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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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Tizer
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Posted - 31/10/2009 : 11:16
 While passing St Michael's Church in Othery, Somerset, this weekend I saw there was scaffolding on top of the tower. They are probably strengthening the corner pinnacle because one of these fell down and through the church roof in the past. When told about that incident I asked if the insurance group declared it an act of God but they didn't get the joke.
Edited by - Tizer on 31/10/2009 11:17:17
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frankwilk
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Posted - 31/10/2009 : 15:39
It's that bugger Tom Philips after the weather vane, either for scrap or as an Antique. 
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swifty
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Posted - 31/10/2009 : 20:06
stanley it looks more like a bowler hat than a hard hat he he as out been done on our site we knocked in your neck a woods last year near rolls royce bob you must have some collection o post cards  all of intererst .
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Stanley
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Posted - 01/11/2009 : 08:13
Alan, no.
Swifty, nothing done but as I walked round the other day I saw some blokes from a fencing firm measuring up, perhaps for a quotation? Looking at the foundy pics, is it any wonder that the industry has migrated to China and India?
Stanley Challenger Graham
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swifty
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Posted - 01/11/2009 : 10:48
its a shame that it has stanley most of the scrap here gets sent to china how much can it cost in this country to refine materials and return it back into our system , it can be shipped to china refined and shipped back for less ,something is seriously wrong at the end of the day gt britain is a island that can sustain its self and yet we still import everything because its cheaper to do so why do we need to import beef/ lamb its a mystery.
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Posted - 01/11/2009 : 16:37
Swifty,
There's nowt like loading up the truck with a " freebie " stack of copper, brass and Uncle Ned----and after the bountious cashing in at the scrapyard--passing over wads o'greenbacks to a busty barmaid serving foaming pints of Pendle Witch or John Willie Lees finest ale.
By Golly, how I miss axeing up those knackered mill boilers!
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Stanley
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Posted - 02/11/2009 : 06:59
http://www.greenpeaceweb.org/shipbreak/india.asp
Have a look at this Swifty. Yet another example of how countries with lax H&S and environmental laws can steal an industry. My mate Daniel went out there and photographed it and he said it was a scene from hell. Most of the plates were cut with big chisels and sledge hammers and the whole place was polluted. When the labourers went home at night they searched them to make sure they weren't stealing rivet heads and bolts. They were so poor that these were worth stealing to sell and pay for food.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Tizer
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Posted - 02/11/2009 : 12:49
And yet when we want to take on a contract in the UK to take apart contaminated American ships under controlled conditions on Tyneside the public gets all agitated about it.
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frankwilk
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Posted - 02/11/2009 : 19:18
Edited by - frankwilk on 03/11/2009 6:47:11 PM
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Bodger
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Posted - 02/11/2009 : 23:18
Does anyone recall Tommy Macfarlane, Farnworth ?
http://www.boltonrevisited.org.uk/s-t-mcfarlane-friends.html
"You can only make as well as you can measure"
Joseph Whitworth
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AlanMc
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Posted - 03/11/2009 : 17:53
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Edited by - AlanMc on 03/11/2009 5:54:27 PM
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swifty
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Posted - 03/11/2009 : 19:37
tizer our demolition future is in nucular , power stations mod ships and stuff like that i cant wait full of asbestoes radio active crap , but on the bright side i should be getting a monster of a machine our leaders been up north to price a power station up, suitcase at the ready. stanley nice link once saw some footage of a ship in india being cut up they ram them up the beach at high tide and when the tide drops gas axe at the ready all for a bowl a rice ,
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Tizer
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Posted - 03/11/2009 : 19:50
Swifty, you should take up sea diving as a hobby then you could go on holiday to sunny locations and dismantle old battleships on the seabed to make a bit on the side. Mind you, the future might be in satellites and space rockets that have past their sell-by date. Only trouble is, you've got to get em before they burn up on re-entry!
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swifty
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Posted - 03/11/2009 : 19:51
forgot to mention i have uploaded a couple of pics one of the pigs head i carved last year its just been built into an extension and one of yours truly posin on a cross  the crosses are for sale at 600 for a pair
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swifty
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Posted - 03/11/2009 : 19:55
tizer you looking for any starters you sound like a good boss, working hoiliday in the sun what ! im not bad on cutting gear
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Steeplejacks Corner Part Four
