Bank Edge View

[David Whipp]

Grey and hazy most days this week; here's one of this yellow blossom, which is a common sight across Barlick at the moment.

[Stanley]

We could do with a good blustery day!

[David Whipp]

A rainbow greeted me when I drew the curtains at 7 o'clock this morning; faded slightly by the time I got my camera, but just visible in this picture.

[David Whipp]

Crow collecting twigs for its nest from the black poplar outside my window.

[Stanley]

Look at those brave little shoots!

[David Whipp]

Gisburn Road infants building this morning.

[Stanley]

Another unusual view of that part of the town. Nice!

[David Whipp]

Another picture taken through the window from where I'm sat. Not sure that this starling looks too pleased that the crows have hijacked its nesting site.

[Stanley]

A much underrated bird, more colours in the feathers than almost any other when the sun hits them at the right angle.

[David Whipp]

This could have been posted in What Attracted Attention... repairs being carried out on the main building in the gas works yard.

The property changed hands at the back end of last year. The new owners, whoever they are, have a very different idea about looking after their buildings than the previous ones. The roof, which previously had pigeons going in and out through the gaps of missing slates, has had roofers on it for the last couple of weeks. The front section of the building has had its pointing hacked out and yesterday it was sandblasted.

[Stanley]

Good! I have been told that when it was the gas showrooms local schools went down there to do their cookery classes.

[David Whipp]

A favourite subject. Crownest chimney with Cornmill behind.

[Stanley]

You've reminded me that there was an unusual planning application in the BET this week. Wardle Storey have applied to increase the height of the chimney at Grove Mill, probably for a venturi like the one at Crow Nest.

[David Whipp]

Prospect; with the heads.

[Stanley]

Or is it Duck Pond?

[David Whipp]

Isn't this Duck Pond?



I thought Prospect was the higher of the two; may be muddled though!

[Wendyf]

Prospect is the white painted house. Duckpond with the statues is higher up the hill.

[David Whipp]

Thanks; I've muddled them up...

[Stanley]

I used to deliver groceries to Duckpond every week via Folly Lane. They have abandoned that route now and use Lister Well Lane and an extension of the track to Prospect. Was the man called Wilbur Duxbury? I remember he had a very high pitched voice and lived on his own in the 1950s.

[David Whipp]

Let's see if I've got this one right...



Lower Standridge Farm.

I think the scaffolding may be in connection with building an outshot which recently got planning consent.

The property has been no more than a shell for ages. Whenever I go past the building, I think how badly it fits into the landscape.

Here's part of the recent planning report:

The property is relatively isolated and located outside the settlement boundary of
Barnoldswick, within the Open Countryside. It is falls within the extremities of the
Calf Hall and Gillians Conservation Area boundary.

The site has a relatively convoluted planning history spanning back to 1975. It
appears that the original building was in a state of disrepair and several applications
submitted to convert and extend parts of it. However the building was demolished
and permission eventually granted for the replacement which currently stands on the
land, following further submissions and amendments.

[Stanley]

I used to deliver there as well in the 1950s. The Robinson family. Lots of stories about them....

[David Whipp]

Higher Standridge, with the felled wind turbine.

[Stanley]

Mrs Robinson was a big woman. She used to carry the milk down to the stand each morning in a back kit and bring back any proven delivered by Hoyle's. The joke was that they were the most progressive farmers in the district because they were the first to go onto 28lb bags. Robinson said that was as much as his wife could carry.....

[David Whipp]

Higher View Farm

[Stanley]

Were they called Hardisty in the late 1950s?