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Sun 31 Jul 2022
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Sunday morning bike ride to Pleasington Crematorium to remember
Mum who died 12 years ago today. Being sunday the Remembrance
Book room is not open so I visited plot ‘H’ where Mum and Dad’s
ashes are. Then cycled to Withnell Fold and Mum’s memorial bench
where I had lunchtime butties. |
Plot 'H' Pleasington Crematorium. |
Remembrance Book Room photograpeh through the window. |
Butties in Mum's memorial bench.
The cycle bag is one
Mum made for me around 1966 out of an old gaberdine mac I used
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Fri 29 Jul 2022
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Visited the Chorley Flower Show in Astley Park. It didn't think
it was as good a pevous years. |
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Chorley Flower Show. |
Astley Park. |
£14 to get in. |
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The original Heritage Centre, now a shop.
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Booze & tat. |
The Astley Farmhouse used to be the Heritage Centre. Now its a
shop selling expensive wines, spitits and general tat.
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In Astley Park by the Farmhouse. |
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ROYAL ORDNANCE, CHORLEY
THIS GUN WAS PRESENTED BY THE ROYAL
ARSENAL WOOLWICH. IN 1964 TO MARK THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
OPENING OF THIS FACTORY. THE GUN WAS CAST ABOUT THE YEAR 1812 BY
WALKER AND COMPANY OF ROTHERHAM, WHOSE INITIALS W.C. ARE ON THE
TRUNNION ENDS. THE CREST IS THAT OF KING GEORGE TI. THE BORE OF
THE GUN IS 4" AND IT WOULD HAVE FIRED AN IRON BALL WEIGHING
ABOUT 9 POUNDS, WITH A FIGHTING RANGE OF ABOUT 700 YARDS. THE
CARRIAGE IS A REPRODUCTION OF THE TYPE ON WHICH THE GUN WOULD
ORIGINALLY HAVE BEEN MOUNTED.
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Wed 27 Jul 2022
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A day visit to Halifax and the Bankfield Museum. also called at
nearby the Victoria Monument were so of the scenes were filmed
for the Alan Bennett film 'A Day Out' first sown in Dec 1972. it
is about a Halifax Cycling club in 1911 out for a ride to
Fountains Abbey. |
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Victoria Monument, Halifax. |
Opening sequence from
Alan Bennett's 'A Day Out' |
Bankfield Museum, Halifax.
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Bankfield Museum. |
Bankfield Museum. |
Bankfield Museum library. |
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Bankfield Museum. |
Bankfield Museum. |
Halifax Gebbet-Law. |
Axe from the original gibbet (gillotine) |
Bowling Dyke Mill. |
Bankfield Museum. |
Bought a second hand CTC (Cyclists' Touring Club)
badge off eBay. |
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Tue 26 Jul 2022
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Re-visited 'Mountain View' in the Howhill Fells. see walks page
for details. |
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Mon 25 Jul 2022
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Bus to Bolton for visit to dentist. Also called in to the Bolton
Museum. |
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Bolton Museum. |
Bolton Museum. |
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Samuel Crompton (1753 – 1827) was an English inventor and
pioneer of the spinning industry. Hhe invented the spinning
mule, a machine that revolutionised the industry worldwide.
He was born in 10 Firwood Fold, Bolton, Lancashire to George and
Betty Crompton (née Elizabeth Holt of Turton).
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POCKET WATCH
This watch was made by George Hodson of
Bolton and was purchased for five guineas by Samuel Crompton in
about 1780. He had earned this money through selling the first
amounts of the fine cotton spun on his Mule. In 1827, on his
deathbed, Samuel Crompton gave this watch to his son, James. |
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This 'Witness' 35mm camera was designed by a firm set up in
Bolton by two German Jews who had fled the Nazis in the 1930s.
