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Mon 30 Sep 2019
Evening drove to Chorley Photographic Society.
Portrait session with mostly Dean and Lynda posing. |
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Photographer at work – Noel (left), Dean & Lynda. Chorley
Photographic Society portrait session |
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Sun 29 Sep 2019
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The River Lostock at Waterhouse Green, Whittle-le-Woods is high
but not as high as I’d expected (Sun 29th Sep 2019, 13:30).
We’ve had 32mm of rain since last night. The river level
monitoring gauge on the River Ribble at Walton-le-Dale shows the
river is rising. |
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The River Lostock at Waterhouse Green, Whittle-le-Woods is high
but not as high as I’d expected (Sun 29th Sep 2019, 13:30).
We’ve had 32mm of rain since last night. The river level
monitoring gauge on the River Ribble at Walton-le-Dale shows the
river is rising. |
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Wed 25 Sep 2019
The Crook Inn Tweedsmuir on the A701. Empty and dilapidated.
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Crook Inn in happier times
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The Crook Inn Tweedsmuir
Gate to the garden
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Crook Inn in happier times
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The Albert Watson Memorial Hut - CTC Lothians and Borders built
in 1947.
The hut is in memory of the CTC Edinburgh member Mr
Watson, who was well known among Scottish cyclists as a
record-breaking tricycle and tandem tricycle rider and
contributor to the cycling press. |
'Clipped' penny cut in half |
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Tue 24 Sep 2019
Preston Railway Staion while a wait for train to Lockerbie
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Mon 23 Sep 2019
Preston Road A6 on my morning walk |
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Sat 21 Sep 2019
Morning view of the reservoir monument at Clayton Green |
This morning with Steve at Scan Computers to order a new PC |
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Thu 19 Sep 2019
Dewar's Aberfeldy Distillery
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Riverbank stabilisation work at the River Lostock is underway. |
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Tue 17 Sep 2019
Bonnet Stone - Lomond Hills, Scotland
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Sun 15 Sep 2019
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The Heritage Open Days continued this morning when the Chorley
Little Theatre open its doors to give visitor a conducted tour
of the theatre that first open on 3rd Sep 1910 as the Empire
Electric Theatre. The building was completed in just a few weeks
as a team of builders toured the country, moving from town to
town building the new form of entertainment. |
Chorley Little Theatre |
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Estelle Bryers opened the doors and gave us a conducted tour
with a fascinating commentary of the theatre’s history. It
originally accommodated 700 people on rows of hard wooden seats
at the front and the more expensive 'plush seats' at the back.
Now there a new comfortable seats for 236 and spaces for some
wheelchairs. The leaded windows over the front doors are
original and still show the entry charge of 3d on the left then
6d & 1 shilling on the right. |
Estelle Bryers gives an introduction |
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Chorley Empire |
Chorley Empire |
Chorley Empire |
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Sat 14 Sep 2019
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This weekend Fri 13, Sat 14, Sun 15 Sep 2019 there are several
Heritage Open Days in the Chorley area. They are part of
England’s largest festival of history and culture. I started off
with a visit to St Georges Church and demonstrations of the
organ and also a history of the Ellacome chime bells. The
delightful Girls Friendly Society logbook 1929-31 was on display
with details of many adventures they had on a variety of
outings. Then I walked to Duxbury Park and the Golf Club where
the new Duxbury Hall History Trail was officially opened by Sir
Lindsay Hoyle & Deputy Mayor Steve Holgate. The trail was
devised by John Harrison of Chorley Historical & Archaeological
Society.
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Then back to Chorley to visit the Masonic Hall on Cunliffe
Street. It is the former Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel
originally built in 1866. It was the first time they’ve opened
it up on the Heritage Weekend and also the first time I’ve been
inside. |
St George's Church |
Songs of Praise, St George’s Church. 13th Feb 1972.
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Girls Friendly Society Log Book
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At Shap Abbey. July 1929.
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In Keswick July 1929
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By the river at Keld (near Shap)
July 1929
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The Big Lamp before setting off for Harrock Hill.
Whit Monday
20 May 1929 |
Organ demonstration
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St George's Church interior
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Duxbury Park and the Golf Club where the new Duxbury Hall
History Trail was officially opened by Sir Lindsay Hoyle &
Deputy Mayor Steve Holgate. The trail was devised by John
Harrison of Chorley Historical & Archaeological Society.
