OneGuyFromBarlick

Hello everybody, talking to no. 1 son in Ireland yesterday who lives in Galway, we got on to the subject of Gaelic. Does anybody on the forum know or remember Dale's farmers counting their sheep in a form of Gaelic? I'm sure my dad at one point tried to teach me, or told me about it. many thanks, cl...

Good morning Stanley, and thank you. I'll mail you asap that would be great. Having been out of contact for a lot of years, the motorbike Eddie and the farming Harrisons don't ring any bells. I made the fatal mistake of dedicating my working and business life entirely to work and business. 'We get t...

Stanley, that is all wonderful stuff; and as we said a very small world. That picture of Uncle Eric is just like I remember him. The only photo I have of him is a beautiful one of him and his new bride Liesl when they were married. That must have been during the war, because I can remember staying w...

It is indeed a very small world nowadays. I would have been 5 or 6 when we left Harden Hall for Higher Reedley.

no apology is required. We're saying the same thing from different perspectives.
kind regards,
cloggy.

‘….have no idea of the actual EU legislation on the subject.’ That’s because there is no EU legislation on the subject as it is for individual Member States to put in place whatever system they want with respect to accessing services etc.. There is simply the principle of no discrimination. What yo...

Good morning everybody. Since the forum has provided me with a lot of help over the last few days, I feel I must contribute something to this debate. I was firmly in favour of Brexit for all sorts of reasons, and still am. It has not been, nor will it be, the disaster predicted by the remainers. Muc...

Wendy, you are in invaluable resource :-). I'll try your suggestion. I do remember that it seemed to me that at the time a lot of the cemetry at been dug up, and maybe even moved somewhere else. Your information so far has awakened a lot of long dormant memories. I'd always known in the back of my m...

The Harry Garlick name is well known in this area for a chain of TV and electrical shops. I don't know anything about Harry himself but perhaps someone else locally will. Panbiker has told me that Trevor Scothern,who worked with Harry in the business, took it over when Harry retired and the Scother...

http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/gallery/image.php?album_id=47&image_id=4254 Selbourne Terrace is off to the right over Keb Bridge. I put this photo on the site for OG member Chinatyke who was born at 3 Selbourne Terrace! That's wonderful, thanks. For some reason when I went to scatter my dad's a...

Good morning Wendy, I don't have words enough to thank you. This is all precious information to me, that I had very little idea of. But you are right, just dug out my (original 1940's) birth certificate, and it shows I was born at 6 Selbourne Terrace. No, didn't know much about Hary Garlick, except ...

:grin: Good morning everybody, I believe you are enjoying a heat wave, so I hope you are all able to make the most of it in some enjoyable way. Between this forum and its helpful members, a brother who is a bit of an academic, and various miscellaneous sources, I now have a pretty comprehensive fami...

:cool4: Thank you Bruff for sorting out the word count thingy for me. I was relying on my flakey memory since I don't enjoy the luxury of time available to do much google/wikipedia nowadays.The principle stands, as does the very fundamental and important difference between Anglo Saxon Common Law and...

What a useful contributor you are Richard. I had never heard of that study and wonder how many politicians know about it..... And of course there are the advantages to ordinary people in terms of Human Rights etc. which very seldom get a mention. I wonder how secure the ex-pats living in Europe fee...

Thank you so much everybody. Will be browsing and asking when I can. Wondering if the red blossom hawthorn tree at the top gate of Tunstead is still there-

Good morning everybody, I've been away from the site for a long time exactly because of situations highlighted in this section. Am now a 24/7 carer for Mrs C. and have been for last 4/5 years. Means I don't have a lot of time on t'internet. Also means that any prospect of visiting home ground in the...

http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/gallery/image.php?album_id=9&image_id=2367 We don't need these nowadays. The brick and concrete air raid shelter at Bancroft Shed. The windows were put in after the war and it was used as a fire proof dirty waste store. :smile: More memories with this photo. We ha...

Well, like an April fool, here I am again. Had a few issues that kept me away. The weather down south here is pretty awful too, but not as bad as with you. At least managed to get some beans and potatoes planted; and the plums and apricots are blossoming. But still lots of snow on the distant mounta...

Here in Southern Italy we have had some violent autumn storms that have brought the high temperatures down. Also some much needed rain, but as usual too much in one go. Now pleasantly sunny and comfortably warm during the day, but some much cooler nights, with early morning mists. Not much rain abou...

Just caught up with this discussion. Glad to see I'm not the only technophobe and applephobe on the planet. This laptop computer I use is getting old and tired (like me), and I've been wondering about replacing it with a tablet. Fancy a small Samsung Galaxy Tab, because they can double as a large mo...

:smile: Received a couple of emails via the site service from biffer93. I think they may have been meant for someone else. Anyway, just to show what a small world it is, a bit of news. My no. 2 son, born and bred in Italy, met quite by chance, during the course of his business, someone last week wit...

Another 15 C. night, but storm has passed and sun up as normal this morning. 26C. is forecast for early afternoon.

Marilyn wrote:You will fall in love with your IPad, Sue.
I couldn't live without mine. I am on and off it all day. It is my best friend.
Worth it's weight in gold.

That just about sums up Apple's pricing policy.
cheers,
cloggy

:smile: A deep depression sitting off our coast too this morning. Windy and stormy - a 48 hour blip in what has been mainly pleasant September weather. A real feel of Autumn in the air though. Overnight temperature 15C.(but we are at 1500 feet above sea level). Not seen it so low since April. cheers...

Taking myself by the scruff of the neck and off to the barbers, before I need to look for ribbons.
cheers,
cloggy