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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
Barlick View
stanley at barnoldswick.freeserve.co.uk
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swifty
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Posted - 25/01/2010 : 18:02
no bob the stack in question is a seven and half ladder one ,just right for my high reach i could have dropped the band with the grab on and knocked the top two foot off it is heavily banded though , tom the blackpool fire starter is on one again eh, are you doing any more work on that little stack? has any one else seen the ladders for sale on ebay £3,000 for 41 ladders some ropes and a cradle , deal or no deal ?
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bob hulin
" its going leg it "
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Posted - 25/01/2010 : 19:19
 Swifty, im Tommy King. if you buy the gear of ebay i'll start for you but you'll have to pay me £200 a day. 
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swifty
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Posted - 25/01/2010 : 20:10
bob i bet he would them ladders look old to me they are from bratts the phone no is not a five number code its the old four plus they are all wooden rungs you need a steel rung or two dont ya ? new ally ladders from bratts a 10 footer will cost 117.60 then the vat stick to pulling levers for 200 a day i reckon 
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bob hulin
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Posted - 25/01/2010 : 20:16
Swifty, i had a look at the Gear on ebay. it's micky mouse stuff stay clear. stay pulling your levers and not your plonker. hehe.
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bob hulin
" its going leg it "
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Posted - 25/01/2010 : 20:29
 
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Stanley
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Posted - 26/01/2010 : 07:31
Bob. That last pic? What the hell is it? Strong enough to take the weight of the chair but why? (Baffled old Bugger of Barlick) (Is that what BOB stands for?)
Stanley Challenger Graham
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bob hulin
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Posted - 26/01/2010 : 09:17
 Stanley, it's a postcard from 1925. the place is Chelsea Massachusetts USA. steeplejack working on spire of the Universalist church. he's lowing stone down to ground level. with a STICK.
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TOM PHILLIPS
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Posted - 26/01/2010 : 09:23
Strange place to have a flagpole,i reakon its a Derrick pole...
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bob hulin
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Posted - 26/01/2010 : 09:31
hehe Spot on Tom, it's a SCOTCH DERRICK. for the lads who dont know its a Lifting device. by the way Tom you should be at work this time of the day, im on a weeks holiday doing some jobs at home.
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TOM PHILLIPS
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Posted - 26/01/2010 : 09:48
I went to work yesterday,we're tired now,iam doing some jobs at home aswell...you can tell if its a SCOTCH derrick,it will start getting agitated about 12 o clock and bugger off to the boozer,
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swifty
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Posted - 26/01/2010 : 18:32
bob i reckon hes took them three ladders down at oswadtwistle aka sh*thole i didnt rate them ladders much either but thanks for advice ,  most folk duck on monday then work rest of week ,tom you have it made my friend ,he he you still didnt say why you were in rishton is it a good cafe or what,?
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Posted - 26/01/2010 : 18:47
Swifty ,I was doing the same as everyone else in Rishton,signing in atthe probation office and collecting my methadone,hehe....we do bitsof jobs on the old methodist church(now flats),the place we was parked outside.
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swifty
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Posted - 26/01/2010 : 18:52
i see have you finished that band in ossy?
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bob hulin
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Posted - 26/01/2010 : 19:01
Swifty. Tom, has finished with that band he's now "Giging on his own in a boozer near Accrington" he diden't like ossy that much.
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Posted - 26/01/2010 : 20:32
Your right Bob,the band in Ossy was crap,they paid me in old money,still legal tender there,busking in Clayton le moors now ,they pay me with wildfoul, heheplus i hate "steel bands" calypso musis boring
Edited by - TOM PHILLIPS on 26/01/2010 9:26:48 PM
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Steeplejacks Corner Part Four
