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- 11 May 2024, 05:57
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 5410
- Views: 447445
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
And we're warming up Cathy.....
- 11 May 2024, 05:56
- Forum: Research Topics
- Topic: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 39
Re: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
Glad you like it Cathy, there is more to come.
- 11 May 2024, 03:45
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: BRACEWELL AND INGLETON COAL 03
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2937
Re: BRACEWELL AND INGLETON COAL 03
Still good history and part of our town.
- 11 May 2024, 03:39
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 5410
- Views: 447445
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Yesterday afternoon was the best weather yet this year, calm, sunny and warm. It was warmer outside than it was in the house.... At 20:00 it was still warm with an almost totally clear sky and late sunshine. The glass is down slightly on 1020mb and the forecast is for a sunny start to a bright dry d...
- 11 May 2024, 03:33
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
- Replies: 6903
- Views: 943900
Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/3511/medium Access to the Bowker Drain in Eastwood Bottoms in 1982. It has been destroyed since then by developments but was possibly the most important hole in the ground in Barlick! It was the main source of the water that enabled Bracewel...
Re: GOOD TV
I finished reviewing Wallander last night. I had forgotten that the series ends with him falling prey to Alzheimer's.....
Not exactly a bundle of laughs but very good acting.
Not exactly a bundle of laughs but very good acting.
- 11 May 2024, 03:03
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12649
- Views: 1339107
Re: POLITICS CORNER
See THIS for a triumph of hope over reality.... Notice also that the image of Sunak shows him looking upwards at the new dawn that is coming...... Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said that it will "take time" for people to "really feel better" as figures revealed the UK had emerge...
- 11 May 2024, 02:51
- Forum: Research Topics
- Topic: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 39
Re: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS (2) We ended last weeks piece with the outside closet. We might as well continue on this exalted level and look at the rest of the household waste. I used to spend quite a lot of time in Laneshawbridge and there was one place in a field there, next to the beck, where for ye...
- 11 May 2024, 02:48
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
- Replies: 9211
- Views: 1074746
Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Chicken and veggies X three for breakfast, dinner and tea.
I have had some pork belly marinading all night, it will get roasted this morning.....
I have had some pork belly marinading all night, it will get roasted this morning.....
- 11 May 2024, 02:46
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
- Replies: 16613
- Views: 1936499
Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
I wonder if they were related to the thunder that was about?
Later.... I heard a report that the solar storm we are experiencing is the most powerful for 20 years. Could this be the explanation for our rash of power outages?
Later.... I heard a report that the solar storm we are experiencing is the most powerful for 20 years. Could this be the explanation for our rash of power outages?
- 11 May 2024, 02:45
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20107
- Views: 2334276
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
What is it?
- 11 May 2024, 02:40
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20580
- Views: 1912239
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I shall be in the shed as usual working on the wobblers and at some point this morning I shall roast the pork belly which has been marinading all night....
- 11 May 2024, 02:39
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
- Replies: 2040
- Views: 359761
Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
And perhaps the fact that they made life so complicated for themselves that they didn't fit the needs of the planet.
- 11 May 2024, 02:31
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 4865
- Views: 568733
Re: Old fashioned clean jokes
I recognise that one Cathy!
- 10 May 2024, 12:51
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: BOB'S BITS
- Replies: 4466
- Views: 509443
Re: BOB'S BITS
A life in music, lived well. He has risen into estimation … by a combination of qualities not often to be found in the same individual. >From a contemporary tribute to Sir George Thomas Smart, ca. 1867. Back in the days when Ludwig van Beethoven was modern, and considered by some to be too noisy...
- 10 May 2024, 08:12
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20580
- Views: 1912239
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Back up and having a hot drink before going for a walk. Apples and milk would be good....
- 10 May 2024, 06:24
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20107
- Views: 2334276
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Sot on Wendy.
I can see I am going to have to be more original!
I can see I am going to have to be more original!
- 10 May 2024, 06:21
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20580
- Views: 1912239
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I would have thought the hospitality industry would be working a bit harder to get return visits from clients but it looks as through they have different ideas of running a business Sue. I hope you have a better experience for the rest of the day..... https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gall...
- 10 May 2024, 06:16
- Forum: Crafts
- Topic: Shed Matters 3
- Replies: 2430
- Views: 291076
Re: Shed Matters 3
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28742/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28741/medium https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28740/medium I turned my attention to the piston rods and pistons this morning. I used silver steel...
- 10 May 2024, 03:35
- Forum: Research Topics
- Topic: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 39
BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
(Ican't find these articles on the site and suspect they were never posted. This will rectify the omission. BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1) I’m going to try to give you an impression of what life was like early in the 20th century in Barlick, to be more specific, in the Westgate and Colne Road part o...
- 10 May 2024, 03:20
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: BRACEWELL AND INGLETON COAL 02
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1126
Re: BRACEWELL AND INGLETON COAL 02
Bumped again. This is deep history and only happens when a lot of people get together and combine their researches.....
- 10 May 2024, 02:57
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12649
- Views: 1339107
Re: POLITICS CORNER
I suppose THIS is the most important bit of political news. Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel can "stand alone" after the US warned it could halt arms shipments if the Israeli prime minister ordered a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza. "If we need to ... we will stand alone. I hav...
Re: GOOD TV
More Wallander. He must have heard me complaining. He's shaving now......
- 10 May 2024, 02:41
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
- Replies: 9211
- Views: 1074746
Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
The very last helping of veggies from last week for breakfast, then a salad butty from Amanda's for lunch and a pick of the chicken for tea. Today I shall get stuck into this week's veggies!
- 10 May 2024, 02:35
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
- Replies: 6903
- Views: 943900
Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
A rake of coal wagons leaving the sidings in the days when we had a railway. Notice the signal. Even then this type of signal was redundant but for some reason this one survived right up to the end of the line.