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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 07:15
by Big Kev
It was remembered 😎

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 08:00
by Stanley
Sorry I suggested otherwise Kev..... :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 08:05
by Big Kev
I only use Google Image search if I have no idea what things are

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 08:17
by Stanley
:good:

Image

This is a forgotten corner. What can you tell me about it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 08:27
by Big Kev
I remember this one too :biggrin2:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 08:36
by PanBiker
So do I.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 08:56
by Cathy
Was it a Doctors Surgery?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 08:57
by Big Kev
Still is, looks a bit different now.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 09:31
by chinatyke
Is it the iron frame on the side? To support a tank which stored rainwater collected from the roof.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 11:51
by Stanley
You've all got it. It's the Park Road surgery as it looked 30 years ago, Forgotten Corners really but it seemed worth posting. I shall have another think.....
(Yes China the frame was to support a rain water tank and was cast by Bracewell's foundry in Burnley.)

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 12:19
by chinatyke
We've had it before and I vaguely remembered it.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 12:34
by Stanley
Image

What is it and where is it.
(You have a very good memory China.....)

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 12:38
by Wendyf
I know! But I'll keep quiet for a teeny bit. :smile:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 12:39
by Stanley
Thank god! (Did I just hear thunder?)

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 10 May 2021, 14:40
by Big Kev
I think I know what and where too.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 May 2021, 03:02
by Stanley
If you know, please put me out of my suspense!

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 May 2021, 05:28
by Wendyf
Hope I've got it right! Its the engine house at Fox Clough coal mine in Colne.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 May 2021, 05:41
by chinatyke
Wendyf wrote: ↑11 May 2021, 05:28 Hope I've got it right! Its the engine house at Fox Clough coal mine in Colne.
Wow, that's a new one on me. I can't understand why I've never heard of it before. I'm sure I'd have been poking around there in my childhood if I'd known about it.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 May 2021, 06:07
by Wendyf
It was up the Lenches China, there was a railway or tram track to haul the coal into the town, it shows on this slightly blurred map.
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Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 May 2021, 08:12
by chinatyke
Thanks for the map. I used to live near there on Atkinson Street and we used to laik around up that clough, without knowing the mine was there. We've even been through what must have been the rail tunnel although it was just a stream in a tunnel to us. It had a double bend in it and we used to think it was scary in the dark section. Further downstream (towards Waterside) the stream went through an iron pipe about three feet diameter and we used to crawl through that to access "Bluebell woods" and the upper tunnel. We never gave a thought to who built the tunnel or what its purpose was. I have happy memories of that time. :good:

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 11 May 2021, 10:38
by Stanley
Wendy is quite right, it's the remains of the beam engine house at Fox Clough.
Next one?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 12 May 2021, 03:32
by Stanley
Image

What is it?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 May 2021, 03:42
by Stanley
Well, this isn't getting much attention. Clue, the modern version is much smaller.

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 May 2021, 06:35
by Cathy
Can’t see it’s size. Is it a rubber cover for a handle?

Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS

Posted: 13 May 2021, 06:53
by Stanley
It's about two inches long Cathy. That's not the right answer but you are on the right track with calling it a cover.