OneGuyFromBarlick

Made a mistake about Harle Syke it was Haydock St. Elm Street runs from Colne road to Cameron Street where the Lancashire textile mill was which burnt down in 1969 It was taken over by Pendelfin in 1973, My next door neighbour was managing director. Pendelfin also had a fire much later on.

Elm Street Burnley was the Harle Syke bus stop to the old Victoria Hospital. Probably lots of deaths but I managed to survive my visit.

We had a relaxing evening in front of the fire watching a recorded Eagles concert from 2018 which was pleasant but surprisingly boring. A bit warmer in California if you pick the right bit. While talking music can anyone remember a song a woman sang accompanied with Jools Holland on the piano. It w...

Off the top of my head. One of Oscar Wilde's stories of a murder in Elm Street, Must try to keep up with Tripps.

A long explanation about the current vaccination programme. Vaccination. Rather long winded but worth a read. Most people will be concerned about side effects etc: discussed in the second part of the address. Basically very similar to the after effects of the influenza vaccine with tiredness being a...

We noted things when we visited UK on holiday...couldn’t believe how far your foods had travelled before sale. Now, you will need to pay for that transport....and import. The food that's imported from distant countries will continue as normal that is unless it passes through the EU. The stupid thin...

For those who are reading the Enigma book they will see quite a number of references to 'Five Eyes' (FVEY). The book makes it sound as though its a passive signal listening organisation who limit their spying to listening to what's being transmitted. Edward Snowden has different views. (Wiki Leaks) ...

I'm getting puzzled ref the vaccine. I'm pleased of course that OGFB members here have had the first jab, but based on age alone, they were supposed to be in the second tranche, behind NHS staff, care home residents, and their carers. Does that mean that all such have had it already? I hope so. Bot...

No adverse reactions to yesterday's vaccination. Just the same as an influenza vaccination. Just a bit peeved they wanted to see my birth certificate, you could be Mr P's son, I joke of course. Big panic on about the backlog of 3,000 trucks in Kent with another 700 hanging about waiting to set off. ...

Grant Shapps has got everything under control only 2,850 lorries stranded. There will be some movement tomorrow Wednesday but the general advice is to stay where you are. He doesn't mention that the movement will be French and EU nationals, (you bloody foreigners can stop at home....) Mr Shapps twee...

Back from our covid vaccination at Colne health centre. A very slick military style operation well organised, A large car park so no problem there. Met at the car park entrance with a guide to tell us where to enter the building. Ground floor. two receptionists taking preliminary details and tempera...

Simple's brain's attempt to cut through the fog and hype of the new variant covid-19 virus. First some definitions. Dominant virus (D). the virus that has been circulating through the UK since last March Variant virus, (V). the virus now found predominantly in London and the south of England. 1) Inf...

At last , long time to wait for me , about a month yet. Hope no adverse swollen arms etc I spoke to a friend today who had his jab on saturday,. No problem with after affects just a bit of tenderness with exercise. His wife showed no problems. His only comment was " I've never seen as many pensione...

Covid jab arranged for tomorrow evening for Mrs P and myself at the Colne Health Centre.

Feet and toes are marvelous bit of anatomy for locating things especially when you're not looking for them, bed ends, table legs, shallow steps. pins, toys almost anything at set at low level, but it takes a special kind of genius not to find a switch in full light that you have just spent frustrati...

Welcome to the solstice, first day of Winter but it doesn't feel like it really.

Its not something we could have planned for is it?

Doom and gloom strikes again. Has Boris been hoist by his own petard? After weeks of ignoring the fact that the covid virus was spreading in London and should have been put under tier 3 restrictions at least two weeks ago he tried to side step this failure by saying its a new strain of covid which s...

I hope you've all been watching Lucy Worsley's `Royal History's Biggest Fibs' and especially the last episode on the Russian Revolution. Fibs Actually nothing new in her programme its all well documented in several books on the 'revolution'. As always they use the November date as the starting poin...

Sue wrote. Anyway, lets be positive. At least our PM acknowledged yesterday that the tier system had worked in the NW and only 5 % of the population have the new variant in the North. Perhaps it would have been the same in the South if they had been put in tier 3 like they should have been. I hope a...

Being an infra-red detector it would only 'see' a coke can if coke was chemically still eating its way through the can or burning its way into the Martian soil.

Will someone please help me out on this virus mutation thingy. A covid virus mutates, Ok I understand that and this could be happening everywhere there's a virus but it must be inside a human (mainly). If this human doesn't pass it on ( 'R' rate = zero) then that mutation dies off. If the 'R' rate i...

Kev, Shoot at the Bismark? Could be, My pals father was on the Ark Royal before it was sunk. Previous to that they got laid up for repairs where he said he met Carmen Miranda. The battle stories were believable but his on shore activities,... well say no more.

Singapore, Its over 30 years since I've been there. Yes they have very strict laws and enforce even litter dropping and Taxi overcharging with prison sentences. Rather shocked but comforted when when we took a walk through a public park and woods and seeing policemen with machine guns behind trees w...