OneGuyFromBarlick

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25 years since I knew every nook and cranny of Earby when TV servicing. Recognise it now but can't think of any club or society connection.

I should know as we included it in the slide show we have done about drinking establishments in the Earby area. Was it the Clarence Club?
If anyone is interested the slide show is a available as a pdf download from our website Here

I believe that it was indeed the Clarence Club.

Well done Wendy, that was it!



Arthur Morrison in his surgery on Water Street Earby in 1977. What was the name of the house? Anyone remember?

Lower Bradley Farm in about 1880.

The new bungalow at Gillians in 1977. Bit of a puzzle at the time!

It all turned out well later in 1980.

1717 estate map of Bracewell and Stock.

The legend that goes with the map of Stock.

Stock village has always fascinated me. If you dig into the maps and the census you'll find that as late as 1860 it was a viable village. The lane from Bracewell to Stock across the paved ford was called Hall Lane and the well where there used to be a wind pump is marked as Taylor's Well on the First edition of the OS. There was even a builder, John Broughton in 1851 census and in 1822 Baines Directory there are two shopkeepers, John Carr and Christopher Hornby. Stock is a direct parallel with Wycoller. Migration to nearby towns meant that the villagers moved out leaving only the farmers.



1853 First edition OS, click to enlarge.

Standridge on Folly Lane in 1977.

I've put this up before but was reminded of it again by the previous picture. This is Folly Well near the cottages at the bottom of the lane. We forget now but this was the drinking water source for the houses nearby. These wells were dotted all over the town and incredibly important. Now they don't even merit a glance.

The old Vicarage, now the Masonic Hall, had a well in the cellar and during the building of Wellhouse Mill in 1853 the Rev Milner complained bitterly that after sand had been extracted on the site his well had dried up. However, a couple of years after when the ground had settled the well started flowing again....

Mike Clarke was telling me last night that wells in Foulridge dried up after the Leeds and Liverpool Canal was built.

Mike is working on a revised history of the canal to be published in time for the 200th anniversary of its opening in 2016.

Good man is Mike..... The canal affected a lot of water courses and supplies. Prime example in Barlick is the Bowker Drain which was the source of a lot of water at one time and was said to benefit from canal leakage.



The sump in Eastwood Bottoms into the Bowker Drain and from which Wellhouse Mill drew water to top up their dams. Pic taken in 1982, as far as I know the sump was buried during recent landscaping of the site.

The exit of the Bowker Drain into Stock Beck just to the east of the footbridge into Victory Park from Crow Nest Road.

We sometimes forget how nice things are that we pass every day. Is it my imagination or are things greening up?

This is a bit of a cheat I know but it struck me as a corner that says a lot about the owner!

Witness of the old tram tracks at Cotton Tree between Colne and Trawden.

Stanley wrote:This is a bit of a cheat I know but it struck me as a corner that says a lot about the owner!

You're at the cutting edge of social trends here - this is known now as a 'shelfie'

I like that David..... An old friend of mine once told me that I was the best example he had ever seen of someone 'colonising their own space'. Others of course say it's a clutter...



The Cavaille-Coll organ at Parr Hall Warrington which was originally installed in Bracewell Hall by John Turner Hopwood. Look for the article in Stanley's View; 'The French Connection'.
[I can't find the article so I'm re-posting it]

Stanley wrote:The Cavaille-Coll organ at Parr Hall Warrington which was originally installed in Bracewell Hall by John Turner Hopwood.

The picture reminded me of the organ in the Bethesda Chapel Burnley. You might say the organist sits in a forgotten corner or should I say an underground recess. To make better use of the chapel they built an extra floor at mid height approximately where the balcony used to be. Wanting to preserve the organ position the organist now has to sit about six feet below ground level out of sight of the congregation. A bit like Reginald Dixon but without the lift. Only the pipes are now visible.

The banqueting room in Bracewell Hall where the organ was installed. c.1950.