OneGuyFromBarlick

Small fire last night, I refuse to have anything less than a comfortable temperature when I'm relaxing watching me telly! 6 bags of smokeless delivered by B&D yesterday. We are ready for winter! Don't laugh, in case you haven't noticed we are into September. The lump of workbench I had to cut ou...

Not quite as cold this morning. Glass has started falling back, it's on 30" this morning. Flags are damp.....

http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/gallery/image.php?album_id=14&image_id=1184 http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/gallery/image.php?album_id=14&image_id=1185 Two engines with cleaned up shafts and both fitted with the Bodge Memorial Flange. I have left them blank so that anyone fitting anything to ...

The new man at Barclays will be earning his money. See this LINK for the news that they were making money on food futures, ie. raising the price of food to some of the poorest people on the planet. Dirty money!

Deep into Stalingrad. Today I go in with Zhukov in the great pincer movement that cut the Germans off and was a smashing blow to operation Barbarossa. I shall read Berlin next!

I'm enjoying 'Parade's End' on BBC 2. Based on Ford Madox Ford's books it's a bit deep but a wonderful exposition of the higher levels of society around the beginning of the century. Very lavis production in association with HBO. Well worth watching I reckon if you don't mind having to concentrate.

Reading Beevor's book on D Day I was reminded of the reason why many aircraft had broad white stripes painted on the wings. It was supposed to protect them from 'friendly fire' by identifying them as Allied aircraft but unfortunately in the heat of battle it didn't always work!

Richard, isn't it a shock when there is a clash of language like that. My worst moment was when I commented that I thought I'd been 'jewed' to my companion in NY. It never struck me that she might find it offensive because she was Jewish! I know, it sounds crass but I didn't even associate the word ...

I doubt if anyone is going to have a stab at this and Ian is so close. It's the ash pit or midden for 12 King Street. I know this for a fact because it was noted on the deeds as it was detached. Instead of being next to the house it was in Philip Street, I have no idea why there was this peculiar ar...

I doubt if anyone is going to have a stab at this and Ian is so close. It's the ash pit or midden for 12 King Street. I know this for a fact because it was noted on the deeds as it was detached. Instead of being next to the house it was in Philip Street, I have no idea why there was this peculiar ar...

I've never had a cold call from an insurance company. Probably because I have never dealt with a company direct, I do it all through Swinton at Burnley and have never had cause for complaint.

Plugs, don't dismiss the Imperial System too quickly. There were some very useful relationships inside the system, one example is the fact that the price of a hundredweight in shillings equalled the price of a ton in pounds. If you were reared with it you soon found there were many short cuts like t...

Kev, it was a pleasure. You're welcome any time. Offices and some other departments. The offices were panelled throughout in very fine oak. I often wondered where it ended up. http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/gallery/image.php?album_id=9&image_id=1183 The Co-op ballroom and other facilities like t...

Shed and Grand Prix is back after their holidays.

A big headline in the BET announcing a 'vibrant plan for regenerating Nelson Town Centre'. Now where have I heard that one before? One thing that strikes me is that Nelson is a new town formed by the amalgamation of a few villages when the steam textile industry hit the area. Since the death of the ...

Same here in Barlick Wendy, white frost on the grass. The Radio reports that it is the coldest August morning since whenever... Never mind, it's sunny! Enjoy it till the next bank of rain comes in. Glass has risen in the last couple of hours but I suspect it will fall just as rapidly. Dry walk at di...

Cloggy, the mindset of bureaucracy thew world over can't be fathomed. Funniest cash story I have is being asked for identification when attempting to pay cash in Penney's in NY in about 1980. I told them to cancel the sale!

030 SALTERFORTH LOOSE ENDS One of the delights of writing these general articles is the way they trigger feedback in the shape of clarifications, corrections and additional information. It helps when you get someone like Nick Livsey who's interest is in landscape archaeology and has been researching...

Politics news has started warming up but it's all party infighting, not substantive news about the economy and measures to fight the ongoing decline.

First shaft cleaned up and almost finished the first Bodger Memorial flange..... Quietly away, amazing how much time these small jobs take!

Flueing was a complete cure. We had a bright fire last night!

Dead right Ian. It's at County Brook Mill. Cast iron and mentioned frequently in Neston's tapes in the LTP, he repaired it on a regular basis. Last waterwheel to be used in the Manor of Barnoldswick! http://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/gallery/image.php?album_id=14&image_id=1180 A forgotten corner in...

No change, we are waiting for news.

Clear night and the coldest start we have had for a long time. I guess somewhere near 5C. Glass has shot up to 30.1" and we could have a bright morning but more rain is rolling in from the west.

Richard, Stockport has a lot going for it for me as I was born there.



Albert Road in 1973.