MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Steeplejerk]

Notredam bell tower

[Stanley]

Clitheroe Castle

[plaques]

Notre Dame is on the right lines but just 531 miles too far.
This is the last clue if you don't get it I will skin you alive.

[Wendyf]

Is it St Bart's in Colne?

[plaques]

Correct. St Bartholomew's. He is said to have been martyred in Albanopolis in Armenia. According to one account, he was beheaded, but a more popular tradition holds that he was flayed alive and crucified, head downward.

The photo is of the spiral stairs leading to the roof of the tower but also serving as entrances to the bell ringing chamber and the bell room itself. The stairs are approximately a total of three feet diameter and enclosed entirely within the thickness of the walls. Unfortunately, access to these stairs is very limited and I must admit their presence came as a surprise to myself. In mitigation they have only been there about 400 years.

With due respect to Quasimodo and his followers the link below is worth a look at.

http://www.colnebells.org.uk/

[Stanley]

Have a crack at this one.....

[Cathy]

A gold panning dish??

[Stanley]

Sorry Cathy, a lot heavier than that, but you've got the right diameter!

[David Whipp]

A stone for grinding flour by hand?

[Wendyf]

If its heavy then those hands can't be holding it up...must be part of something. It looks sooty, is it to do with a steam traction engine?

[PanBiker]

Steam engine water tank filler hole.

[Stanley]

Wendy is getting very close. I'll give it a day. Clue, it was in Earby.

[Gloria]

Part of the engine from a mill in Earby?? Victoria Mill?

[Wendyf]

Is looks damaged...is it after a fire?

[PanBiker]

I reckon it's something to do with a steam train. Don't know what though!

[Stanley]

Once more, Chief Engineer Gloria has got it.



Victoria beam engine shaft in 1954. It broke and Brown and Pickles made a new one and fitted it.

[Gloria]

Stanley, I think I should have a badge now with my name on it and "Chief Engineer".

[Stanley]

Ian, are you reading this? Please give Glo the title of Honorary engineer. She deserves it!

[Marilyn]

I second that. She is a clever cookie.

[Gloria]

Stanley, you made me an honorary engineer a while ago

[PanBiker]

I have bestowed the accolade in your profile so it is now visible in all your posts at the side Gloria. You can now change your signature byline if you wish.

[Gloria]

Thanks Ian, I get mixed up with you can add on the right of the page and what I can add to my signature-----like I say "I'd be dangerous with a brain".

[PanBiker]

I suppose the User Control Panel can be classed as a mystery object! The bits at the side can be found on the profile tab in the user CP Gloria. You obviously know where to find the signature bit. Stanley reminded me to do it when I called round to see him this morning.

[Wendyf]

Go on Gloria, you can do it......change it to Chief Engineer!!

[Stanley]

Wendy, don't encourage her!
Have a go at this one....