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by Stanley
11 May 2024, 02:51
Forum: Research Topics
Topic: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
Replies: 1
Views: 25

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...
by Stanley
11 May 2024, 02:48
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Replies: 9211
Views: 1074705

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.....
by Stanley
11 May 2024, 02:46
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16613
Views: 1936424

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

I wonder if they were related to the thunder that was about?
by Stanley
11 May 2024, 02:45
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20107
Views: 2334180

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

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What is it?
by Stanley
11 May 2024, 02:40
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20580
Views: 1912189

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.... :biggrin2:
by Stanley
11 May 2024, 02:39
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
Replies: 2040
Views: 359741

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.
by Stanley
11 May 2024, 02:31
Forum: Fun & Jokes
Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
Replies: 4865
Views: 568658

Re: Old fashioned clean jokes

I recognise that one Cathy! :biggrin2:

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by Stanley
10 May 2024, 12:51
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: BOB'S BITS
Replies: 4466
Views: 509415

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...
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 08:12
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20580
Views: 1912189

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

Back up and having a hot drink before going for a walk. Apples and milk would be good.... :biggrin2:
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 06:24
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20107
Views: 2334180

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Sot on Wendy. :good:
I can see I am going to have to be more original!
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 06:21
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20580
Views: 1912189

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...
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 06:16
Forum: Crafts
Topic: Shed Matters 3
Replies: 2430
Views: 291010

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...
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 03:35
Forum: Research Topics
Topic: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (1)
Replies: 1
Views: 25

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...
by Stanley
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.....
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 02:57
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: POLITICS CORNER
Replies: 12648
Views: 1339059

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...
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 02:42
Forum: TV
Topic: GOOD TV
Replies: 3810
Views: 507106

Re: GOOD TV

More Wallander. He must have heard me complaining. He's shaving now......
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 02:41
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Replies: 9211
Views: 1074705

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!
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 02:35
Forum: Local History Topics
Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
Replies: 6902
Views: 943852

Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS

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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.
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 02:31
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20107
Views: 2334180

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

I see, absolutely no interest.... :biggrin2:
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 02:28
Forum: Seasons
Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Replies: 5407
Views: 447410

Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER

Yesterday afternoon the clouds relented and by 20:00 we had low sun coming in from the west below a broken overcast. This morning once more it's calm, dry and overcast. The glass is down slightly on 1022mb and the forecast is for guess what? That's right, a dry overcast day with perhaps some late su...
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 02:17
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Seen in the News
Replies: 3787
Views: 399233

Re: Seen in the News

See THIS for more evidence that if you are rich enough you can get away with murder. Saudi authorities have permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, an ex-intelligence officer has told the BBC. Col Rabih Alenezi says he ...
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 02:09
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING
Replies: 2040
Views: 359741

Re: CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING

All corroboration that James Lovelock was right when he said that he thought we had passed the tipping point just before he died in 2022. Sorry Cathy but our descendants are going to have a lousy time of it. We had the good days burning and exploiting as we saw fit. After the Lord Mayor's procession...
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 02:03
Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
Topic: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?
Replies: 16613
Views: 1936424

Re: WHAT ATTRACTED YOUR ATTENTION TODAY?

The explosion at Mario's happened at night so is that different than the one at noon yesterday or are they connected. Main thing is we have leccy now!
(What was it Peter said in another topic about our lives being controlled by others?)
by Stanley
10 May 2024, 01:57
Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
Replies: 20580
Views: 1912189

Re: Today I shall be Mainly...

Good to know you are sorted Cathy! Keep your fingers crossed now!
I shall be in the shed at 06:00 working on the wobblers.... Nothing pressing after that. I might even get round to fixing the back gate latch!
by Stanley
09 May 2024, 13:31
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: BOB'S BITS
Replies: 4466
Views: 509415

Re: BOB'S BITS

Play the game, change the rules. Buy, sell, dream and scheme your way to riches.   Current marketing slogan for the Monopoly® board game.    In my youth I played Monopoly® more than any other board game, then (cleverly) graduated to Clue®.   When education took hold of my imagination, I switched to ...

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