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THE MOORCOCK INN 02


When I left you last week I was soldiering on complete with my carbuncle and Mother Hanson's 'Diathrum' dressing, left strictly alone as she had instructed. The following week I was with her again, tea laced with whisky in hand and once more I was instructed to rag off. She took the dressing off, it was stuck to my skin and that was an interesting experience but then she went to the drawer and I knew what was coming! Another clean pad made from the old cotton slip smeared with melted 'Diathrum' and the same agony as she clapped it under my arm and bandaged it in place with the old bandages. I was experiencing Medieval healing practices!
Later that week I had the benefit of the attentions of another healer, my dad, who had been following the saga of the carbuncle with interest. I happened to mention to him that it felt a lot better and he pestered me until I gave in and let him have a look at it. He told me it was 'ready to come out' and against my better judgement I let him go in there with a pair of pliers (!). He was right, the whole thing came out leaving a hole under my arm. I have never seen one before and it was about three inches in diameter and had roots on it two inches long. It and the dressing and bandages went straight into the fire, father washed the site with disinfectant and put a fresh dry dressing on. That was the end of the carbuncle and I have only had one small one since.
When I went back to see Mother Hanson the week after she was a bit miffed at being left out of the final act but she had a look, pronounced it a good job, applied some Driffield Oil out of the drawer and bandaged me up again.
I'm sure a modern doctor will read this with horror, what Mother Hanson had used was actually Diatherm, made by Day and Sons at Crewe it was a well known treatment for lesions on horses legs. Driffield Oils was an old remedy made by Charles Marginson Ltd. I don't argue with doctors but all I can say is that Mrs Hanson prevailed when all the antibiotics and modern treatments had failed. Do you see now why I can identify a link between her and the medieval healers who were the victims of the Witch Craze of the 17th century?
That's enough story telling, lets get back to a different sort of history. During my conversations with Mrs Hanson I learned that for many years she had run the Moorcock pub helped by local labour and her three sons, I knew John of course at the farm and had also come across George in my travels, he seemed to work as a jack of all trades round the local farms. My main memory of him is that he used to blow his nose on his flat cap!

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Bumped, you know now what to do if you get a carbuncle!
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That worked in the same way as a corn plaster does nowadays.
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:biggrin2: :good:
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Here you are Cathy, the next instalment! Bumped again.
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Very good Stanley and quite a risk to take.
Must have been very painful, then a huge relief.
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It beat all the antibiotics Cathy!
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Isn’t age a wonderful thing, I’d completely forgotten I’d read part two when I asked you for the next instalment, didn’t realise till I saw my comment. 🫣🤣
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The Moorcock is now a cafe/restaurant.
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The name rang a bell with me - perhaps it was on the Saturday night bar snack circuit for my parents in the sixties?
This link shows it to have now closed. The Moorcock.

Seperately I was pleased to see The Black Ladd is still in business. We all went for a meal there more than sixty years ago. I think the name survives because of the 'dd' in ladd which has some significance, and the fact that wokeness has yet to make an impact in Shaw yet. :smile:

Less fortunate was The Black Bitch which is now called The Willow. :smile:
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I often wonder how much effect more stringent drink/drive penalties had on the survival chances of what we used to call road houses.
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Tripps wrote: 04 Jan 2024, 21:08 The name rang a bell with me - perhaps it was on the Saturday night bar snack circuit for my parents in the sixties?
This link shows it to have now closed. The Moorcock.
You are on the wrong establishment there David. The former Moorcock Inn at Blacko has now morphed into Hamish's Cafe and Bar as in this link:

Hamish's Cafe and Bar - Formerly The Moorcock Inn
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PanBiker wrote: 05 Jan 2024, 10:23 You are on the wrong establishment there David.
Yes you are right. The one which has closed and to which my link goes is -

Our address: Moor Bottom Lane, Norland, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX6 3RP
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