OneGuyFromBarlick

I spoke with my Doctor yesterday and was booked in for today. I am now back on antibiotics to clear any residual infection plus UTI which I now have. I do not have any ear wax but an amount of catarrh around the inner ears, steam inhalation should remove this.

It would appear that it is easier for a "Wannabe" extremist to get in to the UK than an innocent Pussy Cat. It also looks like the same principle is applied, traffickers making an easy buck with the collaboration of two of the crime capitals of this country! Rehoming the two animals should...

Mainly the left Ian.

Having more or less got through this last infection, I have been left with an after effect that is now causing concern, my hearing has been reduced by about 70%. I have tried warm medicinal olive oil without success. The only good side to this is not being kept awake at night by the constant flow of...

Yesterday I was asked if I would write a Eulogy to be read out by my Wife at her Brothers Funeral in Milton Keynes, a week tomorrow. This I have done, and it was probably the most difficult thing ever asked of me. All I had to rely on was a sound knowledge of this man, and the gift of experience in ...

Soul food. Braised steak, crisp roast and new potatoes, chopped carrot and swede in butter and pepper, cauliflower florets, Yorkshire Puddings and onion gravy, with good French red wine. My cup runneth over, not strictly true as I hate wasting good wine.

My pleasure Stanley, and wish them good luck from me.

Hi Stanley, this may be of some help:- Pet Passports The Pet Travel Scheme is a recent innovation that allows you to avoid quarantining when bringing your dog, cat, rabbit or “rodent” into the UK. Although an improvement on previous procedures, this scheme is not completely hassle free for pet-owner...

Mister Peter Booth of Milton Keynes died in the early hours of this morning, he was my Wife's oldest Brother. Peter was born in 1943 at Langcliffe near Settle, the Son of Stanley and Doris Booth, at that time they already had a Daughter, Elizabeth, now Mrs. Elizabeth Borman, Widow. Peter had a young...

The death in Milton Keynes in the early hours of this morning, of a Man from a Barlick Family and my Brother in Law, Mr. Peter Booth. Details in Obituaries.

"Sorry Thomo but get yourself in there!" Thank you, it has been considered, but like many of my generation we know that it is there if we truly need it, in short it is almost a last resort, and not the first port of call when unwell. My GP knows this and I know he is there if I need him. W...

When it comes to helping with animals. or their owners when there is distress, you cannot pick and choose. We have always been lucky inasmuch as that there have been very few bad endings, homeless or unwanted cats to new owners, lost cats found and re-united with their owners, none have gone to shel...

Master Decorator Eric Bolton of Barnoldswick has died age 94, Born on Ethel Street in 1920 Eric served his apprenticeship at Simpsons decorators, he married Miss Phyllis Chippendale in 1940 at Nelson. He saw action in North Africa in WW2 with the Blues and Royals. After the War he started his own bu...

When you consider more closely this country of ours, and the current problems attendant to it, and viewed from the perspective of someone who's family has been here for centuries, many valid questions arise. The majority of this country's population can trace their origins back a long way, be they E...

At last a better night, it did however get much worse before bedtime. Having been wracked by frequent bouts of heavy coughing yesterday, the pain in my neck, shoulders and back increased, couple this to a headache and earache and the "sound chamber" effect in my head plus extreme fatigue, ...

I am so sorry, it should have been Ali Baba, and not Wizard of Oz, and curry is fine, provided that you know what is in it, and are willing to eat alternatives without your ideological world collapsing, "You can take the boy out of Wales, but not Wales out of the boy" He may have been born...

Or if you see the local alternative, "Pure Wizard of Oz, and Curry"

Or "I Phone, I Pad" etc!!!

I believe that Stanley is correct here, and that "shuttered down" is more common than he thinks. When Coates Estate was being built, there were two main types of construction, Nicholson's were building with brick, and Wimpey, concrete. As a paper boy the last part of my round took me down ...

I have always considered my self lucky that as a child, the only things I had other than the occasional cold were measles and bronchitis, no mumps, chicken pox, German measles, whooping cough, impetigo, acne, scarlet fever or anything else attendant to that era. I have been vaccinated/inoculated aga...

Stanley made reference to "peeing broken glass syndrome", this is extremely painful when at its worst. Like Wendy's Husband, Colin, I too have had multiple viruses, three since Christmas Eve. This latest one came with the aforementioned syndrome which thankfully is now past its worst. That...

Another interesting snippet is the Moribund versus Bacon Butty episode. Given that he was born of Jewish Parents one would imagine that it would be a big no no. And then I discovered that he is a declared atheist. As this is not common in Judaism maybe either his conscience was troubling him or bein...

Thanks for that Tripps. Even in a relatively small area different dialect words may have the same meaning. Around where we are "Wah, Woh, Wor, Wi and Eawr" was used to replace the word "Our" there are also classic examples of nearly all being used in a single sentence, but with a...

My Great Grandfather, John Walsh was one of the "Blackburn Poets", some of his work was in the local dialect, here is one written about 1865:-

That is of course very true Ian, yet it is also a fact that something that does not exist cannot be abused. It now transpires that in the matter of the above posts, the picture arrived here as a result of the old fashioned word of mouth, also the “loose cannon” made her final media post on the 29th ...