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Fri 28 Apr 2017
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Lovely tulip display in Newton-by-Bowland |
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Thu 27 Apr 2017
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Called at the Botany Bay Centre to have a look at the
Chorley Mills Heritage exhibition on floor 4. |
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Workers at Canal Mill (Botny Bay)
Joyce Dyson, front
left Margaret Jackson, back row second left Pamela Wrigley (new
Brown), Audrey Jackson on Pamela's left
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Inside Botany Bay |
Inside Botany Bay |
Flower display outside |
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Tue 25 Apr 2017
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Drove to Dunford Bridge then bike ride via Woodhead pass and
Holme Moss |
Holme Moss summit (524m 1,719ft) |
Digley Reservoir |
After only 2 years the new bridge over the railway at
Harpers Lane Chorley is being dug up again because of a
collapsed plastic duct under the tarmac. |
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Sun 23 Apr 2017
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The Bonnington Hotel, Southampton Row, London. We stayed here in
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Pat, me & Dean in Trafalgar Square |
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In 1959 my Aunty Tizzie and Uncle Arthur took Cousin Pat, me and
Dean to London for a few days to see the sights. It was an
amazing adventure and exploration for three young children. |
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Sat 22 Apr 2017
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Rottingdean Windmill on Beacon Hill |
Colorful Eastbourn in the cold |
Pevensey Castle |
Alice, who lives nearby, called for a brew while I visited
Pevensey Castle |
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Fri 21 Apr 2017
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Software treatment of a nice line of trees |
Early morning view of the Solent from my Tent |
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Thu 20 Apr 2017
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Salisbury Cathedral |
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Wed 19 Apr 2017
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This morning set off on the train to Manchester then on to
Bristol to start a cycle ride along the south coast to Hastings |
Chorley Railway Station |
After riding along a cycle track on the old railway I
reached Bath. A town I've never visited. |
The Crescent, Bath |
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I love coming across new stuff. Last
week I was cycling along part of the Kennet & Avon Canal to the
east of Bristol when I came to an information board by the site
of the very first
Plasicine Factory.
Part of my youth was spent making
things with plasticine and I’d never given a thought to where it
came from. It was invented by the artist William Harbutt
(1844–1921).
He was headmaster of the Bath School
of Art and Design from 1874 to 1877 then later opened his own
The Paragon Art Studio. He invented Plasticine around 1897 as a
non-drying modelling clay for use by his students. In 1900 he
converted a nearby factory in Bathampton to manufacture the
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Tue 18 Apr 2017
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This afternoon we said goodbye to our friend and historian
colleague Rosemary Boyd (1943-2017)
As expected the memorial
and celebration of her life, which was held at Charnock Richard
Crematorium, was attended by so many that after filling the
chapel people had to stand outside. |
Rosemary Boyd (1943-2017) |
Charnock Richard Crematorium |
Charnock Richard Crematorium |
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Sat 15 Apr 2017
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Today's third Chorley Grand Prix Cycle Race was won by Preston
rider Ian Bibby who also won the first in 2015 year. After a
solo ride in the closing miles he managed to extend his lead to
2min 53sec by the time he crossed the line on Park Road. The
strong winds caused lots of problems for those riders who lost
contact with the main bunch. Even the main field was split into
several groups by the end. |
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Ian Bibby wins
the 2017 Chorley Grand Prix Cycle Race |
On the start line |
School Lane, Brinscall |
Passing Hillside Methodist Church, Brinscall |
Music at Hillside |
Graham
Cutler and Michael Brennan riding nowhere for the duration of
the race. |
Riding up Dole Ln., Abbey Village |
Getting a time check |
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Fri 14 Apr 2017
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Shiehallion from Ben Chuallaich |
Ben Chuallaich summit in the mist |
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Thu 13 Apr 2017
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Seen on a plaque at the start of the Schiehallion climb.
In
the summer of 1774 the reverend Nevil Maskelyne FRS, Astronomer
Royal, set up observatories on either side of Schiehallion to
measure by how much plumblines would be pulled out of the
vertical and towards the mountain by the gravitational force due
to its mass. At the time, this was called 'The Attraction of
Mountains'. in effect, it became the first determination of
Newton's Universal Gravitational Constant.
The mountain was
surveyed by Reuben Burrow of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. he
calculations were made by the mathematician Charles Hutton FRS,
during which he was the first to use land surface contour lines,
now universally employed in map making.
This plaque was set
up by The Royal Society in 1982, the 250th anniversary of
Maskelyn's birth. |
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Shiehallion summit |
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Wed 12 Apr 2017
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Enjoying On a few days walking in Scotland.
This is The Sow
of Atholl, west of the A9 |
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Mon 10 Apr 2017
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The Duke of York, Chorley Old Road, Whittle-le-Woods.
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contractors are now on site (Mon 10 Apr 2017) to start the
demolition. The first job is to reclaim the slates. I managed to
get permission to photograph the interior before the demolition
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Sun 09 Apr 2017
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While out for a bike ride along the A674 Feniscowles on my
way to Pleasington I came to a road closure. Being on a bike I
continued and found they were cutting a large tree down near the
Pleasington turn off. A huge crane was being used.
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Sat 08 Apr 2017
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A
lovely sunny day for a bike ride via St Peter's Church, Belmont |
Some recent hedge laying on Town Lane by the Canal |
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Fri 07 Apr 2017
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Frank's house
porch now has the lamp back outside |
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The Duke of York, Chorley Old Rd., Whittle-le-Woods is about to
be demolished |
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Tue 04 Apr 2017
A sunny evening walk through Cuerden Valley Park |
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Sun 02 Apr 2017
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Out for a cycle ride via Great Harwood |
Memorial Clock Towerin Gt Harwood, 1903, to
John Mercer (1791-1866) industrial chemist, inventor of "mercerisation"
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Cycling through Blackburn |
An evening walk along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal |
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Conventional photo of the
towpath and then treated with Topaz labs software |
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Sat 01 Apr 2017
Tonights musical treat by Tarleton and District Brass Band in
Whittle-le-Woods Village Hall included some delightful
arrangements.
Who'd have thought that the 1962 no.1 hit "Nut
Rocker" by B. Bumble and the Stingers would suit a brass band?
Well it did. It was originally modified from Tchaikovsky's
"March" from the Nutcracker Suite. |
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