Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)

[David Whipp]

Sorry Thomo, no. (The answer is posted elsewhere on the site - hence my BOGOF reference.)

[David Whipp]

Just for completeness in this thread, the last one was on Avon Drive.

Here's a picture from 2012 which shows part of an Urban Ginnel scheme shortly after it was finished. Do you know where it is?

[Stanley]

Tidy job, but I don't know where it is....

[David Whipp]

The design is the same as the steps between the rugby and wheelpark levels at Victory Park (this is where the original design was drawn up for). I recall the specification for the steps is for French(?) oak sleepers; reclaimed sleepers not allowed because of the creosote content. I don't think the mesh is very successful or long-lasting (it's intended to provide better slip resistance).

[Stanley]

More ginnels please David!

[David Whipp]

Here's another picture of the last one.



I do have a rather special ginnel that I'd like to post, so would like someone to clear this one up!

[Stanley]

Teaser!!

[David Whipp]

Should be easy, peasy now though - even to someone using street view from Oz...

[Big Kev]

Been scatching my head over this. It looks familiar but...

[PanBiker]

It's the other side of Monkroyd hill down the side of Priory Way.

[David Whipp]

Ian's got the right location; it's the ginnel that runs from Priory Way up to Rylstone Drive. (If I knew how to extract some images from the slides of a powerpoint, I'd show you some before and after pics...)

Anyhow, I promised to reward the correct answer with a picture of a special ginnel...

[Stanley]

Railway pub car park?

[David Whipp]

Warm, but not scalding.

[Big Kev]

Between Post Office Buildings and the Civic Hall behind a door?

[David Whipp]

Colder.

[Stanley]

Is it behind the building which used to be the Labour Exchange?

[David Whipp]

Colder.

(Assuming I've remembered the Labour Exchange correctly!)

[Stanley]

Back of the Council Offices?

[David Whipp]

No, colder still.

[Thomo]

There are a fair number of ginnels in that area, one possibility is between No's 26 & 28 Newtown and another is between Skipton Rd. and Back Skipton Rd.

[chinatyke]

If I knew how to extract some images from the slides of a Powerpoint, I'd show you some before and after pics...)

Open PowerPoint and load your presentation. Go to the top menu bar and click >FILE< >SAVE AS PICTURES <
A pop up box opens, just select a name for the file, what format you require eg .jpg, and a location for the file.

I use Mac PowerPoint so I'm not sure if the wording may differ slightly on Windows.

Sorry, just an addendum. The above method saves each slide as a photo. If you just want the picture on the slide and not the description, then left click on the photo and the pop up box will open. This time your selection will just save the photo.

[David Whipp]

Thanks China; worked it out eventually...

This one is certainly a live topic.

Thomo is correct about there being ginnels between 26 and 28 Newtown and from Skipton Road to Back Skipton Road, but both of these locations are colder than Stanley's first guess.

[Stanley]

Is there a ginnel to get to the back of the bank next to the old Railway pub?

[David Whipp]

Yes!

And here's the door that normally stops you from seeing it.



Early one morning last week, the door was open. So I checked that no one was lying unconscious behind it.

This is what I found.



The substation that serves the centre of Barlick... accessed by Barnoldswick's most inaccessible ginnel.

[Stanley]

No wonder I have never seen or walked it! I guessed based on the fact that it was obviously new build....