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Fri 31 May 2019
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Morning cycled to St Joseph’s Church, off Private Road, Brindle.
The reason was to check out the stone cross adjacent to the
church that is reputed to have been moved from its original
location to the NW of Haddock Park Wood. There is little
information about the cross. It is referred to in ‘The Ancient
Crosses and Holy Wells of Lancashire – revised’ but little is
said other than it was moved. There are no markings or
inscriptions. There is more information in the "Transactions of
the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society" published 1900
which says:
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Stone cross adjacent St Joseph's Church, Brindle |
"Transactions of the
Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society" published 1900
Ancient Crosses of Lancashire
Haddock Park Wood Cross. — This
cross stood at an angle in the boundary line between the
hundreds of Blackburn and Leyland, distant about one mile
north-west from S. James's Church, Brindle. This cross, Mr.
Myres, of Preston, tells me, has been removed to the Brindle
Roman Catholic burial ground, and is still to be seen there. On
the other hand, I was informed (17th March, 1899) by an old
inhabitant of Clayton Green, that the ancient cross now in the
Brindle Roman Catholic burial ground was at one time in the
Swansey Farmyard, Whittle-le-Woods, and the tenant, Edward
Knight (since deceased) considering that it was his property,
and being a Catholic, had it so transferred. |
The cross to the west of St Joseph's |
St Joseph's Interior |
1848 map showing the original position of the cross |
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Mon 27 May 2019 Spring Bank Holiday
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Wreath |
Wreath |
The wreaths at the Whittle and Clayton-le-Woods War Memorial
are looking rather sad. |
Part of the inscription |
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My first visit to the new Lidle at Clayton Green. I called in to
see if they had andy chilies, they didn't. |
Some lovely colours in Rita's garden |
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Sun 26 May 2019
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A visit to Duke Bar, Burnley to compare views probably over a
hundred year apart. |
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Sat 25 May 2019
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One of the footbridges at Johnson's Hillock has been replaced |
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Fri 24 May 2019
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A morning walk by the Whittle & Clayton-le-Woods War Memorial |
'Shadow Board' in the Royal Observer Corps bunker on Denham
Hill, Brindle |
360deg view of the R.O.C. Post Brindle |
Afternoon visit to Helmshore Textile Museum |
Group photo on display in the museum |
Helmshore Spinning Mule machine |
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Thu 23 May 2019
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While on a walk south of Braithwaite, Cumbria I photographed the
site of a building I photographed on 5th Apr 2006. |
Thu 23 May 2019 |
5th Apr 2009 |
Thu 23 May 2019 |
5th Apr 2009 |
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Sun 19 May 2019
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The Chorley Photographic
Society Annual Exhibition is now on at Astley Hall, Chorley
opening weekends and Bank Holidays 12 till 1630. It opened
yesterday Sat 18th May 2019 and is on for 2 months ending on
July 14th. I called this afternoon for a look and found it up to
the usual extremely high standard. |
Ffordes Beauly near Inverness |
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There was an extra treat in Astley Park as many vintage
cars were on display outside the Hall. Chorley Photographic
Society is one of the oldest groups in Chorley. The earliest
written evidence of the Society was in two lengthy articles from
the Chorley Guardian newspaper dated 1895 and 1896. In these
articles the society is referred to as The Chorley Photographic
and Sketching Society. There are no records before this time so
we can only presume that the Sketching Society may well predate
the birth of popular photography. The first of these articles
describes a meeting at which a photographic plate is developed
and a photograph produced. Many of the invited guests were
amazed at this process. |
Astley Hall |
Astley Hall |
Astley Hall exhibition hall |
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Sat 18 May 2019
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This morning (Sat 18 May 2019) I was walking by the Campsie
Hills Lennoxtown, Dumbartonshire, Scotland when the rainy
weather diverted me from the hills and down to a rocky river
gorge & Kirk Burn. There were some picturesque waterfalls and a
mysterious cross. |
Waterfall in the Glen |
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By the road is Jamie Wright’s Well. The spring had existed for
many years and converted to Jamie Wright's Well a memorial to a
local angler who tapped the rock to provide drinking water on
his walks to go fishing. The poem was written by James Simmonds
in the late 1800's. It is also known as Slimmon Memorial to
commemorate the local poet James Slimmon, who died in 1898. |
Jamie Wright's Well by the road |
Jamie Wright's Well |
Jamie Wright's Well as it used to look |
Jamie Wright's Well |
Inscription on the Well
"Hail to your dimplin' wimplin
drop
Clear, caller, caul'
That bids the drouthy traveller
stop
And tak 'his fill'
Hail to your heart-reviving tipple
Enticing slee wi twinklin' ripple,
Thou crystal milk frae
Nature's nipple
Wee Mountain Well!
