FORGOTTEN CORNERS
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I thought it looked a bit like Kelbrook but the beck is in the wrong place. Good picture though, it's a bit like the one of Newtown, plenty going on. What are all the kids doing, calling for eggs, or bread? They all seem to have baskets.
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My first thought was Kelbrook as well...still trying to make it fit!
It's a smithy isn't it, and you can see a horse peeping out, but the children seem to be watching something in the next bay.
It's a smithy isn't it, and you can see a horse peeping out, but the children seem to be watching something in the next bay.
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Keep going Kids! I always wondered if the location I was given was right, perhaps someone will see it who knows.
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Don't know where I got this from. Colne in 1940.
Don't know where I got this from. Colne in 1940.
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That's a lovely picture of Colne, taken from up above Green Road, with Spring Gardens Mill to the right.
Do you think the previous photo could be a reverse image? It looks even more familiar when it is flipped!
Do you think the previous photo could be a reverse image? It looks even more familiar when it is flipped!
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Interesting thought, see what people think....
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Vivary Bridge Mill at Colne in 1979. (Vivary was an alternative name for a fish pond I think)
Vivary Bridge Mill at Colne in 1979. (Vivary was an alternative name for a fish pond I think)
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Wapping/Walmsgate in the 1950s. Clough Mill in the background. This was just before all the property on the south side (Right hand on pic) was demolished for road widening.
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Elslack Brow cottages in about 1900? Note the ghost image, he must have missed some of the long exposure.
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The remains of an engine house at Fox Clough Colliery at Colne. 1984.
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Weets trig point. Redundant now we have GPS but an essential part of the original Ordnance Survey which gave us our wonderfully accurate mapping.
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Here's another view of the Weets trig point from my calendar competition entry.
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Concrete triangulation pillars not used until the re-triangulation of Great Britain began in 1935
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I think we all knew that.... Accurate triangulation was used by the Army from the start of the OS.
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Upper Hall (Tubber Hall) in 2003. Just below the start of Lister Well Lane. OS ref SD 877454
Upper Hall (Tubber Hall) in 2003. Just below the start of Lister Well Lane. OS ref SD 877454
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"I think we all knew that..."
I bet "we all" didn't, if any.
I bet "we all" didn't, if any.
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Johnny Simpson at Bancroft Farm in his 90th year in 2003.
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Allan and Alwin Simpson at Bancroft Farm
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Jim 'Boss' Smith at Peel House on Gisburn track in 1957. He was about 90- at that time I think.
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Dead right Elise, most folk won't know what a spot height or benchmark is either I would bet.elise wrote:"I think we all knew that..."
I bet "we all" didn't, if any.
Ian
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All right! I hold my hand up! Give me a break!
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Richard Bell, milk chap at Thornton. Could be before 1900?
Richard Bell, milk chap at Thornton. Could be before 1900?
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Richard Bell lived at Bell's Farm, which is next to the old post office on the main road in Thornton. He was a renowned fast bowler in the local cricket league.
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Thornton village in about 1900? Note the dry Macadam road.
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Another view of Thornton around 1900. The village institute should date it and note the 'Love Tree' outside the Post Office.
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Thornton Quarry.
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Nice old pic of Thornton Quarry. many thanks. We used to go there to fish/camp etc as kids.
If anyone could put me onto any additional information about the place, past and present, I'd be very grateful.
If anyone could put me onto any additional information about the place, past and present, I'd be very grateful.
Mick
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The refurbished well in the churchyard at Thornton.
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Minimiller:
The railway tracks from the quarry ran through a tunnel under the main road and down to the main railway line. Wagons full of stone were sent along this track. On 14th August 1876, Henry Bell jnr, brother of Richard Bell, shown in photo earlier in this forum, slipped and fell under one of the wagons which crushed the lower half of his body, from which injuries he died the same day, his wife being six months pregnant at the time.
The railway tracks from the quarry ran through a tunnel under the main road and down to the main railway line. Wagons full of stone were sent along this track. On 14th August 1876, Henry Bell jnr, brother of Richard Bell, shown in photo earlier in this forum, slipped and fell under one of the wagons which crushed the lower half of his body, from which injuries he died the same day, his wife being six months pregnant at the time.