OneGuyFromBarlick

Tizer, To follow up on your question. Schoolboy science comes in to play. Water turns into steam at 212f/100c. If you have less volume of water it will turn to steam quicker. However, you need to keep up steam pressure and therefore need a good water supply to maintain that pressure. There is also t...

Ellenroad and Garfield have had their moments in producing heavy black smoke. That was about 40 years ago, if I remember. Ronnie my father cleared the flues out on a few occasions.

Good to see the sites picking up a little, Stanley.

Such a shame. So sad. Well played Stanley. Where have all the guys gone?

Eight Bells.
Time for cocktails!!

Stanley,
Isnt life strange? I have lived in the USA for nearly twenty years now. Last time I was at Ellenroad was around 1999.
Unbelievable that an engine in an obscure part of the world could pull so much interest internationaly.

Stanley,
Here is a link for an update at Ellenroad. Do you know him?
http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-fe ... road-trust

Well Played Tom!

Stanley. LOL = Laugh Out Loud

Does that include Stanley? LOL.

Storeys Linoleum factory. Closely linked with Lord Ashton. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britainfromabove.org.uk%2Fimage%2Fepw029182&ei=BStrVdmVG4zAsAX1jYDIDw&usg=AFQjCNESj2...

Stanley,
The Ellenroad Engine House story has reached the BBC. Perhaps something will happen now.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-32895571

The Rochdale Observer, published the story as well.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/ ... gs-9326365

Stanley, I just had a notion to forward the following and with your pull and contacts viz a viz Robert Aram. I thought you might like to follow this link. Wheels within Wheels so to speak. http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/2/news-headlines/95937/the-original-northern-power-house-under-th...

Blaster Bates?

Stanley.
No this is not what I received. It was almost a reddy Black colour and really thick 180 Proof. You have to dilute it.

I had a Birthday recently and I unexpectedly got a present from an old shipmate. A bottle of Pussurs Rum. Not the regular Navy Rum, but the syrup kind you have to water down. Standard Navy issue. I havnt seen this around for years. Still goes down well.

Tom,
Has band fitting changed at all since the 1950s. I was with Ronnie when he put bands on a chimney in Accrington.

Lysblink Seaways update. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&sqi=2&ved=0CDoQqQIwBA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldscotland.com%2Fnews%2Fenvironment%2Fbeached-cargo-ship-lysblink-seaways-rescued-again.119056645&ei=td3sV...

The decking on the floors at Ellenroad was wood (which over the years was saturated with oil). Was this removed before the demolition, Stanley?

Star Gazers? Lol

Stanley,
When I first saw the pic you posted I thought it was young Tom.

Good posting Tizer.
Looking at the pictures the ships stern seems to be in deep water. So it will still be able to use its own power in assisting recovery

Such a shame! At least it provided a few hundred people with a living (if you could call it a living) for seventy years.
There was a great community feeling about the mill.

Hi Stanley.
Do you know or can you recall what the Ellenroad site sold for?