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Margaret Pilkington 12-05-2015 09:50
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If they are cabbage whites, then I think they are toward the bottom left hand corner......if that isn't them...I can't see them at all...Mind you my eye test is overdue by two years :D

shillelagh 12-05-2015 11:38
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well done mrs p ... one either side of the branch sticking up ...

davemac 12-05-2015 21:06
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HELP I am being held prisoner, and cant play out until the conservatory has been washed down, the shelving has been sorted and the junk room is de-junked, however I did manage an outing on Saturday to Shoe Mill, so here are the results for then. (I did manage an hour out today but that will have to be another days postings).

Accyexplorer 13-05-2015 05:58
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HELP I am being held prisoner, and cant play out until the conservatory has been washed down, the shelving has been sorted and the junk room is de-junked, however I did manage an outing on Saturday to Shoe Mill, so here are the results for then. (I did manage an hour out today but that will have to be another days postings).
Great shots D,I always wondered,is pic#3 of a support for the old railway (viaduct) or is it a shaft for a mine?
Loving the wild garlic that's in full bloom at the moment....yum yum ;)

davemac 13-05-2015 09:50
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Great shots D,I always wondered,is pic#3 of a support for the old railway (viaduct) or is it a shaft for a mine?
Loving the wild garlic that's in full bloom at the moment....yum yum ;)
Number three is the base of a tall chimney that used to stand here, it was a very busy area in its time. The area was covered in factories and the bits of walls that remain around the area only give a glimpse of the past, just over that bridge to the right was the opening to the mine shaft that was also here, not a proper mine with pit head gear, it was a hole in the ground with ladders down to the bottom of the shaft, but never the less men did hack away underground to bring coal to the surface.
Number one is also the location of the signal box that was here, you can see a brick wall off to the right, I am guessing this was the rear wall to the building.
The attached pictures shows the chimney in question and the signal box, also what was called five arches.

maxthecollie 13-05-2015 10:20
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Number three is the base of a tall chimney that used to stand here, it was a very busy area in its time. The area was covered in factories and the bits of walls that remain around the area only give a glimpse of the past, just over that bridge to the right was the opening to the mine shaft that was also here, not a proper mine with pit head gear, it was a hole in the ground with ladders down to the bottom of the shaft, but never the less men did hack away underground to bring coal to the surface.
Number one is also the location of the signal box that was here, you can see a brick wall off to the right, I am guessing this was the rear wall to the building.
The attached pictures shows the chimney in question and the signal box, also what was called five arches.
One of my favorite play areas

Margaret Pilkington 13-05-2015 10:39
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aah....the five Arches. I have spent many a long hour playing in that area.....getting wet, getting muddy, tearing clothes(and later getting a slap for being irresponsible - it didn't matter if we ripped skin...it would mend itself, but clothes needed a needle and thread)....so I remember this place fondly.
I should visit again to see if I can still recognise the place.

davemac 13-05-2015 12:06
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One of my favorite play areas
It still is one of mine.

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aah....the five Arches. I have spent many a long hour playing in that area.....getting wet, getting muddy, tearing clothes(and later getting a slap for being irresponsible - it didn't matter if we ripped skin...it would mend itself, but clothes needed a needle and thread)....so I remember this place fondly.
I should visit again to see if I can still recognise the place.
The feeling I got after not visiting for years was the size of it, with the demolition of the bridge, at least to me, it had become very small.
If you do visit there is a clean walk from your mothers, past the "old lodges" left over the bridge and then left up Woodnook Vale which is the old railway line.

Margaret Pilkington 13-05-2015 13:02
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Yes Dave, I have contemplated taking that clean route many a time, but there has always been something crop up to stop me...but one day...one day!

I think it must be something about the size of things being relative to our own size when we were children.
I remember thinking that Bullough park was huge, but going back now it seems tiny......strangely though the hill to get to it seems to be getting steeper...has someone got it on a ratchet?

maxthecollie 13-05-2015 15:46
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Guess were we've been this afternoon?
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gpick24 13-05-2015 15:50
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Guess were we've been this afternoon?
Coppice?

maxthecollie 13-05-2015 15:52
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Coppice?
10/10 and a gold star for you

mobertol 13-05-2015 16:54
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A varied selection from the last week. I had to dash across to Tenerife last Wednesday, going through Madrid airport on the way, as my Dad had a very serious fall. He is luckily on the mend now and I did remember to pack my camera.

maxthecollie 13-05-2015 17:00
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A varied selection from the last week. I had to dash across to Tenerife last Wednesday, going through Madrid airport on the way, as my Dad had a very serious fall. He is luckily on the mend now and I did remember to pack my camera.
Glad to know that your Dad is getting better

Margaret Pilkington 13-05-2015 18:06
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Hope your Dad makes a steady recovery Dianne...lovely pics too.


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