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by rossylass
29 Jan 2021, 10:14
Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
Topic: Caught by Craven Bank Notes
Replies: 3
Views: 3247

Re: Caught by Craven Bank Notes

Well I'll go to the foot of our stairs! I didn't expect that! I've just Googled the Craven Bank... they had their heads screwed on those canny Yorkshiremen. I wonder if that's why there are so many pubs names "The Craven Heifer", because so many of those banknotes were passed over the coun...
by rossylass
28 Jan 2021, 10:26
Forum: Miscellaneous History Topics
Topic: Caught by Craven Bank Notes
Replies: 3
Views: 3247

Caught by Craven Bank Notes

I came across this item when I was doing some research. It is part of an article about Blackburn Fair:- The Blackburn Standard of 10th April 1861 reported that the Courts had dealt with a number of cases of drunken behaviour by both men and women, due to the large influx of fairgoers from surroundin...
by rossylass
23 Jan 2021, 10:46
Forum: Reading
Topic: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?
Replies: 1828
Views: 280107

Re: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?

It was serialised and it is absolutely harrowing. Scary America!
by rossylass
23 Jan 2021, 10:42
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: 1841 Census in Roughlee
Replies: 5
Views: 3019

Re: 1841 Census in Roughlee

I don’t know where they originated. Their banns were read in Colne which was my ggg grandmother’s parish and in Barlick. They certainly moved around a bit. They lived at Heightside, Springs, Closes and moved to Roughlee in 1826.
by rossylass
22 Jan 2021, 20:30
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1311855

Re: POLITICS CORNER

What tosh this government comes out with.
I listen to “More or Less “ on Radio 4.. If you haven’t heard it, it’s a brilliant programme about statistics. Today they discussed our fishing rights. Our stake has improved by just under4 %. We must defend our waters with gunboats!!!😂🤣
by rossylass
22 Jan 2021, 20:17
Forum: Reading
Topic: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?
Replies: 1828
Views: 280107

Re: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?

Currently reading “The Lies of Adults” by Elena Ferrante. A real page turner but probably of more interest to women. It’s about adolescence. I recently read “The Nickel Boys” and if anyone wonders about “Black Lives Matter “ they would understand if they read it.... maybe. It’s heart rending and had...
by rossylass
22 Jan 2021, 20:10
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: 1841 Census in Roughlee
Replies: 5
Views: 3019

Re: 1841 Census in Roughlee

Hi Wendy,
Why didn’t I think of that! Just goes to show that two heads are better than one! Thanks.
by rossylass
22 Jan 2021, 13:54
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: 1841 Census in Roughlee
Replies: 5
Views: 3019

1841 Census in Roughlee

After nine years I am still editing my book about the three Pickles brothers from Barnoldswick, who left Roughlee in the mid 19th century to travel with portable theatres. Will I ever get it finished? I have struggled to decipher the occupation of my ggg grandfather, Richard Pickles, who lived in Ro...
by rossylass
10 Apr 2020, 12:40
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: Plaques in Barlick
Replies: 17
Views: 5476

Re: Plaques in Barlick

Wow, Thanks for all that! I'm going to look the theatre up. It may have been Leybourne's theatre. Oooh! Very exciting!

The plague answers are dead funny!
by rossylass
27 Mar 2020, 18:41
Forum: Reading
Topic: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?
Replies: 1828
Views: 280107

Re: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?

4321 by Paul Auster - over 1,000 pages for those who like a lengthy book. Four versions of how the hero's life pans out.

Looking forward to reading the latest Mantel as soon as my daughter in law finishes it.
by rossylass
27 Mar 2020, 13:51
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: Plaques in Barlick
Replies: 17
Views: 5476

Plaques in Barlick

There is a plaque on ? the old Post Office which mentions that it was the site of a theatre which used to visit Barlick, but doesn't say when. Can anyone shed any light upon this please?
by rossylass
27 Mar 2020, 13:46
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 19879
Views: 2125455

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Something to do with canals? Maybe to raise a plug, but it doesn't seem to be attached to anything?
by rossylass
27 Mar 2020, 13:42
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12552
Views: 1311855

Re: POLITICS CORNER

Trump is even putting a positive spin on the fact that the USA are now at the top of the Coronavirus league table, surpassing China, claiming that it's the scale of the testing which has revealed the numbers rather than his denial and stupidity which have allowed the spread!
by rossylass
09 Aug 2016, 20:01
Forum: Reading
Topic: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?
Replies: 1828
Views: 280107

Re: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?