Born of the whirlin'
wintry flake
Of Arctic shower
When charging storms the
welkin rake
And scrudge the bower,
You joukit frae the
furious blast
And seepin' doon the mountain past
Till here
my craig you weet at last
Sine ower the stour"
JAMES M
SLIMMON
ERECTED BY FRIENDS OF THE POET |
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Thu 16 May 2019
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A lovely sunrise before the start of today's walk |
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Wed 15 May 2019
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Drove to Beaulieu to the Ffordes camera shop where I had
pre-arranged to leave my Hasselblad equipment camera equipment
for them to sell. After they checked in the items and tick them
off the list I set off again to drive via Ullapool and on
towards Durness |
Ffordes Beauly near Inverness |
Hasselblad 500C |
Hasselblad SWC Superwide C |
Hasselblad 150mm Sonnar
my favourite lens |
Hasselblad 50mm Distagon |
Evening walk |
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Mon 13 May 2019
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Sad to hear the news this morning that
Doris Day (3 Apr1922 – 13 May 2019) has died at the age of
97. I’ll always remember her as Calamity Jane on the Deadwood
Stage (Calamity Jane film 1953). |
Doris
Day |
Doris as Calamity Jane |
Doris Day |
Doris |
Doris Day |
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Sun 12 May 2019
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A nice sunny day for the Chorley 10k fun run plus other events
for parents and children. |
Astley Park gates |
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Sat 11 May 2019
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Work day at the ROC Denham Hill or bunker work day. Michael and
Steve there continuing clearing up the tiles from the interior.
I did some measuring up. |
Michael by the access lid |
Above ground features |
Important equipment - the Home Office kettle |
Original light switch ran off
12v DC & lead acid battery |
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Fri 10 May 2019
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I was out for an evening cycle ride along Marsh Lane, Brindle
when I stopped on the bridge over the M65. Looking into the sun
then with the sun behind gave interesting and contrasting views. |
Into the sun |
Sun behind |
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Wed 08 May 2019
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Dismal and rainy weather. Drove to Gibson Mill near Hebden
Bridge. Parked on the Widdop Road small car park and walked down
the track and across Hebden Beck to the mill. Built in around
1800, it was one of the first mills of the Industrial
Revolution. The addition of the weaving shed in 1840 led to the
production of cotton cloth until 1890. At the turn of the
century, it started a new life as an Entertainment Emporium with
roller skating and tea dances until 1940 when it fell into ruin.
The National Trust acquired it in 1950. |
Gibson Mill only operated as a cotton weaving mill until
1890 and around 1900 was converted into an early form of theme
park! It has been National Trust since 1950 and around 2005
became fully sustainable using water and solar power for all its
needs. I noticed the mass array of batteries. |
Gibson Mill |
Path to the mill |
Interior |
Not Gibson Mill but similar era |
Top floor |
Stepping stones downstream |
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Mon 06 May 2019
Cold and rain greeted the opening of the 20th May Day
Whittle-le-Woods Duck Race on the River Lostock by Waterhouse
Green and the Roebuck, Whittle-le-Woods. The weather didn’t put
people off and soon we were bathed in warm sunshine as the
crowds flooded in.
The first elite event stared at 14:30 and
had 100 ducks. The main race of 1,000 set off at 15:00. Many
stalls were on including my favourite, the burger and hot dog
stand. A huge thanks to the event workers and the
Whittle-le-Woods Community Hall Trust who made it all happen. |
Annual Duck Race |
Burgers |
Cakes |
Starting in the rain
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Starting the first race at 14:30 |
Bag of ducks for the second race |
Dedicated band of voluneers |
Starting the second race at 15:00 |
Ducks down the Lostock |
Above the finishing line |
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Sat 04 May 2019
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3,000 Aluminium Easter Eggs Installation by the River Ribble,
Preston. Designed by locat artist Sarah Hicks inspired by the
German tradition of decorating trees and bushes with painted
eggs. Eggs decorated by children in Preston over 3 years. |
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Crossing Penwortham Bridge |
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Fri 03 May 2019
Deep below Denham Hill, Brindle is a long decommissioned (ROC)
Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post. After years of vandalism
and arson it is now being renovated by a team of volunteers. I
was able to join them this morning (Fri 3 May 2019) which was
also handy as I was able to shelter from the rain.
After
World War II there was continuing tension between Russia,
Eastern European countries and the United States and Western
Europe. Both sides had the nuclear capability to annihilate the
other. This was known as the Cold War. The paranoia of those
times said the world could end any day and that we might get a
‘4-minute warning’. |
This posts operated from 1962 to 1991 and was manned by three
members of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC) & their role would be
to note the details of a nuclear burst and relay this
information by radio to their headquarters.
It is also interesting to
note that the site was originally a water storage tank installed
in the mid-1930s to supply drinking water to Brindle. The source
of the water was from Denham Springs near Copthurst and a ‘Hydram’
pump manufactured by John Blake Ltd. Accrington was use to lift
the water. Around 1947 a new reservoir for Brindle was built on
Duxon Hill, receiving pumped water from the Thirlmere Aqueduct.
From then the Denham Hill site was redundant until taken over by
the Royal Observer Corps. |
Down the access shaft |
Inside the Observation Post |
Communications box |
Communications box |
Michael and Steve hard at work on the
renovation |
Sump pump in the access shaft |
Toilet room |
Dismantling the pump for cleanings |
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Where the control panel used to be |
Fire Blanket box |
Sump below the access shaft |
Looking back to the access door |
Up the access shaft |
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Thu 02 May 2019
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After my Cumbria walk I returned home then walked up to the
Whittle-le-Woods Village Hall to vote in the Local Borough
Elections. |
Whittle-le_Woods Village Hall |
Polling Station inside |
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