OneGuyFromBarlick

I treated myself to Rib-eye and chips last evening. I'm a bit limited with space here at Ems so I thought I'd try fried onions in the oven with the oven chips. Success! I sliced the onion(s) and put them in a lined tray, added a liberal amount of oil and into a preheated oven at 180°C - 30 minutes l...

Stanley, I can assure you that I'm as lucky to have her as she is me! I have an irritating pop-up occurring this morning on my computer which I will ask her to repair as recompense for extra time with kitties. I'm sure there is a sensible thing to do, and I'm also sure I haven't done it nor got the ...

Hi Stanley, there was a bobbin mill in Ulpha, in the Duddon Valley. Did you do anything on that? Just being curious.

Late last week I went to Carlisle Records Centre. I went Wednesday and Thursday and spent those two hot days in air conditioned rooms, not the only reason that I went though. I had booked ahead and ordered a shed load of Lonsdale records which I hoped would mention my ancestors. They were the manori...

Thank you all for the welcome backs! It is heartening. I'm in Yorkshire at the moment, looking after my daughter's cats. She is stranded in Canada, her journey home affected by the Air Canada strike action. Having been forwarded all the notifications to turn up, don't turn up, no sorry turn up now, ...

Good morning! I've retired now; mother died so I've had to deal with her estate (not an easy job) and I've moved back to Thetford. We did consider moving northwards but Steve has breathing difficulties now and hill climbing is not on our agenda. Mostly everything is sorted and running fairly smoothl...

Checking 2021 census. It was references to Penny Mill that made me think of oneguy. It’s been a funny few years, however hello one and all.

I've just found the Damien Seeker books. They are a good read if you like historical whodunnit novels. These are set in Commonwealth times, Oliver Cromwell in charge. I definitely recommend the series of books based on the one I've finished and the next ones I'm going to buy! https://www.fantasticfi...

Ancestors of mine were slate rivers in the lake district, splitting slate into thinner sheet / tiles etc. You try looking that up in the internet and you get lovely pictures of some place called Slate River. Ah well....

Just to make it clear, my resource from an unlikely source, the source was me!

I'm still doing my family tree (extended) and found a basic mistake looking for my GGGG Grandad's baptism. Now corrected, wrong people removed (oops) and a restart on that line. All I did was ignore some information, I was driven to look for specific information when I had, right in front of me, a b...

I've just seen the stuff about Caroline Flack in Obits. She lived in our village as a youngster. Less is more with regard to comments.

Just been to the Saatchi Gallery, formerly known as the Chelsea Barracks. Things that I noted: 1. What a wonderful building 2. What a great exhibition - Tutankhamen - treasures of the golden pharaoh 3. My daughter still excited at her age!!! 4, The brief sojourn to Leeds when we got on the wrong tra...

2020 season has commenced. Homing frogs are in our pond making friends and goodness knows what else.

I saw Nicholas Parsons in the Rocky Horror Show at the Theatre Royal in Norwich, as he came on stage for the first time a voice rang out: "And now, from Norwich.........It's the Sale of the Century! He was brilliant as the narrator. We hardly ever missed Just a Minute on the radio. I really wil...

I saw Nicholas Parsons in the Rocky Horror Show at the Theatre Royal in Norwich, as he came on stage for the first time a voice rang out: "And now, from Norwich.........It's the Quiz of the Week! He was brilliant as the narrator. We hardly ever missed Just a Minute on the radio. I really will m...

RIP Neil Innes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-50948921

I have never been this disorganised for Christmas. Never mind, Christmas cake is now in the oven. No brandy feed this year!

Almost one for the Darwin awards!

I stumbled across this wonderful resource the other day, it doesn't make for an easy read but it does make for an interesting one. Thank goodness no-one can relieve themselves and drown in my well! Happy browsing if you have time. Link: http://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/852155/3/Accident_inquests.csv

I've just read your piece on greaves Stanley, we are fortunate that there is more legislation governing the transport and use of what is now termed Category 1, 2 and 3 animal by-products. However, the horse gate incidents show that where there is money to be made on the cheap, unscrupulous "bus...

RIP Bob Willis. Well played.

Today I shall be mainly planning for our weekend sojourn "up North". We are travelling to Blackburn on Saturday, on Sunday we are travelling on a Black 5 from Blackburn through to Sheffield and back, taking in a lot of Lancashire and Yorkshire scenery. We leave out at 09.05 from Blackburn ...

Peter Sissons has died, aged 77. He went to the same school as Jimmy Tarbuck and John Lennon.

Knitted boxers?