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by Stanley
07 May 2024, 03:32
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: BARLICK MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE 03
Replies: 2
Views: 2735

Re: BARLICK MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE 03

Bumped again. This is scarce history, I don't know where else you'd find it!
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 03:26
Forum: Fun & Jokes
Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
Replies: 4856
Views: 567538

Re: Old fashioned clean jokes

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by Stanley
07 May 2024, 03:20
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Replies: 9207
Views: 1073463

Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?

Meat and veggies X three. I am getting last weeks cooking into a corner! I shall roast my chicken this morning.
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 03:18
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
Replies: 6898
Views: 942544

Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/2293/medium Three Barlick cyclists in about 1900. I think the man in the centre is Leonard Holdsworth, a local manufacturer and one of the directors of the Calf Hall Shed Company. The bikes would be expensive so it is almost certain the othe...
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 02:57
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: BARLICK MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE 02
Replies: 3
Views: 572

Re: BARLICK MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE 02

I've always thought them contenders for the oldest buildings in Barlick Ian and I'm sure you're right about previous builds and uses.
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 02:43
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
Replies: 3943
Views: 595416

Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS

Advertising copy-writers have much to answer for. These changes come as they struggle to find ways to make the products they are selling more exciting. A tactical flash lamp is more attractive than a boring normal one..... I have noticed a new class of rip-off selling, the 'tactical' mini telescopic...
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 02:37
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12644
Views: 1337529

Re: POLITICS CORNER

THIS is what counts as political news this morning. The government is "gaslighting" the British people over the state of the economy, the Opposition is to argue. Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves will tell business leaders in a speech on Tuesday the government's claims its economic plan is ...
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 02:27
Forum: DIY
Topic: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)
Replies: 899
Views: 158919

Re: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)

Glad you got sorted Ian. You were lucky with the cover on the gazebo Kev. I went looking for the etymology of 'gazebo' and didn't really get any joy but I tripped over this factoid. "The earliest known gazebos were in Egyptian gardens approximately 5,000 years ago, found in a garden plan which ...
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 02:10
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16595
Views: 1933390

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

I'm struggling to imagine when I would find that app useful if they were mine. :biggrin2: I suppose the thing that has got my attention is the fact that we seem to be turning a corner in respect of temperatures but oh how I wish we could ditch this constant cloud cover! Wendy, I seem to have lost al...
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 02:04
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20552
Views: 1910542

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

I shall be doing a bit of cooking before going in the shed.... I want to get my chicken in the oven and than get on with making a very small engine for new great grand daughter Evie. I shall deal with the chicken after I have had second sleep but am undecided whether to cook veggies today or leave i...
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 01:57
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5398
Views: 446535

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

Yesterday afternoon we had the obligatory spatters of rain after some nice sunshine but as the lads say, no thunder. At 20:00 it was calm, mild and overcast but dry. This morning it's the same. The glass has jumped up to 1015mb and the forecast is for an overcast but dry day. The easterly winds will...
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 01:49
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20100
Views: 2332407

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Well a promising start and then a deathly hush. Which island and what's going on?
by Stanley
07 May 2024, 01:36
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 3782
Views: 398526

Re: Seen in the News

No political news here Kev so they have to scrape something up from somewhere. You can tell when things get really bad, they start reporting on themselves.... :biggrin2: See THIS morning's top headline for a bit of a change. The personal information of an unknown number of serving UK military person...
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 13:46
Forum: DIY
Topic: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)
Replies: 899
Views: 158919

Re: Miscellaneous DIY Projects (or bits of jobs)

Ian, sorry, only just seen your post. Yes, a Bosch single phase power saw. Here if you want it.
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 13:40
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: BOB'S BITS
Replies: 4463
Views: 508462

Re: BOB'S BITS

Born and died in the south, but not of 'The South.' The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks. Randall Jarrell.     Randall Jarrell, poet and critic, was born in Nashville on May 6, 1914, and died while walking along a road near Chapel Hill on Octo...
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 09:23
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5398
Views: 446535

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

It has sorted itself out now Gloria and we have a sunny and very pleasant morning. :biggrin2:
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 09:21
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20552
Views: 1910542

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

I'm glad to hear it was no worse than that Sue. My Susan has had an infection as well, must be people coming out of a depressing winter! I have just surprised myself by doing my veggie shopping at the Co-op. I didn't go in with that intention but there you are it's done now and I can cook on Wednesd...
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 09:17
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12644
Views: 1337529

Re: POLITICS CORNER

That would suit me also. I'm sorry but Starmer is a dead hand as far as I'm concerned.....
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 07:41
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5398
Views: 446535

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

Morning Gloria. That's what it should be like here but instead we have overcast and spatters of rain. Deep Joy!
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 06:13
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20552
Views: 1910542

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

Morning Sue.... Definitely a working holiday! How is your throat? https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28723/medium I'm into crankshaft turning again but on a smaller scale. I started by massaging my drilling of the head of the brass standard to refine my original drilling. I ad...
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 06:09
Forum: Crafts
Topic: Shed Matters 3
Replies: 2426
Views: 290012

Re: Shed Matters 3

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28724/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28723/medium I'm into crankshaft turning again but on a smaller scale. I started by massaging my drilling of the head of the brass standard to refine my original drilling...
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 03:53
Forum: Stanley's View
Topic: BARLICK MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE 02
Replies: 3
Views: 572

Re: BARLICK MECHANIC’S INSTITUTE 02

Bumped again.
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 03:43
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: BOB'S BITS
Replies: 4463
Views: 508462

Re: BOB'S BITS

What is "race"? Against the Tide.   The title of Adam Clayton Powell, Sr.’s autobiography (1938).   In my youth, Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. was the black politician that many white Americans loved to hate.   Secure in his Harlem constituency, he used his advancing seniority to publicize...
by Stanley
06 May 2024, 03:40
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
Replies: 6898
Views: 942544

Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS

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John Robinson, my wife Vera and Roger Perry at Kew Bridge Pumping Station in 1977. All of them dead now. It's images like this that remind you that time is passing...... :biggrin2:

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