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Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 21 Jun 2014, 10:17
by David Whipp
Sorry Thomo, no. (The answer is posted elsewhere on the site - hence my BOGOF reference.)
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 24 Jun 2014, 06:19
by 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?

Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 24 Jun 2014, 06:35
by Stanley
Tidy job, but I don't know where it is....
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 24 Jun 2014, 06:45
by 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).
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 26 Jun 2014, 05:09
by Stanley
More ginnels please David!
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 26 Jun 2014, 06:00
by 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!
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 26 Jun 2014, 06:04
by Stanley
Teaser!!
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 26 Jun 2014, 06:24
by David Whipp
Should be easy, peasy now though - even to someone using street view from Oz...
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 27 Jun 2014, 07:52
by Big Kev
Been scatching my head over this. It looks familiar but...
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 27 Jun 2014, 08:01
by PanBiker
It's the other side of Monkroyd hill down the side of Priory Way.
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 27 Jun 2014, 11:53
by 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...

Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 04:18
by Stanley
Railway pub car park?
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 07:10
by David Whipp
Warm, but not scalding.
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 07:55
by Big Kev
Between Post Office Buildings and the Civic Hall behind a door?
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 28 Jun 2014, 07:58
by David Whipp
Colder.
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 29 Jun 2014, 05:01
by Stanley
Is it behind the building which used to be the Labour Exchange?
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 29 Jun 2014, 06:29
by David Whipp
Colder.
(Assuming I've remembered the Labour Exchange correctly!)
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 29 Jun 2014, 06:33
by Stanley
Back of the Council Offices?
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 29 Jun 2014, 06:36
by David Whipp
No, colder still.
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 29 Jun 2014, 09:00
by 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.
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 29 Jun 2014, 13:25
by chinatyke
David Whipp wrote: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.
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 29 Jun 2014, 20:26
by 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.
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 30 Jun 2014, 03:56
by Stanley
Is there a ginnel to get to the back of the bank next to the old Railway pub?
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 30 Jun 2014, 06:39
by 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.
Re: Ginnels, Alleys, Snickets. (Call them what you will.)
Posted: 30 Jun 2014, 07:09
by Stanley
No wonder I have never seen or walked it! I guessed based on the fact that it was obviously new build....