In April 1953 it was on sale for £112.12s.6d. A commercial
failure, only 350 are thought to have been made. |
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Sat 23 Jul 2022
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A morning walk along Gannow Lane and over the Leeds &
Liverpool Canal. |
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A early evening walk back from Chorley when I photographed this
milepost being consumed by a tree. It was just in
Whittle-le-Woods. |
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Fri 22 Jul 2022
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Fitted my new fridge that was delivered on Wed
afternoon. |
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Thu 21 Jul 2022
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The River Lostock flows through Whittle-le-Woods on its way to
Croston where it joins the River Yarrow. The water soon joins
the River Douglas and on to the Ribble Estuary and Irish Sea. In
1803 another waterway arrived at a higher level, the Lancaster
Canal (south). The canal in the area was engineered by John
Jennie and connected Liverpool with Walton Summit where a horse
drawn tramway carried goods between Walton Summit and Preston to
connect to the north section of the canal. The Whittle length
was mostly redundant from the 1860s with the arrival of the
railways and filled in when the M61 was built through the area
in 1969. The aqueduct that carried the canal over the River
Lostock still exists and fortunately has a footpath through it
to make an interesting walk. I enjoyed a wander thought today
and stopped to admire the stonework that is now over 219 years
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53 years ago I wrote about a special weekend in my diary. On Sun
20th July 1969 I listened to the Apollo 11 moon landing and
stayed up through the night watching TV and the first moon-walk
by Neil Armstrong on Mon 21 July 1969. The crew were Neil
Armstrong, Michael Collins & Buzz Aldrin. Between 1969 and 1972
there were six crewed missions to the moon and a total of 12
astronauts landed. The last mission was 14 Dec 1972 with Gene
Cernan and Harrison Schmitt on Apollo 17 walking on the moon. It
is interesting to note that Harrison Schmitt was (with Gene
Cernan) the last man on the moon and the first scientist
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Wed 20 Jul 2022
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Most of the Mills by the River Irwell have gone, but many paths
used by the workers remain. |
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Tue 19 Jul 2022
A walk up Great Yarlside in Cumbria on the warmest day of
the year so far. The first objective was to visit the Ring Trig
Point near the summit. |
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Mon 18 Jul 2022
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Morning view of the rhododendrons in the Whittle &
Clayton-le-Woods Memorial Garden. |
A lovely evening bike ride along Marsh Lane, Brindle. |
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Sun 17 Jul 2022
A Sunday morning wander along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
ps: the figure was not added afterwards, just lucky he was
wandering by. |
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Sat 16 Jul 2022
Wow.. A fantastic afternoon for the Adlington Carnival and
its 50th celebration. Perfect weather and many events seemed to
bring out all the residents onto the streets. I went over on my
bike so by going round the course the opposite way I managed to
see it three times! |
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Catherine & Sir Lindsay Hoyle. |
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Fri 15 Jul 2022
Day 3 (Fri 15th July 2022) of pumping from the River
Lostock, Factory Ln., Whittle-le-Woods. Fire & Rescue are still
on site round the clock pumping to the Waste Management site
fire off Dawson Ln. The pumping rate has been reduced & only one
of the two lines are being used. Later in the day they stopped
pumping and packed their stuff away. |
Pump on Factory Lane. |
Packing the connectors away. |
Fire &
Rescue, Factory Lane. |
Packing away. |
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Out for an evening bike ride via Dover Farm,
Hoghton. |
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Thu 14 Jul 2022
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Fire & Rescue have added a second pipeline from the River
Lostock at Factory Ln. Whittle-le-Woods. This is day 2 of
pumping to the fire at the Clayton Hall Landfill site off Dawson
Ln. Pumping at 1,700 lt/min. |
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Wed 13 Jul 2022
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Tom Simpson. |
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Remembering Tom Simpson (1937 - 13 July 1967) who died 55 years
ago today. He was Britain’s first World Champion Cyclist and
died in the Tour de France while climbing Mont Ventoux, the
thirteenth stage on 13 July 1967. |
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Tom is buried in Harworth Cemetery, Nottinghamshire. An
estimated 5,000 mourners attended the funeral including Peugeot
teammate Eddy Merckx, the only continental rider there. |
Lots of activity in Whittle-le-Woods this morning. There is
smoke over the Clayton Hall Landfill & Fire & Rescue are setting up to
pump water out of the River Lostock on Factory Ln. Later in
morning returned to Factory lane whee pumping had started. Said
they were pumping ai 1,700 lt/min. And would be pumping round
the clock for possibly a couple of days. |
Factory Lane, Whittle-le-Woods. |
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CT Scanner |
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Tue 12 Jul 2022
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Set off early to drive home. Over A9 Drumochter Pass stopped at
layby to see Wade’s Stone as shown on Google maps. It wasn't
there. I did another search and found out Google is wrong and it
is at the layby further north. As I was on a dual carriageway I
had a long drive to go back to find the stone deep in ferns a
short way from the layby. |
The Wade Stone. |
The Wade stone. This stone was erected in 1729 to mark the
completion of a section of General Wade's Military Road through
Glen Garry. |
Moffat & Wallace Bros. |
Wallace Bros to buy a stake pie. |
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Mon 11 Jul 2022
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Scotts Pine on descent of Schiehallion. |
Thyme |
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Sun 10 Jul 2022
Did final loading of the car and set off to drive north
around 07:30
An easy drive north via M6, M74, M80, A9 to
Perth to get fuel then on to Aberfeldy and Schiehallion Road.