National Book Week. Grab the book nearest to you. Go to page 56. Post the fifth sentence. Don't mention the title!
by rossylass
07 Jun 2016, 20:06
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: HOUSEHOLD TIPS NOT FOUND IN WOMAN'S WEEKLY
Replies: 5235
Views: 592284

Re: HOUSEHOLD TIPS NOT FOUND IN WOMAN'S WEEKLY

I am in the process of chucking out flour which is at least four years past its sell by date. Don't usually take much notice of sell by dates but need a bit of room. I once had a cleaner who threw out some cans past their sell by date. I nearly fell in the dustbin getting them out! Load of old cobbl...
by rossylass
07 Jun 2016, 08:52
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: Poverty in Barnoldswick and Thornton 1826
Replies: 13
Views: 5475

Re: Poverty in Barnoldswick and Thornton 1826

And still it goes on!
by rossylass
07 Jun 2016, 08:49
Forum: Reading
Topic: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?
Replies: 1828
Views: 280107

Re: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?

My book queue is too long so I don't tend to read things twice. Jack Reacher is waiting for me!
by rossylass
06 Jun 2016, 23:52
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: LOSING WEIGHT
Replies: 172
Views: 83118

Re: LOSING WEIGHT

Just been smiling at some of these posts. A few years ago I went to my GP because I had a numb thigh and tingling in my fingers. I thought I'd had a mini stroke! After I'd "hopped on the scale" the sarcastic devil told me that my weight was just about right...if I had been a 6'2" male...
by rossylass
06 Jun 2016, 23:32
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: Where Have You Just Been?
Replies: 775
Views: 129892

Re: Where Have You Just Been?

Went to Manchester to see the biopic of Ken Loach. Afterwards the man himself did a Q and A session. A great film director who tackled subjects others wouldn't touch with a bargepole.
by rossylass
06 Jun 2016, 23:26
Forum: Reading
Topic: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?
Replies: 1828
Views: 280107

Re: READ ANY GOOD BOOKS LATELY?

Reading a beautiful American novel - "Stoner" by John Williams. Don't know whether I want to rush to finish it or slow down to savour it for a bit longer. Hmm
by rossylass
27 May 2016, 12:02
Forum: Research Topics
Topic: GRIMSHAW/CROWTREES INFORMATION
Replies: 21
Views: 9187

Re: GRIMSHAW/CROWTREES INFORMATION

This is so fascinating! The one thing I have learned about family and local history is that one needs to check and recheck any information before you are sure and even then you can't be sure! I think Wendy and Jean Ingham are probably right about the location of Judson's Farm though. It must have be...
by rossylass
06 Apr 2016, 11:25
Forum: Research Topics
Topic: GRIMSHAW/CROWTREES INFORMATION
Replies: 21
Views: 9187

Re: GRIMSHAW/CROWTREES INFORMATION

Hope you find something Wendy. You were right about the question, which I hadn't explained very well.
by rossylass
05 Apr 2016, 09:22
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: Handloom Weaving
Replies: 1
Views: 1949

Handloom Weaving

Article in the Northern Whig 24/04/1834 "EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE IN HANDLOOM MANUFACTURE 'In Barnoldswick a weaver named Pickles, determined for a feat to ascertain how many pieces of 9-8 70s he could weave on the dandy loom, in the course of a week. On the Monday morning he..commenced his ta...
by rossylass
05 Apr 2016, 08:35
Forum: Research Topics
Topic: GRIMSHAW/CROWTREES INFORMATION
Replies: 21
Views: 9187

Re: GRIMSHAW/CROWTREES INFORMATION

The whole topic seems to be a mystery! When I first posted the information about Stephen Pickles' statement the thinking was that the term "Kitchen" referred to premises which were occupied by more than one family, which would point to Judson Fold /Barn Farm etc being one building. Call in...

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