Boyd's photo diary. |
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Fri 29 Jan 2021
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The siteof the Whittle & Clayton-le-Woods Parish club is being
re-developed as a new Medical Centre. The photos show sheet
piles being driven in. |
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Wed 27 Jan 2021
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Early morning walk through the Whittle & Clayton-le-Woods
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memorial Garden. |
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Mon 25 Jan 2021
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Early morning walk along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Riley
Green. |
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Sun 24 Jan 2021
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Hill Top Lane, Whittle-le-Woods.
Face by Frank's house. |
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Fri 22 Jan 2021
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Outside Whittle-le-Woods Methodist Church, Preston Rd. 1907 |
Same view today. |
2012 view of the Parish Club demolished one year ago |
Same view today. |
Swansey Mills 1891. |
The closed Adlington Rex Cinema in 2001 |
Same view today. |
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Cycle ride to Adlington to compare view of the Rex Cinema site
at the junction of Railway Road / Lancaster Close. |
Fri 1st Jan 2021 bottom of Moor Road near the Waterman's
Cottage. Anglezarke. |
Rebuilding the wall. |
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Thu 21 Jan 2021
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My 4 CD set has arrived from the USA.
I bought the vinyls in
the early 1970s |
Mid morning drove to Tockholes for a walk. It's great
exploring paths I’ve not been on before. This is Dean Lane,
Tockholes #Lancashire between Fine Peter’s and Earnsdale
Reservoir. |
Dean Lane. |
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This barn wall at Ryal Fold, Tockholes, dates from the 1770s and
shows the distinctive technique of a ‘watershot’ facade. The
stones are slightly angled in order to encourage water run-off. |
Ryal Fold, Tockholes. |
Watershot stonework. |
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Wed 20 Jan 2021
The undergound chamber new Low Mill now has an iron grill door. |
Poking the camera through the bars. |
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Sat 16 Jan 2021
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Weeping Stone on Birchin Lane. |
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This afternoon I was walking through Whittle Spinney Woodland by
Birchin Lane and took a photo of the Celtic Cross marking the
approximate location of the ancient St Helen’s Well. The actual
well site was a casualty of the M61 motorway and is buried
somewhere under the north carriageway. The Parish boundaries in
the area have changed over the years and even though the
‘Whittle Spinney’ sign is in Whittle-le-Woods the site of the
cross is just in Clayton-le-Woods and used to be in Brindle. The
stone cross was carved by the late Jack Sharples (1929-2017) and
erected in July 2003. The formal unveiling was in May 2004 by
Cllr Eric Bell. I thought it would be interesting to compare 3
photos over almost 18 years. |
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Nearby old Lime Kiln. |
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Thu 14 Jan 2021
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Weeping Stone on Birchin Lane. |
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A wet & snowy morning was not ideal weather for digging out,
cleaning and photographing an ancient Weeping Stone. It was
originally used by people from South Hill, Heapey, Brinscall,
Withnell, up to the opening of the present St. Chad's Church,
Whittle-le-Woods in 1791. Before that they used to bury their
dead in Brindle churchyard and crosses were erected by the
wayside where the burial party would rest on their way to
Brindle. Weeping Stones were also placed by the road. On these
the coffins were placed whilst the bearers rested. One such
stone can still be seen by Birchin Lane. It used to be in
Whittle-le-Woods but became part of Brindle when the border was
moved to the M61. This stone had a dual use as between 1844 and
1846 it was used for an Ordnance Survey Bench Mark at an
altitude of 311 ft above sea level (Liverpool). The highlighting
is chalk which I washed off after taking the photo. |
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Mon 11 Jan 2021
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Three cottages shown on the map were demolished around 1960 and
excavated to show the cellars before re-development can go
ahead. |
Lunchtime walk to Rip Row end of Whittle-le-Woods. |
The old cellars exposed. |
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Sun 10 Dec 2021
Late afternoon bike ride passing
St Barnanas Church, Heapey &
Audrey
Eckersley's grave. |
Audrey's grave in Oct 2020 |
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Sat 09 Jan 2021
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Whittle-le-Woods Methodist Church. |
Covid 19 vaccination centre at
Clayton Green Medical Centre. |
Covid 19 vaccination centre at
Clayton Green Medical Centre. |
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Fri 08 Jan 2021
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There was some snowfall this morning on Waterhouse Green,
Whittle-le-Woods. Our Christmas Tree is still up but the lights
are no longer there. Let's hope next Christmas is a better one.
Snow on my lens. |
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Sun 03 Jan 2021
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Biggest snowman in Whittle-le-Woods at Hill Foot Farm. |
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Sat 02 Jan 2021
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A little lunchtime snow on Waterhouse Green. |
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Fri 01 Jan 2021
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Early morning view of my first camp of 2021 on Hurst HIll.
The foreground illumination is moonlight. |
View in daylight. |
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