Drove down the access drive to Tullochroisk farm where I met
Finlay who asked me to park by the bridge and gate. I left my
car and walked with rucksack back up the drive to the
Schiehallion Road then across open land to Allt Leathan (Broad
Burn) to the ruined shieling at the base of the climb. I climbed
steadily upwards due south to around the 650m contour then
headed for the 1774 Observatory site use by Rev Nevil Maskelyne
the Astronomer Royal, while he made observations to measure the
mass of the Earth. I’d carried my Hilleberg tent and set up camp
around 5pm. The weather was warm and sunny with clear excellent
views. I was surprised to be able to see Ben Nevis 1,345m
(4,4413ft) high & 58km (34miles) away. |
My tent pitched on the north observatory site. |
Just to the right of the rent is Ben Nevis 58km (35mils) away |
It was still light at 22:20. |
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Sat 09 Jul 2022
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Dean picked me up early afternoon and drove to Peter and
Susan’s at Chapel Close, Storth, Milnthorpe, LA7 7BU for their
50th Wedding Anniversary garden party. Nice sunny warm day. |
Dean. |
Peter, Susan family and friends. 50th wedding anniversary. |
Peter, Susan 25th wedding anniversary in 1997. |
Peter and Susan at the 40th in 2012 |
Aunty Margaret & Mum 1972. |
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Wed 06 Jul 2022
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Evening visit to Wigan Archaeological Society. |
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Tue 05 Jul 2022
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Tue 5th July 2022 markesthe 90th anniversary of the inauguration
of the Hodder Supply Project that supplied Blackpool with water
from Stocks Reservoir near Slaidburn. It was opened by HRH the
Prince George (1902-1942) on Tue 5th July 1932. |
HRH the Prince George at Stocks Reservoir. Tue 5th July 1932. |
Souvenir of the Inauguration. |
HRH the Prince George (1902-1942). |
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Afternoon bus ride to Bolton for a visit to the dentist. Also
had a wander round |
Bolton. |
Grave of Samuel Crompton. |
Monument to Samuel Crompton. |
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Sun 03 Jul 2022
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Cycled through Bamber Bridge so see whee they will be
putting up a memorial plaque to the Battle of Bamber Bridge. |
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Plaque in the pavement. |
The Plaque to be fitted. |
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Sat 02 Jul 2022
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This morning I visited the Horwich Heritage Centre, Beaumont Rd
to see the exhibition ‘175 Years of the Rivington Reservoirs’.
It is on from Sat 2nd July to Fri 29th Sep 2022. The exhibition
was opened by Cllr Steven Chadwick, the Mayor of Horwich. Along
with information about the reservoirs, design engineers and
navvies who built them there are many other things to see. |
Horwich Heritage Centre.
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Opened by Cllr Steven Chadwick, the Mayor of Horwich.
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Loco Works 1902 |
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Ladies making shells 1914-1918. |
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The Old Black Lad Inn before the reservoirs. |
Navvies |
John Bateman (1810-1889) Engineer
to the Chorley Water Supply
1850. |
Horwich Loco Works Erecting Shop Giraffe Riveter. |
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Fri 01 Jul 2022
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This morning I visited the Whittle and Clayton-le-Woods War
memorial shortly before 07:30am. Today (Fri 1st July 2022) is
the 106th anniversary of the WW1 Battle of the Somme which
started at 07:30am 1st July 1916. Several men whose names are on
the memorial were killed on the first day of the battle. |
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