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I can't recall any chimney other than the red brick one........I visit my Ma 3 or 4 times each week and unless it was very well hidden behind the buildings, I feel sure I would have noticed it.
I have seen nothing like a steel chimney since the demolition work has been on-going....and I have taken a keen interest.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/16810597@N06/3976113987/[/URL]

hope the link works....

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Thankyou for that link Tom........interestingly there does look to be a modern chimney in the back ground.......maybe the view from Ma's was at the wrong angle for it to be visible for me.

Mr Freer and his son from Ormerod St. used to do repairs on the chimney.......I remember the daughter going up the ladder once with her dad's bait tin...he had forgotten his dinner.

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To Tom Phillips - so, we have a real "Fred Didnah" as a member. Brave you going up these tall chimneys. Rather you than me, but thanks so much for sharing the photo.

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the line ran oer a bridge on nuttall street wadey, was red brick walls just before the cafe that was/is? going towards factory bottom, if that helps, it ran up where that footpath is towards bash"
Thanks for that

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Horace freear is still alive,he lives off Walley rd i think,his sister was called Lotti,he kept his steeplejack equipment next to Woodnook mill....

Atarah,i posted that photo on this site a couple of years ago but have been unable to find here since,if i get any pictures of accy i'll pop them on,i have an Accrington connection,my dad was made here..chimneys are great for scenic photo's...

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Yes, I sometimes see Horace in Accrington.......and the sister was called Lotti...though I couldn't remember that until you reminded me(I knew her name began with an L, and was an old fashioned name......kept thinking Lily, but it didn't sound right)

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Just had it confirmed, from the highest source, that the application was for a new steel chimney .. but never went ahead.

Love the 'photo Tom .. gulp, made me tummy turn over just looking at it ... :D

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Nah that was the Bacardi.:D

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Horace will be nearly 90 now Margaret,I believe he was registered near blind in the 1950s,he rescued big Tommy Jackson from great Harwood on the top of a stack when the head opened up on him in 1958 i believe,Tommy held it together until the fire brigade arrived and Horrace laddered off the top of their ladder,Tommy Jackson then got the nickname of "turn table Tommy"because of the fire brigade having to rescue him,hehe.

Aye Katex my tummy just turned over,"I knew i should have had a regular Kebab last night and not a special,tehe,glad you like the photo..

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If you want a real treat have a look at Tom's Barrow Bridge photo
Barrow bridge chimney,Bolton. on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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"Treat" it made me dizzy looking at the photo wadey.:eek:

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Hehe

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Just been informed that Nuttall St will closed off today for the final stage of demolition of the mill.