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Stanley
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This is a continuation of Steeplejack's Next Corner. Click on this link for the older topic:
Jacks Corner Part 3
Stanley Challenger Graham
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stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk
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victorjack
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Posted - 10/06/2009 : 23:19
Yes Alan, you can blame the football for tonights quite corner. England had a stroll in the park and Stalybridge Celtic could have licked a poor Andorra side . Yet another big payout for the England players who have no idea we are in a recession . Of course , neither do the likes of Simon Cowell and Ant and Dec nor Jonothan Ross or the BBC either who are spending our licence money on rubbish. I read in our local Advertiser tonight how our local Labour group have praised James Purnell for his 'courage' id his back stabbing act against the prime minister and welcomed him back to our area . I would have used the the word cowardly for this inept and greedy MP who claimed more expenses than any other labour MP and he got away with not paying a penny back from the £141,000 he claimed . I feel Purnell got out before he was pushed out in the reshuffle planned by the PM and he hoped his treachery would have led to the PM's resignation that would have allowed this parasite to have rejoined the government but Gordon Brown's rally has after all left Purnell out in the cold and deservedly so . The tories of course have been as culpable un the expenses scam as the labour offenders and if Brown can raise his game and play fair with his public, one can out rule out a comeback by labour against all the odds.
Vic.
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Posted - 11/06/2009 : 08:23
Victor,
You're the voice from the wilderness!
Thankyou for the newspaper cutting which has been added into my archive. 
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victorjack
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Posted - 11/06/2009 : 15:26
Hi Alan,
I am glad you got the Reporter page with your great review in print. For your interest, the chap from Yorkshire sent a cheque for his book which now has been signed and posted on. Peter Holden lives in Hebdon Bridge West Yorkshire . Is he far away from your posh homestead by any chance? Thanks again for your loyal support.
Cheers..Vic.
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Stanley
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Posted - 11/06/2009 : 17:23
Daniel Meadows picture of the felling of Deerplay brickworks chimney in about 1980.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 11/06/2009 : 20:51
Hi Victor.
Hebden Bridge is around 17 miles from Farling Top.
There are one or two really bonny stone mill chimneys still extant. Well worth a visit.
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victorjack
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Posted - 11/06/2009 : 21:20
Sonds good Alan . Be nice to see the area, Are you well up in old books by the way. For years, I have had the Charles Dickens book --Little Dorrit. It is very old and was in the family for years ,There are lots of lovely illustrations throughout the book wonderfully drawn by someone called Phiz? I was reading it today and it is a great work . I doubt it is a first edition but it must be over 100 yrs old, yet it is in good condition. Has it any value do you think? Those drawings alone are quite something and this Phiz must have been a great artist.
Cheers...Vic
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Posted - 12/06/2009 : 08:08
Victor,
Your Charles Dicken's---will be very collectable and therefore well worth hanging on to, the drawings alone may be worth at least £25.00 each.
I have been collecting old books on mechanical and civil engineering for over 30 years; the information within the pages,the photographs---many being examples of mid to late Victorian photography are treasures to behold,and this also applies to the drawings.
I'm not reet interested in owt new!!
Cheers.
Alan.
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Posted - 12/06/2009 : 11:09
Two pictures taken at the Levant Mine in Cornwall. The boiler and a set of spanners - judging by the spanners they had some grand bolts! See also the Mine's web site: http://freespace.virgin.net/levant.mine
Edited by - Tizer on 12/06/2009 11:10:33
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Posted - 12/06/2009 : 21:06
Hi. Tizer,
Thanks for showing us the Cornish boiler in its historic setting.
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Posted - 12/06/2009 : 21:38
Hello Again Tizer,
Don't I just love old boilers?
This picture is of a Lancashire boiler front end plate, built in 1882 by William Bland & Sons of Bury.
I installed it into my former Pennine farmhouse after I had removed it from a redundant boilerhouse at Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire in December 1994. My son lives in the farmhouse.
Note the original Manlid spanners.
The encircling hand-made bricks that form the setting I rescued from a derelict late 17th century house in Rochdale; the ceiling timberwork I gleaned from an old railway warehouse in Manchester. I've always followed a passion for salvaging old materials.
Happy Hunting
Alan
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Mercury
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Posted - 13/06/2009 : 20:01
That's lovely, Alan. I've seen it on TV a few times! Would be nice with a couple of roaring fires and 80 psi on the gauge!
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victorjack
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Posted - 14/06/2009 : 22:01
Hi Stanley,
I wanted to post an interesting piece on our site in the form of my response to a letter in our newspaper from a lady who asked if I could give her some info on a famous poet from Hyde who wrote a poem on the opening of Hyde Town Hall in 1884. It was of interest to myself because I have had this poem for some yrars and I did paint the clock faces of that town hall in the 1950s. Some time later, a steeplejack was killed carrying out the same renovation. Bob may remember this tragedy. I thought the lads would like to see the poem but it would be handy if I could just send the poem straight to the site rather than typing it all. Tizer has already explained how to carry out this transfer but I can't seem to do the right thing. Any suggestions ?
Best Regards......Vic
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Stanley
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Posted - 15/06/2009 : 07:49
Probably quicker to just type it out and post it..... Otherwise scan the page and post as a JPEG.
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Posted - 15/06/2009 : 08:37
Hi, Vic. if this link works, is this the poem you referred to?, bodger
http://hydedailyphoto.blogspot.com/2008/07/close-up-on-time.html
"You can only make as well as you can measure"
Joseph Whitworth
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Posted - 15/06/2009 : 09:56
Vic asked me about posting and I told him how to paste the text in, but now I'm not sure whether it is text or a graphic. Here is the poem that Bodge has linked. (`JB' is `Owd Josh', former mayor Joshua Bradley).
From Gleams Of Sunshine by James Leigh
Opening Of Hyde Town hall Clock And Bells
October 18th 1884
Presented By Mr. Joshua Bradley, Of Godley.
Hark! To those sounds of jubilee
In honour of our friend J.B.;
Hark! To those sounds -
Loud cheers are heard on every hand,
Whist with the music of the band,
The town resounds.
With joyful step and hearts elate
This noble gift we celebrate
With demonstration:
Our hearty cheers this day we raise,
The givers worthy of all praise
And emulation.
But now's the time, and now's the hour
J.B. ascends the Town Hall Tower
To play his part, -
He starts the Clock, the Bells chime out,
And with the sounds, a mighty shout
Doth thrill the heart.
And now they're off - the Town Hall Bells,
Each listening heart with pleasure swells,
To view the scene;
Strains of sweet music fill the air,
Whilst joyful faces everywhere
With pleasure beam.
As to the clock our eyes we lift,
We thank the donor for his gift
With loud acclaim.
And others will in future times,
When listening to those mellow chimes
Pronounce his name.
That grand old spinner's played his part,
For he with large unselfish heart
Doth noble give;
Then let this mighty concourse sing
The words that in my ears now ring
Long may he live
Long may he live to view with pride
The gift he has bestowed on Hyde
For many years;
And when this generation's gone,
Those Town Hall Bells may still chime on
For other ears.
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