FORGOTTEN CORNERS

[Stanley]

Independent Labour Party march in 1938.

[PanBiker]

That banner is on display at Clarion House.

[Stanley]

Yes Ian, I remember it. I thought the pic was quite appropriate this morning as we look at a party in ruins.

[Stanley]

The Cross Keys in 1982.

[Stanley]

We often forget how lucky we are in Barlick. We don't have to go far to be in some beautiful countryside.
Enhanced by the drumlins out towards Marton in the North!

[Stanley]

Cheese and Onion pies and current sad cake. I do miss my baking but unfortunately delights like this are now forbidden.....

[Stanley]

The Lady of Mann at Fleetwood in 1983.

[Stanley]

King Hill, Letcliffe in 2001.

[Stanley]

One man and his dog in 1977......

[Stanley]

Ted Waite and my cattle at Hey Farm in 1968...... A lovely time in my life....

[Stanley]

Slater's Terrace Burnley seen from the top of Newtown Mill chimney. A good example of the dereliction which could follow textile closure and lack of investment in the future....

[Stanley]

Burnley Ironworks in 1917. There are some steam engine parts here but the main of the production on the floor is shell-making lathes. This is evidence of the effort that was going into solving the ammunition shortages on the Western Front.

[Stanley]

Holman Brothers Ltd. was an English mining equipment manufacturer founded in 1801 based in Camborne. Here's their shop. Not sure of the date but pre-1900 I think.

[Stanley]

Pickfords moving a Lancashire boiler in the 1950s....

[Stanley]

The view from Bancroft engine house in 1977. Not a bad place to work!
The square building on the left is the old air raid shelter which was used as a store for materials that were a fire risk like oil soaked sweepings and some oils....

[Stanley]

I bought the large LCU set and it cost me more than a week's wage but I never regretted it. I still have the same set intact in the original case almost seventy years later. The modern equivalent costs over £500. I think I got a bargain!

[Big Kev]

My parents bought me a socket set on my 21st birthday, I used to do my own car maintenance then. I still have most of it, I had to replace a ratchet as the original broke.

[Stanley]

When I bought mine I knew nothing about Elora..... However after all those years of hard use nothing has broken and I haven't lost any...... As near perfect service as you could wish. Thinking about the price in terms of how many hours work paid for it, it's probably about the same today, a week and a half's work at the average industrial wage.....