Boyd's photo diary. |
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May22 |
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Sat 28 May 2022
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Morning cycled to Chorley. Morning cycled to Chorley. Then two
to Chorley Exchange shop on the market.
Bought Samsung Galaxy
FE 5G from Zee. |
Samsung Galaxy FE 5G |
Zee at Chorley Xchange Shop
27 Market Place. |
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Fri 27 May 2022
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Cycled to Withnell Fold and down to the mill area to take a few
general photos as the demolition & redevelopment of the
remaining buildings is supposed to be happening soon. |
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Thu 26 May 2022
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Bank stabilisation works continue on Town Lane,
Whittle-le-Woods. |
Town Lane. |
Town Lane. |
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Wed 25 May 2022
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Then and now, 40years on. My new passport has arrived. The retro
design makes us look like we still have an Empire! |
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Mon 23 May 2022
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Sun 22 May 2022
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Mowing below Liseux Hall. |
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Sat 21 May 2022
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Walked to the Whittle Millstones monument for 09:30 to lead the
first Whittle History walk no2 with 10 people. I met the next
group of 10 at 2pm to do the walk again. |
Whittle-le-Woods local history walk no 2 the morning group. |
Whittle-le-Woods local history walk no 2 the afternoon group. |
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It's Mum's birthday so evening cycle ride to Pleasington then
Withnell Fold. |
Mum's ashes are at Plot H, Pleasington Crematorium.
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Pasta and a beer on Mum's bench at Withnell Fold. |
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Thu 19 May 2022
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Walked to Birching Lane and Lower Denham Springs Printworks
reuins to do an interview with Paul O'Gorman of Radio
Lancashire. |
Paul O'Gorman of Radio Lancashire.
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The Printworks cimney. |
An evening walk to Whittle Springs on the Leeds & Liverpool
Canal. |
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Wed 18 May 2022
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While on my Cumbria walk called into the Threlkeld Mining Museum
for a quick look. |
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One of the museum rooms. |
A view of Blencathra from the riveted bridge along the old
railway line route. |
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Tue 17 May 2022
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Walked to Manor Road Primary School for 09:30am to lead another
history walk for the Year 4 students. We walked down to Lower
Kem Mill ruins where I spoke about the development of the Mill
for textile printing through the water powered era and into
steam power with coal and its final closure in 1914 after it
burnt down. |
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Mon 16 May 2022
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Kem Mill Lane is back from Lower Kem Mill Lane,
Whittle-le-Woods.
See 10th May 2022. |
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Sun 15 May 2022
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A walk to Lower Copthurst to see the Hydram pump by the spring
above the River Lostock and also the old waterweel pit for the
the old Denham Springs Printworks. |
Hydram |
Waterwheel pit. |
Town Lane work to concretre the side of the stream. |
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Sat 14 May 2022
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Westhoughton High School
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Morning drive to Westhoughton High School for the ‘At Home’
conference of the Lancashire Local History Federation hosted by
the Westhoughton Local History Group. At Westhoughton High
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Bolton Road, Westhoughton BL53DN |
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10 Introduction – David Kaye ( Chairman) - WLHG
10.20 – 11.10
Westhoughton’s History – Pam Wood, Anne Hodgson, Garth Ratcliffe
- WLHG
11.10 – 11.25 Short break/refreshments
11.25 –
12.30 The Burning of Westhoughton Mill by Luddites (1812) – Pam
Wood and Colin Gradwell
12.30 – 13.40 Buffet Lunch
13.45 –
14.45 The History of the Bolton – Leigh Railway (1828) – Phil
Wood - WLHG
14.45 – 15.00 Short break
15.00 – 15.45
Pretoria Pit Disaster (1910) – Jim Berry (Lead singer of
Houghton Weavers) and Garth Ratcliffe |
Mural of Pretoria Pit Disaster (1910) in Westhoughton Library. |
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I was out for a sunny cycle ride around the lanes of Brindle
when I noticed this interesting Messerschmitt car. This model is
a 3 wheeler, produced between 1955–1964. It is powered by a 191
cc single cylinder two-stroke engine. |
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Fri 13 May 2022
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Set off to drive home from Scotland. On the way visited Allean
forest car park off the B8019 and walked up to the reconstructed
shieling |
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Thu 12 May 2022
To the west the road ends by the Loch Lyon dam but a track
continues up towards the remote Glen Cailliche. I trekked the 6
miles there to visit a small stone shieling (hut) called Tigh
Nam Bodach (house of the old man) and sometimes Tigh Nan
Cailleach (house of the old woman). It is the only surviving
shrine to the goddess Cailleach.
