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Forum: Introduce Yourself 02-09-2011, 18:33

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Re: Rivetlad's introduction The photo is taken from a postcard. Nae worries!

Forum: Introduce Yourself 02-09-2011, 18:32

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Re: Rivetlad's introduction 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,...

Forum: Introduce Yourself 02-09-2011, 18:19

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Re: Rivetlad's introduction 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...

Forum: Introduce Yourself 02-09-2011, 18:10

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Re: Rivetlad's introduction 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...

Forum: Introduce Yourself 01-09-2011, 07:04

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Re: Rivetlad's introduction Bernadette---A million thanks for your welcome. Alan.

Forum: Introduce Yourself 31-08-2011, 21:53

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Re: Rivetlad's introduction 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.

Forum: Introduce Yourself 31-08-2011, 07:16

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Re: Rivetlad's introduction HELP! What's the procedure for afixing an AVATUR?

Forum: Introduce Yourself 31-08-2011, 06:33

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Re: Rivetlad's introduction 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-**...

Forum: Introduce Yourself 30-08-2011, 21:45

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Re: Rivetlad's introduction Hello Again Bob, Nay I'm not from Accrington. See my Introduction. Regards.

Forum: Introduce Yourself 28-08-2011, 17:12

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Re: Rivetlad's introduction A Million Thanks To all for your Hearty Welcome.

Forum: Introduce Yourself 27-08-2011, 22:02

Replies: 31 Rivetlad's introduction Views: 2,381 Posted By rivetlad Rivetlad's introduction Hello folks, My name is Alan McEwen and I have today logged on for the first time. Well now you know my name, here follows a few details about what makes me tick. I originate from the...

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