Not quite Tom but once again I have to give it to you. I suspect you're thinking about a glass cutter. It isn't that. It's an industrial diamond set in the end of a piece of half inch steel and it's used for dressing grinding wheels to get a flat surface.....
Next one for shaving?
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- 14 May 2024, 06:48
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20116
- Views: 2336427
- 14 May 2024, 06:15
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20599
- Views: 1913637
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Morning Sue! I'm sorry to hear you ache but realise that it's a good sign. Today is looking like a damp gloomy one so far in Barlick. I doubt if I will be walking. I shall get some exercise tomorrow when I go for my Covid booster. https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28756/mediu...
- 14 May 2024, 06:10
- Forum: Crafts
- Topic: Shed Matters 3
- Replies: 2435
- Views: 292110
Re: Shed Matters 3
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28756/medium Again, only one image needed. I have spent an hour, first on finishing the top lid for the first engine I am working on. I fitted that, all that engine needs now is the bearing that goes on the piston rod. That can wait until th...
- 14 May 2024, 03:32
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: A SURPRISE PHONE CALL
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2231
Re: A SURPRISE PHONE CALL
We never did get any nearer the identity of the old lady......
- 14 May 2024, 03:17
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 5421
- Views: 448210
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Yesterday was a warm sunny afternoon with the heavy rain forecast turning out to be a light shower between 4 and 5. By 20:00 it was dry and overcast. This morning first thing it was just starting to rain and since then a breeze has developed and slightly heavier rain. The glass has fallen to 998mb a...
- 14 May 2024, 03:10
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
- Replies: 9215
- Views: 1075774
Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Same again except that I missed dinner as I didn't feel like it.
- 14 May 2024, 03:08
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20116
- Views: 2336427
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
No takers? Think of what the song says are a girl's best friend....
- 14 May 2024, 03:07
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Seen in the News
- Replies: 3790
- Views: 400042
Re: Seen in the News
See THIS BBC report on the NHS. The government is spending £5.5bn less on health in England than it suggested it would be at this stage, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says. Plans set out in the 2019 election campaign indicated the budget would increase by 3.3% a year above inflation during this P...
- 14 May 2024, 02:42
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
- Replies: 6907
- Views: 944831
Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/4289/medium The ventilator that used to sit on the roof of Gisburn Road School. These used to be a common sight on the roofs of public buildings. They were part of a comprehensive system of ventilation that was thought to be essential for an...
- 14 May 2024, 02:28
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: THE BRACEWELL STORY
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6
THE BRACEWELL STORY
WHAT’S IN A NAME? I’ve got a story to tell you about Barlick. It goes back 500 years and is a rollercoaster ride of birth, life, love, death, betrayal and ultimate survival. It’s taken me thirty years to get to the stage where I feel I know enough to go public with it but my usual public health warn...
- 14 May 2024, 02:24
- Forum: Research Topics
- Topic: BRACEWELL HISTORY IN BARLICK
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6332
Re: BRACEWELL HISTORY IN BARLICK
Bumped because I am about to post the Bracewell Story again.
- 14 May 2024, 02:20
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: THE FALL OF THE BRACEWELLS IN BARLICK.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3106
Re: THE FALL OF THE BRACEWELLS IN BARLICK.
I have realised that the set of articles I wrote on the Bracewell Story seems to have vanished so I shall post them again.
- 14 May 2024, 02:07
- Forum: Research Topics
- Topic: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 224
Re: BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS.
BARLICK LIFE 1900 ONWARDS. (5) The story so far, we left Ernie Roberts in 1926 when he was living at 1 John Street. He was ten years old and had a sister and an elder brother called Fred who had started work. His younger brother Wilson went to York Street school with him and his sister and his mothe...
- 14 May 2024, 02:04
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12654
- Views: 1340379
Re: POLITICS CORNER
See THIS BBC reort about MPs dancing on the head of as pin as Sunak rattles his sabre. MPs arrested for serious sexual or violent offences could be banned from attending Parliament under new plans approved on Monday. It comes despite the government putting forward a motion that recommended MPs are o...
- 14 May 2024, 01:51
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20599
- Views: 1913637
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I gave my dinner suit to Susan for a fancy dress evening with instructions to take it to the charity shop afterwards. (It fitted her surprisingly well actually!)
Today I shall be in the shed making tiny parts and doing fiddly things. The sooner these small bits are over the better!
Today I shall be in the shed making tiny parts and doing fiddly things. The sooner these small bits are over the better!
- 14 May 2024, 01:46
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 4870
- Views: 569699
- 13 May 2024, 12:47
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: BOB'S BITS
- Replies: 4469
- Views: 510174
Re: BOB'S BITS
Georgiana, "Bess," and Queen Zenobia. The Duchess of Devonshire, as Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra, wore a magnificent costume. Society report in the Times of London, July 3, 1897. In 1897, to celebrate Victoria’s ‘Diamond Jubilee,’ the Cavendishes (better known as the 8th Duke of Devonsh...
- 13 May 2024, 12:20
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: May I recommend. . .
- Replies: 355
- Views: 50245
Re: May I recommend. . .
I tripped over this interesting video about Manchester's airports..... I never knew most of this.
(And here's a little bonus!)
(And here's a little bonus!)
- 13 May 2024, 10:49
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20599
- Views: 1913637
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I have been for my midday walk and half an hour on traffic duty. Very pleasant out there. I popped in the Co-op for a couple of items and noted one sneaky bit of inflation that had escaped me. My favourite coffee used to be packed 227g per pack. It is now 200g. Mr Sunak evidently hasn't noticed this...
- 13 May 2024, 06:44
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20599
- Views: 1913637
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Morning Sue.... Don't get too engrossed in washing. Make sure you have a rest.
I am following my own advice and am off to bed for second sleep.
I am following my own advice and am off to bed for second sleep.
- 13 May 2024, 06:15
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20599
- Views: 1913637
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28753/medium Only one image needed. I have spent over an hour making the top and bottom lids for one of my two cylinders. I have drilled the holes in the top lid but have yet to do the bottom. No way was I going to rush just to try to get a ...
- 13 May 2024, 06:14
- Forum: Crafts
- Topic: Shed Matters 3
- Replies: 2435
- Views: 292110
Re: Shed Matters 3
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28753/medium Only one image needed. I have spent over an hour making the top and bottom lids for one of my two cylinders. I have drilled the holes in the top lid but have yet to do the bottom. No way was I going to rush just to try to get a ...
- 13 May 2024, 03:46
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: THE FALL OF THE BRACEWELLS IN BARLICK.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3106
Re: THE FALL OF THE BRACEWELLS IN BARLICK.
Bumped again.
- 13 May 2024, 03:44
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
- Replies: 6907
- Views: 944831
Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
Church Street next to the Seven Stars in about 1900. For those of you who are reading Ernie's story in the Barlick 1900 post, this barbers shop is the one he was a lather boy at in the 1930s.
- 13 May 2024, 03:39
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Seen in the News
- Replies: 3790
- Views: 400042
Re: Seen in the News
I have said many times that I was lucky enough to experience the glory days of driving and the older I get the more I realise that this applies to many other things. See THIS for more evidence that our kids are going to have a rougher ride than we did. Hundreds of thousands of homeowners have taken ...