OneGuyFromBarlick

I didn't know of the Cambridge University Air Photo Collection or collecting! I have not searched the other two main air sites. Airfilms (?) is a private operation, I think they took photos then attempted to sell them to the farm , industry and householders as their main commercial photographing. Th...

I usually enjoy watching Who Do You Think You Are but have just switched off in disgust at Kate Winslet's histrionics at finding the child of an ancestor died at 5 years old in the early 19th century. Wow, that was unusual. Paul Merton's on tonight. Interesting story only really going back a few (w...

Stanley wrote: ↑28 Aug 2019, 04:23 As I remember it the word was used for any kind of small bag. I think it was only used for flexible containers like bags.

Pig-In-A-Poke (a bad bargain)
Hokey Pokey ( Sugar bases crunchy confectionery- often sold in paper bags and some times coated with a chocolate flavour finish)

And privately Trump is getting worried about the US finances. He knows as well as anyone else that they are on a knife edge. That's why he has been pushing for an interest rate cut. He doesn't want trouble taking the shine off next year's election. That's why he needs a trade deal with the UK. 66 d...

I wonder in what context the story of weavers fits in his thoughts ? It seems clear that the move from self-employed weaving at a good rate to working in mechanised factories gave a great change, but in and around the Barnoldswick area the weaving sheds were organised as much on a co-operative or lo...

If you think of the likes of Food Banks, there is nothing new, we take the Jewish Bibilical instruction not to take the margins/edges of the fields and leave them for those without land or income to harvest and winnow, additionally from that which was harvested (fruits or grains), aside from the 10%...

Rather depends how far along the chain you put CO2 into Human Related. (Eg the clearence of Rain Forest For Cattle Ranching ). Indeed there is further impact of the actions of Humans of Taking Out things that are CO2 reducing is this included in the human addition of CO2 or not ? And, like many thin...

results suggest that a cell protein is being disrupted and in mice they've been able to prevent this using drugs. Interesting as I wondered if the problem is a neural transmitter problem ( brain wants foot to move, foot moving mechanism does not get message ). Or a Muscle or Ligament Problem- messa...

It's an earth dam with concrete capping's. The dam wall breached last night as one of the relief channels failed. Water permeated through and displaced the concrete at one side of the dam. All that is holding the reservoir back now is the earth bank if that starts to leak, the fear is that it will ...

I suspect the amount of Brexit prep cash has been the only thing holding the economy up - those consultants need to spend their incomes somewhere. (Unless they have been buying dollars so will now be ££ in on selling them !!) Anyway Brecon and Radnor, interesting that the LibDems indeed did not incr...

Given the amount of hedgerow and similar fruit setting anyone think there will be a long or deep cold spell in November into December ?

I'm surprised door vendors dont attempt to sell more flyscreen doors these days.

Slip of the pen, (or keyboard in this case) from Stanley. Of course this is the former Yorkshire Bank. TSB (Lloyds) is over the road in the former Paragon Library block but also now vacant and boarded up. That really will get you confused. I only knew this one as Lloyds, had it been a TSB prior to ...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/18941/medium Post Office Corner in 1960. If you look very carefully at the end of Steele's chambers you can just about see the large window on the right of the gable end. I noticed it yesterday as I was sitting on the forms opposite and view...

If you live in an old stone house with thick walls be grateful when there is hot weather. They warm up far more slowly and last night in the front room it was 72F, far cooler than outside. It's been re-discovered by the sustainable housing people but they now like to call it thermal mass. but if yo...

There should be one down at Bancroft left if she is still around on the firing days. Have another friend now over in Burnley who I think worked at Lamberts (?) in Colne.

in plain brown envelope a D741 letter which is the standard issue letter with my shiny new morose photo licence attached. It's got both EU and Union flags on so I assume would be valid without a green card on the continent :laugh5: How long will that last? I think Green Card is the insurance for th...

The MMB Vehicle policy tended to be - I think , memory fades over time - for a Six Year Life for the Wagon (seems low but a lot of work was done on optimum cost of operation) , but the tanks were definately twice as long - 12 years so the tank would be taken off and put on a new chassis unit at the ...

Were Overland a USA import or made in a uk factory? If they didn't have the long stroke narrow bore if most UK engines that would add to relliability. I guess Manchester early Saturday traffic would be minimal too many traffic lights these days. The new M6 link road bypasses Mere as such but is not ...

The London Evening Standard ( nowadays a free sheet and for long time incorporating the London Evening News ) ran a story on how it broke the news of the Men on the Moon. Planned as a colour (rarely done before) feature (colour section printed by outside contractors )and for a Saturday release ( rar...

Been watching quite a bit on the new Smithsonian Channel (175 on Freesat). Linked to the institute they show some excellent documentaries. At the moment I am revisiting my youth via their series on the Apollo Program. Lots of unseen before footage on the design of the moon lander and the space race...

https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/18849/medium We walk past the eyesore that is the old Trustee Savings Bank every day and it is so familiar that it becomes a forgotten corner and isn't even nice to look at because of the brutalist design, completely out of kilter with the r...

What make was the Van ? Biggest problem is getting out of Barnoldswick I suppose - If early in the morning Keighly, Bradford, Barnsley onto M1 (problem was for 3 bearing engines where sustained running wore things out quickly), 3 hrs then into North London - so at say 10am on a Saturday London would...

`Universal credit: Multi-million pound scam targets claimants' LINK Claimants are being tricked by scammers... Messages from dozens of officials on an internal DWP message board, seen by the BBC, show the extent of the scam: I dont belive it, it takes seconds for a Govt Agency to check a Electorial...

The papers tend to concentrate on Sterling Costs and its affect on Holidaymakers. Far greater are the capital , investment and trading flows , it is going to make UK buying overseas machinery in particular more expensive, but makes land, buildings and UK companies cheaper to invest in for overseas b...