OneGuyFromBarlick

A "proud" sixth-generation weaver has been unveiled as the next High Sheriff of Lancashire. David Collinge is to take over the historical role next month. Born in Nelson and now living in the Ribble Valley, he has spent most of his working life at John Spencer Textiles, his family's weavin...

every time in general I here spokespersons for Iran speak they seem relatively sensible ( aytollah a bit more mad and revengeful maybe he has a point though) spokespersons for US sound like mad men

It's effectively chemical warfare by the US and Israel and will cause lifelong illnesses and early deaths among Iranians and anyone else affected by the wind. The lighter particles, vapours and gases will affect surrounding countries too. we also get wind from the south , late feb had that arabian ...

I believe it started in a vape shop, full of lithium batteries. Here's some more info on the venture. The ferret Unlikely to carry any insurance I'd say - for fire or third party consequences. PS Reports that the Fire Brigade are still 'playing on the ruins' nearly two days after the start of the f...

It looks like the US military have sunk to the same depths as the Israeli military... `US missile hit military base near Iran school, video analysis shows' LINK A US Tomahawk missile hit a military base near a primary school in southern Iran where Iranian authorities said 168 people, including arou...

So many houses living "off grid" with heating oil. it has always been a balancing trick of when to order fuel. Even in London some of my workplaces were heated with oil rather than gas and working price forward contracts was fun with the Total distributer. Otley has a distributor (Tate) I ...

I believe it started in a vape shop, full of lithium batteries. more that there were a lot being charged on traling cords I assume USB so either charger to battery not matched or a failed wire joint (they use small wires and I have had a few sparkings and fires on USB and similar "elbows"...

IF Images were on a separate sub domain (I cannot remember how they were done) likewise LTP, there may be wayback links avalible for them but I think MOST images have been restored from the offline sources they originated from so that is less of an issue

I hear France are sending a small navy toward the Gulf. France has always managed to be independent and not tied to US policy as such. It also runs a number of overseas territories which give it a reason to have a fairly robust Navy along with that long Atlantic and Med coastlines. But Ukraine has s...

One is also near at mums the likes of Sandown Park - where the grandstand has a decent antiques fair once a week (As does Brighton Racecourse - another breezy location atop the south downs with the channel a few hundred yards away ) and Kempton Park. Doncaster Racecourse opposite Doncaster Corporati...

I dont know as such if I even like the sport, maybe it is the hype over the years of the media of mainly TV and Newspapers - the correspondences for each crossing over to write in advance and in review for each the same day. I guess the Racing Post offices were nearish to where mum lived , the Publi...

See THIS BBC report on new methods of determining levels of stress..... When I was asked to give an impromptu five-minute speech and then to count backwards in intervals of 17 - all in front of a panel of three strangers - the acute stress was written on my face. That is because psychologists from ...

isnt the stuff referred to known as "dettol" (do generic formulations differ?) does anyone gargle with Dettol ? I am told Listerine is a floor cleaner

Wayback machine may have been able to crawl more than the front opening page/s depends on date of crawl and where it got to earliest seems to be 31st Dec 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20050101021543/http://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/ https://web.archive.org/web/*/oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk gives fu...

I'm glad the Ukrainians are being so creative in their approach to the Russian invasion. I hope our military are taking note - it's not aircraft carriers we need but robots. `Necessity is the mother of invention'.... I suspect the British Army may well be taking note - and possible action - but the...

Sally has just sent me a message on WhatsApp, an update on today's travel arrangements. I dropped her off this morning in Skipton for the train. She has to go to Sheffield now to meet our Ruby, for some bizarre reason the Birmingham train up north doesn't go to Leeds any more, what the hell is that...

Communal bin store last night someone had left the remains of a Toshiba laptop for disposal. I forgoed (?) picking all of it up but the charger and power cord looked OK. Plugged it in to the Toshiba Laptop I use and it fits and seems to work safely with a longer lead than any of the previous two cha...

Fujistu were out of their depth. I think the essence was computer/software people that didnt understand accounting , and accountants that didnt understand computers. And a Department of Trade that did not want to fund the entire Horizon project to the extent the specification , test , and implementa...

Peter.... I think you are spot on and can anyone tell me why Hegseth keeps being referred to as 'Defence Secretary' when I thought Trump had renamed him 'War Secretary'. Is the title a moveable feast? Sorry , old habits die hard I said the US would be in civil war by then end of June 2025. I think ...

Tizer wrote: ↑21 Dec 2025, 10:18 I notice in that news report that US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X that: "Violence, drugs, and chaos will not control the Western Hemisphere." No, but he and Trump intend to `control the Western Hemisphere'.

Anyone bought him a mirror for Christmas ?

Medlock Mill, Manchester Apparently was both a Spinning Mill and a Weaving Shed also Waterwheel ( supposed wier was for mill on opposite bank but I wonder if shared - with the wheel under the building ? ) and Steam Powered- see visual chimney in old photos but also map that seems to have chimney thr...

Not sure. It seems, for good or ill , the more or less original pre 1965 boundaries of local government seemed to work , with the addition of the years of borough / urban district and city status as areas of population got larger and more important. Messing around with half counties and areas that d...

starts with textiles discussion and wanders off into chemicals. (I assume the Perkins founded Perkins Dyers and Cleaners ?- or maybe not)
Doesnt mention Manilla though so far as I can see

met a chap today who cannot work (easily) been delayed too long and bone apparently too worn for work to be done on it.
So another person on PIP and UC

A bit more of south london and the sun where it was was surprisingly warm , where it wasnt there was a chill from the cold wind ( a still wind not breezy but bringing a temp drop )