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Old 31-08-2011, 06:33   #16
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Although I don't recall your name, we most probably have met up in some Hell Hole of a Todmorden boilerhouse. Commencing in the mid-1960s I worked in several " fire 'oles " in Todmorden, Cornholme-** Manchester Rubber Co **--replacing defective rivets, welding repairs on the furnace tubes of " Gradely Owd Lancashire Boilers, retubing the odd heavily-scaled packaged boiler et al. During the dinnertimes of them far-off days, after grafting all morning perhaps in the soot-filled side-flues or combustion chamber, my trusty Boilermakers and I would down pints of Yorkshire bitter or Guiness in the bar of the many local pubs; aye, and go back to work to complete perhaps another 6 or 7 hours! Halcyon Days!---And I miss 'em!
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Old 31-08-2011, 07:16   #17
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Old 31-08-2011, 08:17   #18
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Although I don't recall your name, we most probably have met up in some Hell Hole of a Todmorden boilerhouse. Commencing in the mid-1960s I worked in several " fire 'oles " in Todmorden, Cornholme-** Manchester Rubber Co **--replacing defective rivets, welding repairs on the furnace tubes of " Gradely Owd Lancashire Boilers, retubing the odd heavily-scaled packaged boiler et al. During the dinnertimes of them far-off days, after grafting all morning perhaps in the soot-filled side-flues or combustion chamber, my trusty Boilermakers and I would down pints of Yorkshire bitter or Guiness in the bar of the many local pubs; aye, and go back to work to complete perhaps another 6 or 7 hours! Halcyon Days!---And I miss 'em!
I guess that you downed a few pints in the Waggon and Horses if you worked on the boiler at Cornholme. Worst job I ever had was to weld bolts all along the top side of a fire tube so the fireclay (I think) would have something to stick to. I was laying on my back trying to hold a welding rod at the correct angle and in the other hand the welders screen. That really called for a few pints of Stones bitter.

It must be nearly fifty years ago but I van vividly remember sliding head first up the tube and praying nobody would pull the cable out and slam the fire hole door on me, I also remember the Stones bitter afterwards and my father kicking my backside when I got home because I was driving the works Bedford Dormobile.
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Old 31-08-2011, 17:43   #19
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Hi Rivetlad!

Do you still have your rivet hammer?

If so, maybe you could bring it to the next Accyweb meet so I could borrow it and use it on some of the other jokers on this website.
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Old 31-08-2011, 21:53   #20
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Aye, so I do. But if I bring the damned weighty machine, you'll require a large diesel compressor and a hundred feet of baggings-airlines.
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Old 01-09-2011, 00:00   #21
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Hiya welcome to accyweb
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Old 01-09-2011, 07:04   #22
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Bernadette---A million thanks for your welcome.
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Old 01-09-2011, 08:38   #23
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I hope you didn't have to repair this boiler rivetlad, it blew out the side of a mill on the cut bank near Halifax Road Todmorden.
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Old 02-09-2011, 13:28   #24
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Hi mr. Rivetlad a nice big welcome to the best part of Lancashire. Accrington and Accyweb
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Old 02-09-2011, 18:10   #25
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BOILER EXPLOSION. LORD'S BROTHER'S, CANAL STREET WORKS, TODMORDEN, BOILER EXPLOSION, THURSDAY 21 JANUARY 1875. The horrendous explosion of one out of a bank of three Lancashire boilers killed 7 people and injured many others.
You can read the full horrifying story of this devastating explosion and many other similar boiler explosions in my book: HISTORIC STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS. You can purchase a copy of my highly acclaimed book directly from my website:
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Old 02-09-2011, 18:19   #26
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I was a close friend of the famous Bolton Master Steeplejack Fred Dibnah for 25 years. During Fred's Steeple-jacking career he demolished some 90 mill and factory chimneys. I personally witnessed Fred dropping around 30 chimneys and assisted him on a number: Whitfold Mill, Facit, Whitworth, near Rochdale being an example. In 2008 I wrote the best selling book that tells the story of Fred Dibnah's chimney toppling exploits: FRED DIBNAH'S CHIMNEY DROPS. FOR DETAILS GO TO MY WEBSITE :
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I hope I haven't poached the photo from your book Rivetlad, it is one I have had in my collection for many years, where it came from I do not know.

Lord's works was near to another fine engineering firm, Kinghorn's. I went to College with the bosses son.
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Old 02-09-2011, 18:32   #28
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In Haslingden Parish Churchyard is the enigmatic grave of Christopher Duckworth 1744-1800 who was a packhorseman: a Jaggerman. Duckworth led his string of sturdy, sure-footed pack-ponies in hail, rain, moorland mist or snow carrying corn, and other merchandise across the " wastes " of the Rossendale Fells. My wife Christine has documented the fascinating story of the packhorse men in her book:
JAGGERMEN'S BRIDGES ON PACKHORSE TRAILS. Interested? Go to our website:
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Old 02-09-2011, 18:33   #29
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The photo is taken from a postcard. Nae worries!
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Hello and welcome
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