Posted - 13/12/2009 : 18:58 HAD 2 PINTS IN HERE TODAY. 13 12 09. WE WAS GOING TO GO TO BLACKPOOL. SORRY TOM. hehe. BUT THE WIFE SAID LETS GO TO LIVERPOOL. IT'S MUCH NICER THAN BLACKPOOL
Posted - 13/12/2009 : 19:36
Wise choice Bob,xmas shoppin' in Blackpools crap unless your buying kiss mi quick hats and soft rock,hehe,the Mrs was probably worried you'd get stuck in the boozer all day talking about chimneyshehe..
Posted - 13/12/2009 : 19:53
Bob, What a cracking picture. I've enjoyed a pint or three of " the Black Stuff " in the Albert Dock Pump House myself, the last occasion the summer of 2007.
The Albert Dock Pump House was built in 1878 and originally contained a number of coal-fired Lancashire boilers together with a massive steam pumping engine used for pumping water into a hydraulic main at high pressure which powered the " jiggers ": small hydraulically-operated loading cranes used for the loading and the unloading of cargo from the ships within the Albert Dock. This steam-powered hydraulic pumping engine also operated the huge dock gates. The makers of this engine together with the ancillary hydraulic " jiggers "including the extensive pipework systems was, The Hydraulic Engineering Company of Chester, specialists in the design,construction and installation of pumping stations similar to the Albert Dock, and once to be found all over Britain. The Albert Dock Pump House is a beautiful building built of brick with a Welsh slate roof. The steam pumping engine, the Lancashire boilers and the hydraulic machinery are long gone, however, this bonny old industrial building is now an attactive pub and eaterie. ALBERT DOCK PUMP HOUSE CHIMNEY.
The fine,elegant cylindrical chimney with its pronounced batter and curiously ornamented oversiller, was constructed in 1878 from red engineering bricks and Staffordshire Blue engineering brick string courses. The chimney once provided the draught for a number of Lancashire boilers. Until the 1990s the chimney appeared in the opening credits for the popular Merseyside-based soap : " BROOKSIDE" . Whenever I visit Liverpool, I always wind my way over to the Albert Dock Pump House to taste a glass of the ice-cold Guinness and to marvel at the wonderfully preserved red sandstone industrial architecture of the Albert Dock, and quietly whisper a note of thanks to the ghost of Jesse Hartley for his splendid creation.
Posted - 15/12/2009 : 21:06
chimney felling brought to you by mark a taylor demolition featuring warburton steeplejacks starring mr tom phillips of blackpool viewing at woodnook mill 2pm prompt wednesday photos to follow no doubt,
Posted - 15/12/2009 : 22:11
Thanks for the info Alan,i believe that the dock builings were all built by prisoners of war(italian),dont know how true this is..
Good links Bodge,wont let me work in Ireland due to my enormous Guinness consumption rate,i wouldnt get any work done,hehe...the hooks on the cradle are hangers,they are still used these days ,they drop inside the chimney a few feet...
Swifty,set up an hotdog stand,you'll make a fortune.....the last post was brough to you by "SWIFT PROMOTIONS,BACUP",hehehe
Posted - 16/12/2009 : 21:15
Bit of a job we did today,this is the first rough clip of Woodnook chimney felling,Accrington,i'll try and improve it when i can be bothered,hehe.
Posted - 17/12/2009 : 18:29
alan im now in liverpool not far from the pub that bob posted above the brick are hand mades so mr t thinks they are worth a mint and when mr w said there could be up to half a million brick KERJING 0.20p a brick his ears smoked more than yon fire his brain on overtime you can see me on toms video the bill board on far left im even more famous than before im in accy observer with mr w ,and you cant see on the footage but the marks i did on the stack in the DARK at 6am while tipping in a bottle of guinness were nigh bang on finished wythenshawe job yesterday morn so it worked out well all round happy days ,
Steeplejacks Corner Part Four
HAD 2 PINTS IN HERE TODAY. 13 12 09. WE WAS GOING TO GO TO BLACKPOOL. SORRY TOM. hehe. BUT THE WIFE SAID LETS GO TO LIVERPOOL. IT'S MUCH NICER THAN BLACKPOOL 
hehe.. 
the poor little things.
