MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Cathy]

A shrouded monk or mourner statue.
Maybe a headstone.

[Stanley]

Sorry you've not got it yet. He's been on here before.......

[Tizer]

The statue of King Arthur at Tintagel?

[Big Kev]

The statue of King Arthur at Tintagel?

You beat me to it

[Stanley]

Tiz got it of course, it was he who sent me the postcard. Next for shaving?

[Stanley]

What can you tell me about this pub and the origin of it's name?

[Marilyn]

What is the name of it? I can’t make it out. ( pretty place though)

[Stanley]

If I told you that you would be straight on to Google you little minx!

[Tizer]

I know what it is so I'll put the answer hidden here in spoiler text. If you want to keep on guessing, then don't click on the spoiler text!

► Show Spoiler

It's the `Hark to Bounty' pub in Slaidburn. Bounty was the name of the local squire's dog.

[Cathy]

Oh that’s sweet

[Stanley]

Tiz is right.... Look at the spoiler but then have a crack at this supplementary....



Why the funny name?

[Tripps]

Having seen the original picture - I immediately looked up the second one! It was one of the Saturday night destinations for my parents in the new found era of prosperity in the late 1950's. We got the Ford Consul in 1956. Smoked salmon starter and scampi or chicken in a basket. What was a 'scamp'? I never went myself (too young) but they liked it.

I only vaguely knew where it was, but now know exactly. They said - in contrast to the explanations I've seen this morning - that it was named after the cry of the leading hound in the local hunt. I think I find that a bit more convincing than the later ones.

Though Towler may have been a corruption of T'howler making us both right.

[chinatyke]

I've been in there many a time. I used to work in that town for years. They also had a 'dog-carrier' hung up in the bar. It was made out of chromed steel strip and had an iron muzzle at one end and a threaded bar with a point on at the other end operated by a wheel. The steel frame acted as the carry handle.
I was under the impression that it was a hound from the Holcombe Hunt as Tripps says, lovely to see out in the fields but not everybody agreed.

[Stanley]

The explanation I was given for the Howler was that it was a local boggart....Look up Boggart Hole Clough. (LINK)
'Running boggart' was a term used for a steam engine that had gone into uncontrolled overspeed due to governor failure.

[Tizer]

What is this and where is it located?

[Stanley]

At first sight it looks like a modern brick-built folly. But I doubt it, could it be an observatory?

[Tizer]

Not an observatory or folly but it is brick built.

[PanBiker]

Shot Tower?

[Tizer]

No, we've had enough of those!

[Big Kev]

Signalling Tower somewhere between Portsmouth and London?

[Tizer]

Spot on, Kev. Now, where is it exactly and whose signals was it transmitting and how?

[StoneRoad]

I don't know where that signal tower is located but I do know how and what ...

The What - would have been signals between Admiralty House and Portsmouth. Actually, the army also used the system, but the stations were usually under the command of a midshipman or junior lieutenant and manned by ratings.

The How - variations on semaphore signals, using either arms, bladders or normal signalling flags.

[Big Kev]

Spot on, Kev. Now, where is it exactly and whose signals was it transmitting and how?

Chatley Heath, Surrey and, as Stoneroad says, the Admiralty and they would have used semaphor by line of sight to the next tower or hill.

[Stanley]

That sounds about right......

[Tizer]

Well done, Kev and StoneRoad, for getting the answers right and for filling in some of the background. This is how Chatley Heath Semaphore Tower looks today, restored and owned by the National Trust. NT For more on semaphore telegraphs, see here: Semaphore