Helps sighted and unsighted people I guess.
Good to learn something new every day.
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Sorry, I am a softy, they hurt my feet and rip the wheels off my trolleys and wheeled suitcases.plaques wrote: ↑25 Aug 2020, 11:59Pimpled and other patterns are usually placed as an aid to visually impaired pedestrians. Each pattern conveys a meaning eg: pedestrian crossing, pavement edges etc. Most normally sighted people don't take any notice of this tactile aid because they have no need to but they are useful to those who do need them. Tactile pavings.
It's in the old Post Office building, Wendy. Station Road/Fernlea Avenue junction. The flagpole will be Fernlea Avenue/Welhouse Road junction next to the war memorial.
The town square refurbishment costs are a joint venture between the Town Council and Pendle Borough Council.
When you quote "plastic", is it not more likely to be fibreglass or carbon fibre.? Either are considerably lighter and stronger than wood and will not rot which was a common feature of wooden poles.
I have the shot of the 'newly' widened road somewhere, taken by the engineer who did the job. I'll dig it out.Stanley wrote: ↑29 Aug 2020, 03:18 Agreed but to keep it simple I have three categories, Wood, Metal and Plastic. I think plastic covers this one for most people.
David, I have been doing record shots in the town now for 60 years. No real scheme but all archived. That's why I can usually pull up a then and now pic when required. It's so easy with modern fast computers and big hard drives.
Here's an example, Manchester Road before road widening in 1965. The old bloke is Gara Pickles whose father used to sell spring water door to door before the mains were installed. My old barn is there and some of my heifers grazing in the croft of Hey Farm. As I say, I had that sense of recording 60 years ago. Definitely a forgotten corner.
That's happening here. The plan is to merge the local district councils with the Somerset County Council. Locals and local councillors are not happy but the present shortage of funds and the need to cut costs will drive it through.
When I was 4 to 10 years old I lived in the next street to that pile and we'd sneak into Rushworth's yard at night. We knew the crane well. Happy days living and playing in the slums of Colne!Stanley wrote: ↑02 Sep 2020, 05:25
Old Colners will remember that there used to be an enormous pile of scrapped looms on a piece of spare land near the railway viaduct. Owned by Rushworth's, the engineering firm that became a major player in the scrap trade with the closure of mills it was disliked by the old textile workers as it was a constant reminder of the death of an industry. I remember there was particular revulsion when the firm put a Union Flag on it when the Queen visited the town in 1955.