Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 19 Aug 2014, 07:06
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STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
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Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 22 Aug 2014, 07:46
See THIS for the end of the Glen Mills chimney on Valley Road at Colne. It came down a lot faster than it went up.....
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 22 Aug 2014, 17:59
HaHa, Stanley whos that big ugly bugger 
,will call soon !!
,will call soon !!Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 23 Aug 2014, 04:32
I thought I saw a familiar face but don't trust my eyes at the moment. Come on, who was it!?
Call in morning, I don't answer the phone after 11:00, all cold callers and remember I have s sleep usually noon to 2PM....
Call in morning, I don't answer the phone after 11:00, all cold callers and remember I have s sleep usually noon to 2PM....
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 24 Aug 2014, 06:31
I think he's teasing me!
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 26 Aug 2014, 04:36
Peter Tatham on Bancroft stack in 1981.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 27 Aug 2014, 06:29
Banded stack at Chorlton's Mill Manchester in 1993.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 28 Aug 2014, 06:24
A strange stack with jacks working on it. I don't know where it was.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 28 Aug 2014, 08:03
Saw Blackpool on the news re Hen Parties, not heard much from Tom "Steeplejerk" , could he be moonlighting as a male stripper ?
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 28 Aug 2014, 08:39
Perhaps it was something to do with an incinerator and the strange shape was to ensure condensation of nasties within the chimney?Stanley wrote:A strange stack with jacks working on it. I don't know where it was.
As for Tom and male strippers, which is highest paid, a steeplejack or a male stripper?
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 29 Aug 2014, 04:54
Probably right about the stack Tiz. As for the strippers, over to Young Tom!
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 30 Aug 2014, 06:22
I've posted this before. Does anyone know where this stack was?
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 05:18
Remember the pics of the jacks on Swabs chimney in 1923? John Burnison has found more information:
Middleton Guardian, RHODES AUGUST 11, 1923.
After for many weeks witnessing thrills several times daily while the steeplejacks have been engaged in the gigantic and dangerous task of re-building 50 feet of the big chimney, this weekend will not only see the completion of the work, but also the removal of all traces of it in the shape of the long ladders up two sides and all the needed scaffolding. On Wednesday evening we saw the last plank of the scaffolding lowered to earth and the men were busy with the last duty of fixing the lightning conductor; the ladder on one side of the chimney had already been taken down. The work throughout seems to have been wonderfully carried out, and it is gratifying to learn that no one has been hurt while it has been in progress.
It looks as though the work wasn't extension as I always supposed but rebuilding.
Middleton Guardian, RHODES AUGUST 11, 1923.
After for many weeks witnessing thrills several times daily while the steeplejacks have been engaged in the gigantic and dangerous task of re-building 50 feet of the big chimney, this weekend will not only see the completion of the work, but also the removal of all traces of it in the shape of the long ladders up two sides and all the needed scaffolding. On Wednesday evening we saw the last plank of the scaffolding lowered to earth and the men were busy with the last duty of fixing the lightning conductor; the ladder on one side of the chimney had already been taken down. The work throughout seems to have been wonderfully carried out, and it is gratifying to learn that no one has been hurt while it has been in progress.
It looks as though the work wasn't extension as I always supposed but rebuilding.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 01 Sep 2014, 18:59
I hadn't realised there was a museum collection of vintage excavators. It's at the Threlkeld Mining museum in Cumbria. There's information in this PDF file:
ad the web page is here:
http://www.threlkeldquarryandminingmuse ... tor-trust/
http://www.threlkeldquarryandminingmuse ... tor-trust/
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 02 Sep 2014, 04:20
Good link Tiz.....
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 03 Sep 2014, 07:07
Nothing looks nicer than a freshly oiled stack. Bancroft in 1982.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 04 Sep 2014, 04:06
North Valley Services at Colne in 1982. The fins were said to aid smoke dispersal and help to dissipate smoke.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 05 Sep 2014, 05:57
A remote stack at West Bay, Wick in Scotland.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 06 Sep 2014, 03:44
Peter Tatham cutting one of the stacks at Deerplay brickworks in 1978.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 06 Sep 2014, 04:47
Didn't he believe in props? Looks like a gust of wind will bring it down on him.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 06 Sep 2014, 06:27
Peter never propped and burned, he cut them away until they fell. He never had a problem, the bloke knew his trade.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 07 Sep 2014, 04:47
There was a good video of the dropping of Fernbank chimney in the big tent yesterday.
Suspicious characters at Fernbank felling in 2011. SG, Doc and Jack.
Suspicious characters at Fernbank felling in 2011. SG, Doc and Jack.
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 08 Sep 2014, 05:53
The first of Deerplay stacks on its way down. What fascinated me was what happened next.....
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 08 Sep 2014, 09:00
It didn't break up in mid-air because of the banding and landed in one piece horizontally?Stanley wrote: The first of Deerplay stacks on its way down. What fascinated me was what happened next.....
Re: STEEPLEJACK'S CORNER 2012
Posted: 09 Sep 2014, 05:15