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by Steeplejerk
02 Oct 2012, 18:31
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

The fixings on the right are Hilti fixings,a 20mm hole is drilled and the sleeve is knocked into it which contains a bullet that is driven in with a punch to open the split ends to secure it.
by Steeplejerk
23 Sep 2012, 10:45
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
Replies: 3943
Views: 600667

Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS

Oysters are wonderfull,should make yourself a seafood cocktail,Oysters,muscles,jellied Eel,Rollmop Herring,dont eat with your eyes :grin:
by Steeplejerk
22 Sep 2012, 12:41
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS
Replies: 3943
Views: 600667

Re: DIALECT AND WORD MEANINGS

Eat them cold Tripps,they're very nice !!
by Steeplejerk
09 Sep 2012, 09:04
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Carpet tacks !
by Steeplejerk
15 Aug 2012, 10:08
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Cobblers tar bucket !!
by Steeplejerk
10 Aug 2012, 11:53
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Dog whistle !!
by Steeplejerk
08 Aug 2012, 14:21
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Unsightly nostril hair :wink:
by Steeplejerk
03 Aug 2012, 08:17
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Animal bones thrown in with the caustic to scrub the seeds out of the cloth ??
by Steeplejerk
02 Aug 2012, 10:26
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Its whats left of the tenters spine after running that machine for 50+ years :grin:
by Steeplejerk
02 Aug 2012, 07:51
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Sorry Stanley i had to cheat,i was very close,i wont give it away though :wink: ,is the machine behind it a raising barrel ??
by Steeplejerk
01 Aug 2012, 11:31
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

The teeth on the rake of the badge look as if it could have been some kind of claspe,i was thinking old nfu membership badge or even womens land army ???

is that a wooden bleach kier Stanley ???
by Steeplejerk
19 Jul 2012, 06:04
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: HOUSEHOLD TIPS NOT FOUND IN WOMAN'S WEEKLY
Replies: 5240
Views: 605799

Re: HOUSEHOLD TIPS NOT FOUND IN WOMAN'S WEEKLY

Toothpaste works like T-cut,didnt really move the topic away from chimneys,i had an uncle who cleaned his teeth with chimney soot,he had the whitest teeth in the asylum :wink:
by Steeplejerk
02 Jul 2012, 12:34
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

How big is Stanley,looks too big to be a dog thats been left in to strip the ladders off,seeing as you found it in Burnley it could be part of a horses saddle knocked into the chimney,hehe :wink:
by Steeplejerk
01 Jul 2012, 08:37
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Wood gutter bracket !!
by Steeplejerk
30 Jun 2012, 09:55
Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
Topic: Bluesinger's Musical Ramblings
Replies: 182
Views: 67586

Re: Bluesinger's Musical Ramblings

Not really musical ramblings but this was Bradders flight over nelson..
[BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lMvT0VI ... ature=plcp[/BBvideo]
by Steeplejerk
17 Jun 2012, 14:28
Forum: SteepleJacks
Topic: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Replies: 1545
Views: 390409

Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012

found this while trawling the web..
http://www.kosmoid.net/lives/johndennis
by Steeplejerk
10 May 2012, 05:59
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

26 yrs,feels like 6 months ago,haha,at one time every building contractor would have a set of ladder hangers,not just steeplejacks,the angle of the bracket can be altered to suit a leaning ladder,alot of the steeplejack hangers were just blacksmith bent 1" steel bar formed at a right angle as o...
by Steeplejerk
09 May 2012, 12:23
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Hahahaha !!,i know what it is,i know iknow ,nowt todo with laddering a chimney as such :wink:
by Steeplejerk
08 May 2012, 09:35
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Iam sure that some time in the 70s a tea company used the same images on tab cards that came with the packs of tea...
by Steeplejerk
18 Mar 2012, 13:37
Forum: SteepleJacks
Topic: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Replies: 1545
Views: 390409

Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012

Is that Jack and Sammy Brooks from Heywood,
by Steeplejerk
14 Mar 2012, 15:02
Forum: SteepleJacks
Topic: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Replies: 1545
Views: 390409

Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012

He doesnt look like he should be retired as a steeplejack,he's in his prime as far as steeplejacks go, :grin:
by Steeplejerk
24 Feb 2012, 10:46
Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
Replies: 20162
Views: 2346269

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

A name tag for Jacks dog collar :wink:

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