OneGuyFromBarlick

How many of you knew about this curious affair?

More from Jack.....

The word 'ragamuffin' came to mind so I looked up the etymology and found this: Middle English: probably based on rag1, with a fanciful suffix. Not very informative.... However.... My research led me to THIS which was something I had no knowledge of beyond the fact that it is part of the history of ...

See THIS report about water levels in the canal. Lock gates along parts of the Leeds-Liverpool canal have been closed after water levels dropped due to a lack of recent rainfall. The Canals and River Trust said lock use has been suspended between Wigan and Gargrave and on the Five Rise Locks at Bing...

Sidney Nutter in the office at Bancroft. Part of the Nutter family but as he used to say, not the Nutter Millions. Together with his cousin Eughtred Nutter he ran the office at Bancroft until his sudden death.

Yesterday was cooler and there was very little direct sun, bright warm overcast was the scene for most of the day. This morning it is calm, overcast and we have a very light mizzle. The glass has crept up to 1014mb and the forecast is for another bright overcast day with perhaps some sunny intervals...

So even Google image search is no help? I shall knock it on the head at dinnertime.

THIS is what impressed me most. More than 170 charities and other NGOs are calling for the controversial aid distribution scheme in Gaza run by the Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) to be shut down. More than 500 Palestinians have been killed while seeking aid since the GHF s...

Estate agents recommend putting a coffee bean under the grill just before a prospective buyer is expected..... Bacon frying has the same effect. (Come to think, in your case freshly baked bread!) PS. You didn't miss anything when you declined unleaded Ian, From what I remember when I went through my...

That's true Ian but to hard pressed budget holders they are an obvious trigger to cut the expense of an old fashioned resident correspondent......

Back to normal today. I shall be in the shed early doors and later after second sleep I will be cutting my pork belly up and nesting it with onion, oranges and spices in the slow cooker. (Did you ever try it Gloria?)

I think Mr Lavery has a good case.... See THIS comment in BBC politics.... 59 minutes ago The extraordinary thing about this is it felt, albeit perhaps just fleetingly, like the fraught and chaotic parliamentary rows about Brexit. Or even the bumpy moments for Boris Johnson and Liz Truss. It is extr...

It's been busy. I got my blood test and diabetes clinic done. Then called in at the Co-op for milk, butter eggs and a couple of other items that had run out.
All sorted....

MODERN MAJOR GENERALS Then I can write a washing bill in Babylonic cuneiform. And tell you ev’ry detail of Caractacus’s uniform. In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral, I am the very model of a modern Major-Gineral. --Lyric from The Pirates of Penzance, 1879. Nearly 150 years on, “The M...

Morning Sue, yes, I think you will be all right this afternoon with both the garden and your exercise. It's set to be cooler. But even so I will have no problem going for my diabetes clinic in tee shirt and a waistcoat. Have a good day....

THIS broke later.... 2 hours ago Donald Trump's move to cut most of the US funding towards foreign humanitarian aid could cause more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet, external medical journal on Monday. A third of those at risk of premature de...

Bumped again

ROCK SOLID. PART THREE One of the nice things about Jack Platt as an informant was that he was observant when he was a lad. His story is a gold mine of facts about Barlick in the early part of the last century. So, it’s 1919 and Jack is walking to and from work at Calf Hall six days a week with his ...

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Yesterday was another very pleasant day, very hot but not oppressively so unlike many other areas. We didn't have direct continuous sun for much of the day but it was still hot. I slept well, it wasn't an uncomfortable night. This morning it was overcast but mild and dry with a light breeze. The gla...

See THIS BBC report on the restart of the Covid Inquiry.... A civil servant's assertion that there was a "generational slaughter within care homes" in the early days of the pandemic is a phrase that "chimes with the experience of thousands of our families", the Covid inquiry has ...

https://oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/2894/medium Jim Pollard, weaving manager at Bancroft shed. His heart and soul was in cotton and he was a good man. I learned most of what I know about weaving from Jim. He was part of the immense pool of skill and knowledge that made the Lancash...

I saw THIS sad news.... 4 hours ago The royal train is going to be taken out of service by 2027, in a cost-saving measure announced by Buckingham Palace. There have been dedicated trains for monarchs since Queen Victoria's reign, but as part of a "drive to ensure we deliver value for money"...

Today I am having an easy morning, I am taking a day off from the shed and concentrating on my 11:40 appointment at the surgery for diabetes clinic. I am aiming for the same result as last year, a 12 month repeat prescription with only a neuropathy test in the interim. I have been doing an early mor...