OneGuyFromBarlick

I am not sure why it is unusual for church clocks to have four faces but it may be related to burial customs. It the very early churches it was custom for those with wealth and status to be buried within the church itself. A sort of first class ticket to the hereafter. The rest of the populace got a...

It was partly to counteract the ongoing hyperbole about clapper bridges especially with reference to those in Wycoller that made me lodge this posting. Like Stanley my view is that a suitably large stone resting on other stones as supporting piers is nothing special. However, perhaps we should make ...

As a follow up to the posting by Wendyf, ref: the Ivegate clock. The image shows the rather massive clock as taken in 1871 . The clock is placed on the adjacent buildings not directly over the tunnel entrance as one would imagine.
Thanks for bringing the clock to my attention.

Clapper Bridge at Foulridge. Stanley. Sorry for the shortage of information. I suppose it’s a common failing to expect an immediate expert answer on every subject under the sun. So to help matters along here’s what I should have posted in the first place. Position .. Easting 387945 – Northing 441854...

Unlike the excellent example of wood carving posted by Miketoon, my winter projects was something more mundane. Typical of engineers it had to be something with a technical content while at the same time the end result must serve no purpose whatsoever. After much deliberation the final choice was a ...

As a youngster my parents always used to say. "Barlick, That's where they live or't brush" Being from Burnley I'm not sure whether this is a Lancashire saying or a Yorkshire one. I'm only going back 65 years.

I'm not quite sure whether Foulridge falls within the remit of Earby & District but here goes. At the bottom of Smithy Lane (Shirt Neck Harry) where Foulridge Ings Beck crosses the road there is a ford. On one side is a newly built footbridge and on the other there is a large stone sat on two pi...

Ron. I've been told that a group of retired draughties have been meeting once a month over the last ten years. The details from one of the more regular attendees is. The last Friday in every month (28 June being the next date) Carf's Head. Worston. Nr Clitheroe. Arrive between .12-00 to 12-15. Lunch...

In a quite well written book on the subject of France in the Dark Ages. The choice of "France" being the subject was because at that time they were the world's superpower. The top level Barons and Knights came to the conclusion that what the peasants owned was not worth fighting over. The ...

Ivegate sounds plausible. There is a date stone above Ivegate of 1841. Erecting a public clock may have been a gesture of philanthropy on the other hand it may have been to ensure his workers got there in time.
Perhaps I'm being a bit too harsh.

Thank you all for your comments with a special thanks to Wendyf for the photograph. It was a reference to this image on a Google search that made me choose this subject as my first posting. I must make it clear that I have a general interest in everything but expert at nothing. Far from being certai...

Even in this age of digital /analogue watches most people have an inner affection with sundials. Having said that, in this rain soaked area of Barlick there is probably only two days a year when one of these instruments would be of service. Which brings me to the point that possibly one of the most ...