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Duxbury
Township Trail
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Duxbury Hall
History Trail
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Masonic Hall, Cunliffe Street
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Masonic Hall interior
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Masonic Hall interior
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Fri 13 Sep 2019
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Saw Caroline Wilkinson at Blackburn Museum to photograph some of
the Tockholes hoard of silver coins found in 1973 by Stuart
Whalley. These coins are Henry III |
'Clipped' penny cut in half |
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M65 from Marsh Lane seen on my evening bike ride
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Wed 11 Sep 2019
The Ullswater Steamer seen on my way home from a Cumbria walk
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Sun 08 Sep 2019
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If anyone fancies venison for tea there’s a big chunk of fresh
roadkill along Dawson Lane. It would be a shame to see it go to
waste |
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Hill Top Lane today
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The same view 4 years ago on 8th Sep 2015
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Sat 07 Sep 2019
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I’ve always found early September a good time to sample the
fruits of the countryside. This evening is no exception and the
Damson tree in Whittle-le-Woods where I used to get my basic
ingredients to make Damson wine was full of juicy fruit. The
Damsons were fabulous just eating straight off the tree. |
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Thu 05 Sep 2019
View of Ullswater while driving home from my Cumbria walk. |
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I drove home via Pooley Bridge and the B5320 through the village
of Tirril. I stopped here to check out the old Quaker Meeting
House. Quaker Cottage, originally a Quaker meeting house was
built in 1731 by Thomas Wilkinson, grandfather of the Yanwath
poet, but closed in 1861. The memorial in the centre of the
grass plot was placed in about 1850 by Caroline Sophia Slee to
commemorate her father Thomas Slee (1790-1849) the
mathematician, her mother, three aunts and three brothers. She
died in Tirril in 1918. |
Friends Meeting House, Tirril.
In the foreground is the
memorial to Thomas Slee (1790-1849) |
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Some sixty people are buried here including the artist Charles
Gough (1784-1805) who died on Helvellyn in 1805 after a fall.
For many months his body lay undiscovered attended only by his
faithful dog. Many major artists and poets including Sir Edwin
Landseer and Sir Walter Scott commemorated this event. On
Helvellyn is the memorial stone to Charles Gough who died in a
fall in 1805. |
1829 painting, Attachment, by
Edwin Landseer |
Charles Gough memorial |
Charles Gough memorial Aug 2019 |
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While on an evening walk along the Leeds & Liverpool canal at
Johnson's Hillock. |
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Mon 02 Sep 2019
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This afternoon visited Legacy House (the old original Leyland
Pumping Station) on Preston Road, Clayton-le-Woods. |
Approx 1981 |
This afternoons view |
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Evening cycled to Chorley Photographic Society as it is the
start of the new season. The Society has been going for over
124years and must be one of the oldest organised groups in
Chorley. The first written reference was a Chorley Guardian
article in 1895 referring to The Chorley Photographic and
Sketching Society.
I have been a member since 1972 and
looking back in my diary see that my first meeting was Mon 2nd
Oct 1972. A couple of weeks later on Mon 16th Oct the Society
was treated to a talk on press photography by Michael Grimes of
the Chorley Guardian. I entered my first competition on Mon 30th
Oct 1972 and came third. My next entry was Mon 4th Dec 1972 when
I came nowhere. In those days our meeting room was the original
St Mary’s Club which was adjacent to the old open air swimming
pool. The original building and pool are long gone. Over the
years we have had a nomadic existence holding meetings in many
venues around Chorley. One day I must list all the venues for a
bit of fun. It is nice to be back at St Mary’s, the venue where
I first started 47years ago.
We were treated to a
presentation by Alex Benyon (Alex Benyon Photography) from
Leicester. He was using the Sony full-frame mirrorless A7 system
with and astonishing 42.4Mp image. Cameras have certainly come
on a long way. |
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Sun 01 Sep 2019
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This morning work continued on the ROC (Royal Observer Corps)
Post which is underground on Denham Hill, Brindle. Its official
name is Brinscall ROC because when it was opened in 1962 the
telephone line was connected to the Post Office (GPO) telephone
exchange in Brinscall. One of today’s jobs was to remove
graffiti spray paint from the access hatch. |
Where the control panel used to be. The
clock position can be seen left of centre. |
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Deep below ground level most of the walls have been cleaned and
the wooden access door renovated. The instrument panel area has
been cleaned revealing a ring where the clock was originally
mounted. Most of the fire damage (caused by vandals) to the
ceiling has been repaired except for a blackened area that has
yet to be done. Thanks to the dedicated team of volunteers who
are carrying out the work. |
Surface view |
Fire damage is still visible on the ceiling |
The door has now been cleaned and restored |
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