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Showing results 1 to 25 of 42 Search took 0.01 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: Margaret Pilkington

Forum: Heritage and History 02-04-2010, 20:01

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. John, the hill you refer to is Riley's Hill.(My mum still lives there) I lived on that hill and Priestley Clough was where we played. My Grandma and Grandad lived on Higher Antley St. You may even...

Forum: Heritage and History 30-12-2009, 08:06

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. It will always be Highams mill to me........and the big old red brick mill was Warburtons.

Forum: Heritage and History 22-12-2009, 21:11

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. you're welcome.

Forum: Heritage and History 22-12-2009, 20:25

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. Wadey the School was where the new houses are.......just a little right of the centre.

Forum: Heritage and History 22-12-2009, 18:46

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. what a brilliant picture Atarah. I love it!

Forum: Heritage and History 22-12-2009, 13:21

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. Thank you Wadey! I was away last week when the chimney came down and I was praying for rain so that it would not be possible for them to fell it........well.......that didn't work. To say I was...

Forum: Heritage and History 22-12-2009, 07:47

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. I took a few snowy pics of the site of Woodnook Mill yesterday......Atarah thought they would be good in this thread so here they are.

Forum: Heritage and History 12-12-2009, 19:28

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. Yes Lynx, that is one of the reasons why I feel that the proposed housing development will be a flop. I haven't lived in that area for over 40 years, but my Ma has lived there for 60+ years and she...

Forum: Heritage and History 12-12-2009, 18:10

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. Yes Margaret, you are right about those flats.....they are new build and they are totally devoid of character. I would not want to live in them, but that has a lot to do with the area....and I think...

Forum: Heritage and History 12-12-2009, 18:07

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. My family have a long history of working in the cotton mills......my paternal grandfather was a screen printer at Broad Oak Works, My auntie was a weaver, my uncle made the machinery that spun the...

Forum: Heritage and History 12-12-2009, 17:57

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. I guess the current financial climate didn't help much.....and the situation of the place couldn't really be described as a beauty spot......if there had been a pretty view or a stretch of calming...

Forum: Heritage and History 11-12-2009, 19:19

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. Personally, I didn't consider the building to be ugly.......and I saw the inside too. It was an industrial edifice, fit for the purpose for which it was built. Many other industrial buildings...

Forum: Heritage and History 11-12-2009, 19:13

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. Margaret, nowhere in my post did I refer to them as 'the good old days'......my observation was simply that these two factories provided employment for many of the local people.......my own parents...

Forum: Heritage and History 11-12-2009, 17:59

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. While it might not have been considered attractive, it was a darn sight more attractive than the council buildings next to the town hall on Broadway.........I wish that someone would throw a stick of...

Forum: Heritage and History 10-12-2009, 13:06

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. I think you might be right Cashy.......and I will be sunning my bum in Weston Super Mare....so I won't be seeing the chimney come down after all......unless anyone knows better :D

Forum: Heritage and History 09-12-2009, 15:09

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. hmmm! I bet it comes down next week when I am away and I will miss it.

Forum: Heritage and History 09-12-2009, 13:17

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. It looked to be 'leaning' a bit this morning. Have just phoned Ma and she says there is nothing doing....maybe it isn't going to be done today after all.:(

Forum: Heritage and History 09-12-2009, 12:30

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. will do Cashy.

Forum: Heritage and History 09-12-2009, 11:48

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. Been up there late this morning and there was plenty of activity on the remains of the building(scaffolding being taken down etc).......but nothing going on around the base of the chimney....so I...

Forum: Heritage and History 09-12-2009, 06:35

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. That first picture is lovely Atarah. That is how I will remember the place.

Forum: Heritage and History 08-12-2009, 06:32

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. While the work was being done there were two men with walkie talkies trying to dissuade people from using the closed off section of the road.......without too much success. They told me that people...

Forum: Heritage and History 07-12-2009, 12:54

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. todays pics.

Forum: Heritage and History 07-12-2009, 12:27

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. It isn't really cloak and dagger........when I have asked, they have been more than happy to tell me what is happening........and when

Forum: Heritage and History 07-12-2009, 10:47

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. yes, it was Flashy.

Forum: Heritage and History 07-12-2009, 10:47

Replies: 249 Woodnook mill. Views: 17,856 Posted By Margaret Pilkington Re: Woodnook mill. Atarah, you beat me to it......I was there just after nine am.......got some pictures, will put them on later. Was speaking to one of the men on site........he told me that if Wednesday is wet,...

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