OneGuyFromBarlick

Sadly I can't access the site from my iPad, clearing the cache and cookies notwithstanding.

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Splendid, many thanks.

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According to the Oxford History of Britain the first purpose built cinema in the world was built in Colne in 1907. Can this be true and if so where was it?
The Guinness World Records suggests otherwise and says it was the Theatre Eden in La Ciotat in France.

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If you haven't already seen it, today's Guardian has a review and photographs of Daniel Meadows current exhibition;

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesig ... el-meadows

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Spotted in the Brewery Arts Centre Garden in Kendal

I'm afraid this wouldn't do for me and it means that a bad driver can be lured into a sense of false security thinking the car will do everything including stopping if someone walks in front!

Some cars already do!

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A couple of examples spring to mind; Mary Queen of Scots (although I'm not certain she was called that during her lifetime) and Louis Philippe the last king of France. He was styled King of the French to differentiate him from his Bourbon ancestors and because he was a constitutional monarch. Much g...

A couple of shots of the trams in Corunna. Made by English Electric (in Preston?) but probably more ornate than those in Stockport! db https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4297/36282470345_d2008de428_z.jpg IMG_0665 by duncanbennett , on Flickr https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/35449536784_2aecd460f3_z.j...

Truly, North of Watford is terra incognito to some in the South![/quote] Michael Heseltine's City Challenge set deprived local authorities against each other to "win" additional funding (which had been top sliced off their budgets anyway). Only 15 authorities would be given the cash. Black...

Manchester's "The Arms of Krupp" is a fascinating, if lengthy insight into the skulduggery of the arms trade. The transnational nature of Krupp's business made such dealings quite easy. Krupp's patriotism was far outweighed by his drive for profit. British shells used a licenced copy of a ...

Stanley, no it was about noon, Nolic I got fed up of getting wet, David, Facebook is fine, although I don't do it myself.

Sadly I only had my phone with me so the quality isn't that great.

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A couple of more recent ones... https://c4.staticflickr.com/6/5686/30101582443_0263d3771d_b.jpg IMG_0224 by duncanbennett , on Flickr https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5614/30104555934_3c7720c311_b.jpg IMG_0220 by duncanbennett , on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5553/30620200512_4f53484e77_b.jpg ...

A more local connection;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Gibbet

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... and it's just been featured on today's edition of "Bargain Hunt" on BBC 1.

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Thanks for that.
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Stanley,
These oilers fascinate me, I can watch them for hours but what keeps the banjo (?) in its position? Why doesn't it follow a much greater arc? Is it a matter of geometry, that the centre of the banjo is in the same plane as the centre of the bearing?

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If you haven't already seen this BBC video it's worth watching. Try it in full screen.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-30546762


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Stanley,
Did the insides of a chimney ever need work doing to them?

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Does the 061 telephone number suggest it's in Manchester rather than Nelson?

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Stanley, The barrels on large naval guns had a surprisingly short life, they could fire around 200 rounds before wearing out. It was possible to re-line them and the Admirality maintained a central store with spare barrels which were either new or refurbished. I have read that it took longer to make...

Again, thanks. The pollution concerns sound quite modern and not what you might have expected given the times.

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Fascinating, thanks.
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Stanley,
Was there a correlation between the size of the boiler and the height of the stack? I see from your previous posts that the quality of the coal was a factor but that apart, did a big boiler require a taller chimney?

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There's some footage of Great War tanks here;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7K485WdBTo

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The Ford is a "G" reg, which makes it an 89/90 registration, so the picture can't have been taken before then, if that's of any help.

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