ignore me, I try hard! :good: That's like showing a piece of marble and saying it's Venus de Milo. :biggrin2: I'm chinatyke's brother Rod. Why does he want to lay me do...

I was articled to Dennis Robinson at Windle & Bowker from 1960 to 1966 and Peter Gill was the other main partner at that time. I have very fond memories of IPG (partners were always referred to by their initials by lesser mortals). He brought a wry sense of humour to the office and he was always...