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Sun 29 Jun 2008
After all the rain we've had recently there was a nice sunny evening. So
I used it go for a walk along the Leeds & Liverpool canal locks at Town
Lane.
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Fri 27 Jun 2008
This evening saw the official opening of Chorley Photographic Society’s
annual exhibition at Astley Hall. It was opened by Mr. Norman Thompson
DPAGB LBIPP the President of the Lancashire & Cheshire Photographic
Union (L&CPU).
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Some of the
painted wooden panels in the main hall have been cleaned. They
are thought to date from the early 1600s. |
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Tue 24 Jun 2008
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Allen's Butchers,
Chapel Street Chorley. The best sausages and burgers available. |
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Sat 21 Jun 2008
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The summer solstice sunrise from the summit of Grey Friar,
Cumbria |
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Mon 16 Jun 2008
Photo outing with Chorley Photographic Society. This time to Clitheroe
and the Brungerley sculpture trail.
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Sat 14 Jun 2008
South Ribble Museum opened another of its superb photo exhibitions. This
time the Royal Geographic Society's
Visions of the World.
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Deflating a balloon on Scott's first
Antarctic expedition in 1904 |
Niagara Falls, Canada 1860s |
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USS Atka, Antarctic 1960 |
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I had a pleasant
evening walk along Carwood Lane and passed Hill Foot Cottage.
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Fri 13 Jun 2008
You'd think that the sign below was clear enough. It was in the
window of The Book Clearance Centre, Market Walk, Chorley. When I
went in to buy 3 books at £1.99 I was told the offer only applied to
selected fiction titles. You'd think they were contravening the trade
Descriptions Act. They were in fact trading under an obscure legal
phrase called 'Invitation to Treat'. Which means they can advertise at
what price they like and they don't have to sell you anything. So much
for the law, what an ass?
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Sun 08 Jun 2008
Today was the last service at the Wheelton Methodist Church in Higher
Wheelton. The church opened in Aug 1842. A congregation of 32 attended the service by Rev Andrew Mashiter. The hymns were chosen to suit the occasion and the final hymn,
‘The day thou gavest’ written by John Ellerton (1826-93), contained the
suitable line ’The dawn leads on another day’
The last service. |
The last congregation. |
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Mon 02 Jun 2008
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first summer photo outing of Chorley Photographic Society. We
had a look at the Ice House next to Worden Hall, Leyland. It is
similar in construction to the one at Cuerden Hall. |
Looking down into the Ice House. |
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Called to see Jack on the way home
and he was converting an old stone gate-post into a stone seat.
The scroll design is beginning to emerge from the stone as Jack
chips away. |
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Sun 01 Jun 2008
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It is 29 years
today since my father died. His name is in the Remembrance Book
at Pleasington Crematorium so I cycled there through the rain to
see the entry.
My father's entry.
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Book of Remembrance |
Book of Remembrance |
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stopped to look at the Methodist Church in Higher Wheelton. Next
Sunday will be it's last service after 166 years. it opened on
25th August 1842 |
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The Church this morning. |
The Church around 1890 |
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