OneGuyFromBarlick

I can't remember when I last saw a snipe but you're right and shooting snipe was always recognised as the hardest target there was.

http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/gallery/image.php?album_id=11&image_id=196 Bancroft chimney has been scaffolded for a while so I walked over and had a look yesterday. Guess what I found st the bottom of it... http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/gallery/image.php?album_id=11&image_id=197 That's ri...

I've just been asked about the LTP and it struck me that there was another area of my contributions which might need explaining to newer members. http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/gallery/image.php?album_id=196&image_id=194 This is the cabinet in my bathroom that holds my local history index cards....

Sorry. LTP is the Lancashire Textile Project and you can find it in the archive if you look in its own section of the forums page. I'll go and have a look and see if I can find a page address. Google will be indexing it shortly. Try this: http://archive.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/forumda56.html?FORUM_I...

Not yet Wendy, even though it has stopped raining and surface water has drained away.

I found this derelict steam crane in an old waterworks quarry near Slaidburn in 1980. I wonder if it's still there?

The constant rain, good for the water supply and it could have been snow of course but nevertheless a bit miserable.

Perhaps they're rich and like fresh air. Stove was still lit yesterday morning so I cleaned it out and chucked some kindling in. As soon as it caught I chucked some nuts in and when it had burned up I shut the dampers down. I haven't touched it since and there are still hot coals in there so I've ch...

Mo, welcome to the site. You've started well with a good clue! Mind you don't get addicted...

I do the same with packs of Charlotte salad potatoes. They stay in one piece and take up the flavour from the meat. One helping of pork stew left...

Have a look in the archive in 'Stanley's View' and search for 'Horace Thornton'. A series of articles and the first half of them refer to Carleton as he was born there. His interviews are in the LTP as well.

Never mind the length Wendy, the link works. Nice pic, looks to be about 1890/1900. Lots of hand coloured cards around that time in this area.

By the time I went out it was raining heavily. Didn't stop till 2pm and started again in the evening. Seems to have rained all night. Glass has risen to almost 30" and it's warm. Ground is absolutely sodden, standing water on all the area of grass. Wendy is wearing her wellies!

Brad, some studies have been done and they suggest that whilst rates of pay are an important factor they are nowhere near as damaging as the bankers suggest. This also applies to banks moving cities after changes in regulations.

Kev and Plugs' sister have had their own personal electromagnetic disturbance! I like the description of the Daily Mail.....

Reports on Farming Today from affected farmers. They are very pessimistic about the situation because starting from a low base when they were already short of water they have had about half the rain they expected over the winter. Ground is sodden in Barlick and everyone complaining about the weather...

Watching for the Warm Glow!

Watching your problems Kev. All I can say is thank God they missed me and Pluggy! Speaking too soon?

"Stanley the site is full of nice people" Eileen David.

I see that the Mail has once again raised the possibility of an electromagnetic pulse knocking out the National Grid and other systems for 'at least two months'. As if we didn't have enough to worry about!

I've been spending a lot of time over the last six weeks coddling myself, mainly by sitting in the warm and reading. There is a hell of a lot to be said for quiet retirement!

Went back to le Carre's earliest books. 'Call for the Dead' is still a wonderful spy story.

Funny thing then was that while Barlick was in darkness the lights at Bancroft stayed on as we made our own electricity. During the three day week we were forced to shut down even though we had 300 tons of coal on stock. I used to go home from normality at the mill to oil lamps at home.

Reported that Cameron said yesterday "It is intellectually unsustainable that in a time of economic stress workplace conditions should remain unchanged". (I paraphrase) Really? Does the same apply to the conditions we allow the capital holders to operate in? Or are they a protected species...