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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
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Posted - 16/10/2010 : 07:37
Colin, keep us up to speed on the books. I'll be straight in there for them.
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Bodger
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Posted - 23/10/2010 : 21:37
Whoops, not sure what happened, please delete
"You can only make as well as you can measure"
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Stanley
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Posted - 24/10/2010 : 05:43
Done Bodge. Or rather, Dear Bodge, it has been done. Wouldn't want Tom getting a chance to get at us!
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swifty
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Posted - 24/10/2010 : 17:18
sorry not been on for a while , hope everyones fighting fit and well ,,been all over the show ,did a job in sheffield then down to walsall to knock down part of manor hospital think that was the name was there for over 5 weeks ,now im back in blackpool till xmas dropping tower wharehouse and the shops on coronation st, my high reach is sat in the street backed up to houndshill shopping centre looks a little large in the street but need the reach because of basement, we have another job in blackburn with a stack on ,but tom its mine i may reach it, i reckon 30m so its machineable,,ha ha 
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Stanley
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Posted - 25/10/2010 : 07:20
Nice to know you're OK Swifty. The site has slowed down of late, only to be expected really, we couldn't keep the pace of the last few years up!
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Posted - 25/10/2010 : 08:36
I AM CURRENTLY GATHERING MATERIAL FOR A FORTHCOMING ARTICLE ON YORKSHIRE STEAM CRANE BUILDERS. IN ADDITION TO THE TWO WELL KNOWN RODLEY, LEEDS, CRANE MAKERS:
THOMAS SMITH & SON---AND---JOSEPH BOOTH & BROS; ISLES & CO. OF STANNINGLEY, ALSO LOCATED NEAR LEEDS, BUILT GOODLY NUMBERS-[ THE STEAM CRANE USED AT L. & Y WAGGON AND ENGINEERING CO, HEYWOOD, WHERE I SERVED MY APPRENTICESHIP WAS BUILT BY ISLES.].
TWO OTHER RECORDED WEST YORKSHIRE BUILDERS WERE:
WILLIAM BRADLEY & CO,OF GOODER LANE, IRONWORKS, BRIGHOUSE, AND THOMAS BROADBENT & CO; OF HUDDERSFIELD. PRIESTMAN & CO OF HULL ALSO BUILT STEAM CRANES.
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY OTHER YORKSHIRE STEAM CRANE BUILDERS?
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swifty
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Posted - 25/10/2010 : 20:08
thanks stanley its good to get back on and keep up with the banter,,,and catch up on how everyones doin ,,dont like being away for to long..
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 01:50
Look up George Cohen 600. Stanningley Rd Pudsey. Steam Boilers etc.
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Stanley
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 06:29
Ahhh, George Cohen, one of the great names for secondhand and new plant. Newton went to them in 1945 for skid mounted disel alternators when Bishop House flywheel burst. Buck and Hickman come to mind but more for machine tools. They're still in business as well. They certainly went into the right trades when they started. If either of them go down we can put the lights out and emigrate!
I was thinking about the effects of the recession and jacking. Because the trade is so much about emergency repair and safety maintenance you'd expect things to keep on an even keel. Anybody noticed work drying up?
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 08:10
George Cohen 600 Group. Another great British institution in heavy mechanical engineering. Over 30 years ago I regularly purchased boiler tubes and secondhand boilers from them.
Work drying up------last week I was talking to the Managing Director of Byworth Boilers of Keighley who are now the largest remaining totally British owned Boiler Manufacturing company within the U.K. He was conducting me around the impressive boiler shops and showing me several huge 10 tonne per hour steam output, wood-pellet fired steam boilers. The three boilers plus a massive waste heat boiler for operating in conjunction with a diesel engine were destined to be installed into factories in the U.K. All excellent news.Byworth currently have a well filled order book.
I am also pleased to report that my son's company : H. A . McEWEN {BOILER REPAIRS } LTD; are very busy both on Industrial boiler repairs and new boiler installation contracts all over Britain. Good News!!
Edited by - AlanMc on 26/10/2010 08:12:18 AM
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Posted - 26/10/2010 : 08:29
In addition to my previous post another local Pennine engineering firm are also flying the flag for the good old U.K. James Proctor Ltd of Cow Lane, Burnley were established in the 1850s and became renowned for their range of chain grate stokers fitted to Lancashire and other designs of " mill " steam boilers. The firm's revolutionary, modern, state of the art design of wood-pellet and bio-mass automatic stokers give the U.K. a well earned lead in Europe for " waste " fuel firing.
Proctor Stokers are fitted to Byworth Wood fired steam boilers destined for the home market and for overseas customers.
Despite we the British people being good at talking ourselves down, fortunately,we still lead most of Europe in Boiler Manufacture.
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bob hulin
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Posted - 29/10/2010 : 10:11
 old postcard c 1920s
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Stanley
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Posted - 29/10/2010 : 13:38
Lovely postcard Bob.
http://www.pendletoday.co.uk/news/local-news/firms_fined_after_fall_death_1_2619248
Remember the bloke who died at Altham in a fall from scaffolding? Here's the report of the court case.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Posted - 29/10/2010 : 14:36
Just a quickie, Alan will be presenting his Fred Dibnah illustrated talk on Wednesday the 3rd of November, 7.30pm start, tickets including refreshments are £5.
The talk will be the first event at our new venture, the Milltown Gallery here in Waterfoot.
If anyone is interested in coming over, give me a bell 07971 909594 or alternatively PM me on here.
Cheers
Rob
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DickTurnip
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Posted - 29/10/2010 : 17:45
Love the picture of Bass of Burton Bob (my home town) Worked many times on the water tower in the centre of picture. Strange sensation climbing through the water tank at the top section.
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