The family of water-worn
sandstones roughly shaped in human forms were brought out on 1st
May. The largest stone represents the Cailleach, while others
represent her husband Bodach "the old man" , their daughter
Nighean and other small children. The stone family only live in
the sheiling from Samhain 31st Oct (or 1st Nov) to Beltane 1st
May, the two Celtic festivals that mark the end and beginning of
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Wed 11 May 2022
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Drove to west end of Glen Lyon, Scotland and had short rainy
walk. When I got back to the car was treated to a nice rainbow.
I took a conventional photo and another in infrared. |
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Infrared.
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Tue 10 May 2022
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Recent renaming of Kem Mill Lane to Lower kem Mill Lane. A few
days later it was back to Kem Mill Lane. |
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A new venue for Chorley Historical & Archaeological
Society.
Now meeting at Astley Village Community Centre. |
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Sun 08 May 2022
Today (Sun 8th May 2022) marks the 77th anniversary of V-E Day
(Victory in Europe Day).
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27years ago on 08th May 1995
the 50th anniversary of V-E day was commemorated in
Whittle-le-Woods with an outdoor party and games on the playing
fields by Union Street.
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77 years ago on Tue 8th May
1945 Schools were granted 2 days holiday for the celebrations.
The following extract is from the Withnell Fold School log book.
The entry was written by the headmistress Miss Elsie Whitehead
(1909-2003)
“8.5.45 The war in Europe has ended today and all
schools have been granted two days holiday. The school therefore
is closed until Thursday morning.
10.5.45 School opened this
morning after victory celebrations. Four extra children being
away.”
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The surrender & end of WW2 can’t be tied to a
precise date as events were happening all over the world. The
late Les Chapman (1907-2008) from Chorley served throughout
Europe in the 2nd Army Ground Photo Unit. He was at the Luneberg
Heath surrender in Germany on 4th May 1945 where Admiral
Friedeburg signed the surrender in Monty's (Field Marshal
Montgomery) caravan. |
Withnell Fold School diary. |
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Sat 07 May 2022
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A walk over Pike Lowe above Brinscall to scatter more
ashes. |
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Thu 05 May 2022
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Out for an evening bike ride and stopped at the
Whittle-le-Woods Community Hall to votee in the local
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Dedrah won. |
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A morning walk in Cumbria where I took comparison photos on
Infrared. |
St John's in the Vale Church.
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Infrared view.
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Blencathra in the background.
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Infrared view.
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Mon 02 May 2022
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Today (Bank Hol Mon 2nd May 2022) we had calm overcast weather
for our 21st Whittle-le-Woods Duck Race on the River Lostock at
Waterhouse Green. The last race was in 2019 when it rained most
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Today a record number of spectators turned up to enjoy a
variety of entertainments and food stalls. There was a fantastic
burger stall, ice cream van, cake stall, face painting and a
long queue for the bar at the Roebuck that stretched out of the
front door, across the pavement and down the road. |
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Setting up the finish line in a new location. |
Start of the main race. |
Whittle & Clayton. |
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Whittle & Clayton. |
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Start of the main race. |
The results were:
Whittle-le-Woods Community Hall Trust
Duck Race.
Duck Race Xtra (100 ducks): winner No 77.
Main
Duck Race (1000 ducks): First No 556, 2nd No 45, 3rd No 549. |
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For anyone interested the course length was 141m and the
times/speeds were:
Race Xtra:
14 minutes 27 seconds 09.76
m/min (metres per minute).
Main race:
12 minutes 16
seconds 11.49 m/min (metres per minute)
A huge thanks to the
organisers and all those who ran the stalls. It was great to see
so many children enjoying themselves and cheering the ducks
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Sun 01 May 2022
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Morning drive to MyVue Blackburn to see Downton Abbey - A
New Era. |
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