Accrington Web - Today in pictures

Today, I headed North East. Rowlands Gill (Red Kite country - saw some but too quick for me:(), Gateshead, then back through flooded country roads.

1. Sage Building, Gateshead.
2. Derwenthaugh fish pass.
3-7. Flooded fields and roads.
8 & 9. Some snowy hills.

10. One from yesterday - St Marys Church Astbury.

You certainly get around. What's your job?

davemac

13-02-2014 22:06

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Today in Pictures, a slight departure from my landscapes, today I spent it in the churchyard, St James' Church Altham (1140 ad ). I find this area fascinating just reading the headstones. People who died around the world remembered on headstones The majority of prominent headstones are around the early to late 1800's, these were under the reigns of King George 3 through to and Queen Victoria, so world travel was not the luxury it is today.

1. to 6. fences around the dead, is this ornamentation, to stop grave robbing, or one last show of stature.
7. Looking down in the direction of the church.
8. A splash of colour.
9. The time that must have been spent carving this headstone, now its broken and toppled over.
10. This is a strange one, a big headstone with only one name carved on it, so presumable only one internment, but the thing is, there is a crown carved into the stone, not a common inscription. So perhaps something to look into later.

davemac

13-02-2014 22:18

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Just found this on the register for the church, so no royal connection then, but his wife is not interred here.

Marriage: 14 Nov 1886 St. James, Altham, Lancashire, England
Robert Baron Beverley - 37 Dry Salter Bachelor of Clayton
Annie Louisa Wall - 36 - Spinster of Clayton
Groom's Father: John Beverley, (Deceased), Solicitor
Bride's Father: William Wall, (Deceased), Chemist
Witness: John Procter Dean; Alice Turner Beverley
Married by Banns by: Wm. Sharp. Vicar
Register: Marriages 1886 - 1900, Page 2, Entry 3

Retlaw

13-02-2014 22:47

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1871 Census he is living at 14 Anglesea [sic] St, age 21 Store Keeper. His parents are in Lancs. B.M.D

davemac

13-02-2014 22:54

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1871 Census he is living at 14 Anglesea [sic] St, age 21 Store Keeper. His parents are in Lancs. B.M.D

That's interesting, by the time he got married he was a dry salter.

Turtle

13-02-2014 23:48

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In 1881 he was a collector for Gas and Water, unmarried and living with widowed mother Isabella at 15 Hygiene Place in CLM.

Turtle

13-02-2014 23:50

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In 1891 he was married to Annie and had daughters Beatrice 8 and Florence 3. He was listed as a General Carrier living at 69 Grange St.

Your photos of the graveyard are lovely, davemac. Quite haunting.

Restless

14-02-2014 06:38

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Recently I was playing a classic game rainbow islands and to test the attachment that you mentioned Neil here it is.

edit: It lets you post them as attachment but still posts them in the body so has to be edited afterwards

gpick24

14-02-2014 06:53

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You certainly get around. What's your job?

It depends, most days I`m a warehouse/production manager, but if it`s quiet I`m a delivery driver. It`s always quiet this time of year so I do more deliveries. In a month or two I`ll be lucky if I get out once a month.

maxthecollie

14-02-2014 07:35

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Do you take Daisy and Duke with you?

gpick24

14-02-2014 08:30

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Do you take Daisy and Duke with you?

No, too far for them and there`s not enough room.

Accyexplorer

14-02-2014 09:03

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I had a walk over the Coppice to Hapton last night to see a friend, thought I'd take my camera an have a play with exposures an shutter speeds :D

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davemac

14-02-2014 09:35

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Were you hand held, or tripod ?

gpick24

14-02-2014 09:55

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Looking good AccyExplorer, not easy to do them, I had a go a few weeks ago.
I know what you`ve done on No. 1, you`ve rested the camera on the monument at the top, you can straighten that with most editing software.

Accyexplorer

14-02-2014 10:14

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Were you hand held, or tripod ?

Handheld,you could say i was freezing my conkers off :eek::D

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