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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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swifty
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Posted - 15/03/2010 : 20:47
its just ive got a 38"waist line
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TOM PHILLIPS
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Posted - 15/03/2010 : 21:11
Swifty you should use live moles , ,bodge i use bugies on my appendage,if the budgies die i need a bath,
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Stanley
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Posted - 16/03/2010 : 05:45
It's the fumes rising from your feet that do that.
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Bodger
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Posted - 17/03/2010 : 08:49
Happy Paddys Day
"You can only make as well as you can measure"
Joseph Whitworth
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Stanley
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Posted - 17/03/2010 : 16:19
Lulu has told me the book is on its way. Stand by your bed Colin!
Stanley Challenger Graham
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TOM PHILLIPS
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Posted - 17/03/2010 : 16:25
Iam boycotting Guinness today Bodge for a good English brew,Tetley's,iam in training for St Georges day,
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Bodger
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Posted - 17/03/2010 : 19:48
Tom, i wished i had, i dyed my beared green, ! my wife said i was a silly b-gger, she was probably right, but ihad a great day !!
"You can only make as well as you can measure"
Joseph Whitworth
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swifty
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Posted - 17/03/2010 : 20:46
i had a swift guinness in the swift hound at lunch time today in between stripping cable ,copper was £4600 a ton on monday but has dropped down to about £4300 not a bad price took a ton of bright in earlier mr ts happy but the lads arnt to impressed gone through a full pack of stanley blades he he keep youre eyes open for theft wont be long .......,,,,,
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AlanMc
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Posted - 17/03/2010 : 23:16
Lads,
There's alot of copper in Zambia!
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Stanley
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Posted - 18/03/2010 : 07:51
I have a bin half full of clean brass turnings from making bearings. Time I cashed it in?
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Stanley
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Posted - 18/03/2010 : 16:19
Colin, the book landed and I have had an enjoyable read. Forget the things you'd like to change, you have a talent for writing and should do more. I've posted this review on Lulu.
STEEPLEJACK ORIGINS BY COLIN LOGAN This is a delightful first publication by a practical man writing about what he knows best, his job. It is brief but covers all the bases. Colin starts from the beginning, with the Bayeux Tapestry surprisingly and traces the evolution of work on high structures from the ‘steeple climbers’ and ‘Aerial Flyers’ of the 18th century through the first practical steeplejacks to the modern methods of access by abseiling. Every page is full of interesting facts and perhaps more importantly, he points us towards obscure but essential sources of further information. As someone once commented on Steeplejack’s Corner on the oneguyfrombarlick website, “Everyone knows about steeplejacks but nobody knows about them”. This book is a good start on the road to understanding what these skilled artisans do for a living. It is not exhaustive but is as good an introduction as you will find anywhere. Books written and published by practical men are thin on the ground and we would do well to take notice of them when they appear. Highly commended.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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colsack
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Posted - 18/03/2010 : 19:49
Thanks for the good review Stanley, i havent received my copy yet but if you say it's OK then that's good enough for me. Your analysis justified my intention, that was to start at the earliest possible documented time and fill in the gap between then and now with actual documented chronological events, people and techniques, and try to portray the how the trade has evolved to what it is today, and your comments confirm that i got it about right. Now i can relax....
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Stanley
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Posted - 19/03/2010 : 05:29
No you can't! You have to start writing down your own experiences in the trade. That way people will know even more about steeplejerks.
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DickTurnip
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Posted - 19/03/2010 : 12:17
Hi all, well done with the book Col..I reckon a good book would be stories from jacks telling of "adventures" whilst lodging away from home in digs. I once mistook Crocs bed for the sink after a night on the Old Peculiar.Lets just say its a good job the heating wasnt on else there would have been a rainbow over his pillow!!!
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Stanley
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Posted - 19/03/2010 : 15:52
Really.....
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Steeplejacks Corner Part Four
