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Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 16-04-2019, 08:16
Replies: 37
Views: 14,347
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: Huncoat Hall - (Birtwistle)

Sarah Ann Pilkington and Lawrence Dewhurst were living at 'do Cottage' on the 1881 Census where 'do' means ditto and translates to 'Huncoat Hall Cottage' as it corresponds to the previous entry for...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-08-2014, 19:31
Replies: 50
Views: 9,839
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: Joseph Briggs, of Milnshaw Lane, Accrington

Atarah is correct.

Joseph Briggs 1813-1846 was indeed in St James Street on 1841 Census occupation Engraver.

The next Joseph Briggs 1842-1921 is only 4 years old when his father dies. A bit...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-08-2014, 10:24
Replies: 50
Views: 9,839
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: Joseph Briggs, of Milnshaw Lane, Accrington

In the Haworth Art Gallery Information sheet it records that Joseph Briggs (1842-1921) owned houses in Milnshaw Lane. Numbers 1,3,5 and 7.

It might be interesting to point out that there were no...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-08-2014, 10:13
Replies: 50
Views: 9,839
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: Joseph Briggs, of Milnshaw Lane, Accrington

Hyndburn Council provide a good outline for Louis Comfort (Tiffany Glass) and Joseph Briggs. For those who wish to learn more.

The following links were valid at the time of this post.

1....
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-08-2014, 06:03
Replies: 50
Views: 9,839
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: Joseph Briggs, of Milnshaw Lane, Accrington

The grave and final resting place for Joseph Briggs (1873-1937) can be seen here along with photos

Joseph Briggs (1873 - 1937) - Find A Grave Memorial...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 01-08-2014, 06:01
Replies: 50
Views: 9,839
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: Joseph Briggs, of Milnshaw Lane, Accrington

To orientate those interested, there were three Joseph Briggs

Grandfather
Joseph Briggs 1813-1846 Engraver (married Susan Earnshaw 1814-1890)

Father
Joseph Briggs 1842-1921 Hand Engraver...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 30-07-2014, 15:50
Replies: 11
Views: 949
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: John Priestley Briggs 1868-1944

Sister to John Priestly Briggs -> Annie Briggs

Herbert Reginald Saxty (born 6 Jan 1867 in Gloucester - died 30 Dec 1949 Twickenham)
married 15 Sep 1897 St Stephen's Mission Church, Putney...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 30-07-2014, 15:30
Replies: 11
Views: 949
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: John Priestley Briggs 1868-1944

Frank Matcham

Architect of some of the most famous cinemas and theatres around.
Frank Matcham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Matcham)

John Priestly...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 30-07-2014, 15:25
Replies: 11
Views: 949
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: John Priestley Briggs 1868-1944

Royal Tunbridge Wells - Opera House

Information and image here
Opera House, Royal Tunbridge Wells - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 30-07-2014, 15:20
Replies: 11
Views: 949
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: John Priestley Briggs 1868-1944

Wigan - Court Cinema

Image here
Court Cinema in Wigan, GB - Cinema Treasures (http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/23485)
Originally designed by R.T. Johnson in 1886, the Royal Court Theatre was...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 30-07-2014, 15:18
Replies: 11
Views: 949
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: John Priestley Briggs 1868-1944

Aldershot - The mighty Palace Theatre now VOX Nightclub .

Image here
Aldershot Civic Society - The watchdog for the protection of Aldershots community and history...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 30-07-2014, 15:15
Replies: 11
Views: 949
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: John Priestley Briggs 1868-1944

The Grand Theatre, in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on Donny Online (http://www.donny.co.uk/Doncaster/places/index2.php?ID=329)

There is a picture of the The Grand Theatre and Opera House (opened in...
Forum: Accrington Hall Of Fame 30-07-2014, 15:08
Replies: 11
Views: 949
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: John Priestley Briggs 1868-1944

John Priestley Briggs (born 11 Sep 1868, Accrington - 10 Jul 1944, died Polperro, Cornwall)
married on 17 Jun 1903 at St John The Evangelist, Brixton, Surrey
Florence Jane Watson (born 1879, St...
Forum: Heritage and History 15-01-2005, 05:58
Replies: 20
Views: 2,411
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: On T'telly tonight...

Hats off to Sagar Mitchell and James Kenyon, of Blackburn.

To quote from one of the links below :-

'It is the film equivalent of the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb - a
century ago, two...
Forum: Heritage and History 31-12-2004, 16:29
Replies: 20
Views: 1,952
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: Puzzle 8

You can view J.Mercer's photos here :-
http://www.lancashirepioneers.com/mercer/photo.asp

Hope that helps
Forum: Questions and Answers 11-12-2004, 05:11
Replies: 2
Views: 675
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: taxi number for padiham/burnley

Hope you got home, OK

There may be other services similar to the following :-
http://uk.cabnumbers.com/

You can find nearest cab service before you go out for the night, or better still....
...
Forum: Internet Talk 11-12-2004, 04:47
Replies: 7
Views: 980
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: a sort of techie html question

Create a Microsoft Word document called Fred.doc, and rename it to Fred.htm which is what webpages are normally called. Open that in a browser you would see gibberish with some bits in English.
...
Forum: Anything Goes 10-12-2004, 20:57
Replies: 8
Views: 438
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: Sing-along-a-Queen

If you open the image in a browser then a click on the image should give you a magnifying glass in IE6
Forum: Anything Goes 10-12-2004, 20:51
Replies: 8
Views: 438
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: Sing-along-a-Queen

Last one..I had to squash this one a bit
All done
Forum: Anything Goes 10-12-2004, 20:43
Replies: 8
Views: 438
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: Sing-along-a-Queen

Second image
Forum: Anything Goes 10-12-2004, 20:42
Replies: 8
Views: 438
Posted By Weary Tourist
Sing-along-a-Queen

Sorry, I had to split the image into three bits...
Here is the first one
Forum: Crash Computers Chat 29-11-2004, 15:26
Replies: 14
Views: 783
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: IE homepage hijacked

Hi mickmc,
Lets start with the basics..
1. What operating system are you using e.g. Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 XP and what version of IE browser are you using (Click on Help in the menu and About)....
Forum: Crash Computers Chat 27-11-2004, 21:33
Replies: 14
Views: 783
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: IE homepage hijacked

I am happy to apologise if the above caused offence. It was an advisory to stay safe within the skills you have. If only computers were simple things.

It will either be a case of "It's all greek...
Forum: Crash Computers Chat 27-11-2004, 20:04
Replies: 14
Views: 783
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: IE homepage hijacked

Forgot to mention I use different browsers depending on my needs.

There is no reason why you should just have the one browser on your PC.
You may wish to consider having a second browser as a...
Forum: Crash Computers Chat 27-11-2004, 19:45
Replies: 14
Views: 783
Posted By Weary Tourist
Re: IE homepage hijacked

The above answers make an assumption that you can re-point your browser to to the page of your choice using the menu options in the browser.

Whilst this is a possibility for a simple hijack, this...
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