STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012

[PanBiker]

From clip one would it not be the norm to knock the debris inside the chimney?

Clip two, No 3. biggest ladder idiot does not even have the ladder extended.

When my wife was in China she observed a concrete multi story car park being built with bamboo scaffolding. She also saw a new major road being built by workers in flip flops and coolie hats. No mechanisation at all, pick, shovel wheelbarrow. There were a lot of them though so a bit of attrition would probably go unseen.

[Steeplejerk]

The hangers in the first picture were often used on big chimneys years ago,me and Dunny have come across them,chimneys were always demolished like that but if you miss with the big hammer your off to the Coop

[Bodger]

Tom how are you lucky enough to send the wife to China?, i am in the process of sueing the tobacco companies for false information, on their packet it states "smoking kills" ive been buying the wife some everyday for over 50 years and theres no sign of the promise being fulfilled !!

[PanBiker]

It was me Bodge, Sally went with friend who's daughter was teaching out there. A strange phenomenon though, and something only a woman could do. She came back with two more suitcases than she went with!

[Stanley]

I noticed the other day that the dire message on my pack of Condor warned "Beware! Smoking is addictive'. I think anyone smoking black pipe tobacco regularly will be well aware of that!

[blokman]

Hi All

Apologies for the long absence but never mind, will get back into the swing shortly!!

[Stanley]

Nice to see you back! No apologies needed, we all have lives to live. What are you doing at the moment? I'm reposting some of the old pics in the hope that it will attract some of the lads back.

Maurice Tate's 1964 stunt when he dropped Gannow stack on a van.

[Steeplejerk]

It would have been funny if he missed the van from that distance

[PanBiker]

Looks like a Mossie Thou, (or about be an ex Mossie Thou). I used to drive one of them when I was in the TV trade, we had two.

[Steeplejerk]

Maurice's Morris !!,clever fellows them councillors

[Stanley]

Ellenroad Mill at Newhey just before N&R started the demolition. Notice that the drum is missing off the top of the chimney.

[Steeplejerk]

Peter Tatham quote ,"iam not the best but I always do a good job",something this week made me say that !!!!!
Stanley,I prefered it without the drum,easier to work on

[Stanley]

But the oversillers were starting to move because of the lack of weight on them. Anyway it was you and Peter who put it back on so stop whining!

[Steeplejerk]

Happy buggers !!

[Stanley]

They were good days.... and good work!



Almost ready for the concrete rim. Young Tom on Ellenroad stack.

[Steeplejerk]

First coat of boiled oil after i pointed it,I remember that smock jacket,i never used to hang it up I could stand it up!!

[Stanley]

Peter casting the concrete rim on Ellenroad stack when he and Tom rebuilt it. Granite chippings, sharp sand and cement mix. Sheet metal former, copper rods at each end to tie with the next segment and the joint painted with bitumen to allow it to breathe. Alternate segments cast and then gaps filled in. I think there were eight segments. When finished it was bulletproof! Peter once saw Firs demolishing a chimney that he'd put one of these cap rings on and when he warned them about it they ignored him. When the chimney was felled the ring wasn't broken and rolled away down the hillside and smashed through the wall of the mill. I think that on the same job Firs dropped the stack on the compressor..... (Could be a tall tale but even so it's a good one!)

[Bodger]

Do any of these Glossop stacks ring a bell ?, view < />, what year is the Lees Mill, Wooley Bridge ?
http://www.glossopheritage.co.uk/parchi ... age022.htm

[Steeplejerk]

Thought you'd remember that Bodge,probably early 20C
8 segments Stanley,think we could only do 2 at a time because you only managed to scrounge 2 sets of shuttering
By the way,i had that jumper round my waist because i'd ripped my jeans and was flashing my arse.

[Stanley]

Do you remember the stainless steel anchors we cast into the base of the drum? When Brooke Edgeley came to the job they loved them, said all stacks would benefit from them.

[Stanley]

Do you remember the stainless steel anchors we cast into the base of the drum? When Brooke Edgeley came to the job they loved them, said all stacks would benefit from them.



Tom oiling Bancroft stack in 1981.

[Steeplejerk]

The anchors are still there Stanley,i put a steel cable round on them the other year for rigging the staging.
Sick of the sight of Bancroft chimney hehe,thought i heard your voice shouting from the hills yesterday morning but couldnt see anything for the sun in my eyes,or was it tears

[Stanley]

Where were you when you heard me......

[Steeplejerk]

Top'o Bancroft chimney,thought i heard a familiar yell in the distance,ears play tricks on me sometimes

[Steeplejerk]

Fred Schofield 1972 Fox mill Oldham..