Chimney on rhyddings street

[Rob249]

Ive just been past and they have started putting the scaffolding up.

[Rob249]

Its being brought down now.I'd take some pictures but have no camera.Fantastic machinery being used.

[MCR ADIM]

yep two cranes, and cage and two men smacking the bricks inside when i went past

[Tealeaf]

It's fifty years ago this week since the Berlin Wall went up, and twenty-odd years since it came down. Bits of that wall can be now bought in Germany and elsewhere for a not inconsiderable sum.

Someone should get to the Rhyddings Street site and grab a few bucket fulls of rubble, mount the different bits on pieces of 'owd wood, and then flog 'em on ebay or somewhere similar - "Souvenir of the Rhyddings St Mill Chimney - actual piece". There are more than enough idiots in Ossy who'd buy the stuff, so there's good money to be made.

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by Tealeaf

It's fifty years ago this week since the Berlin Wall went up, and twenty-odd years since it came down. Bits of that wall can be now bought in Germany and elsewhere for a not inconsiderable sum.

Someone should get to the Rhyddings Street site and grab a few bucket fulls of rubble, mount the different bits on pieces of 'owd wood, and then flog 'em on ebay or somewhere similar - "Souvenir of the Rhyddings St Mill Chimney - actual piece". There are more than enough idiots in Ossy who'd buy the stuff, so there's good money to be made.

I believe theres a bring a brick and buy sale ijn the Stag on Saturday

[Bee]

Yes the chimney is getting pulled down. Saw 2 cranes this morning pulling bits down from top of the chimney.

[Less]

Originally Posted by Bee

Yes the chimney is getting pulled down. Saw 2 cranes this morning pulling bits down from top of the chimney.

I saw them too,

Looks like they've stopped for a tea break.

[Bee]

LET;
Work begins to demolish dangerous Oswaldtwistle chimney (From Lancashire Telegraph)

[katex]

Originally Posted by Bee

Yes the chimney is getting pulled down. Saw 2 cranes this morning pulling bits down from top of the chimney.

There is a 'photo in the link to the Telegraph you put up, Bee, but snapped a few myself this morning. Those cranes are huge, aren't they. Can also see the bucket I presume they were loading the bricks into ? Or perhaps dropping them down the chimney ? Got a lovely wave from one of the workmen..

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[jaysay]

Originally Posted by katex

There is a 'photo in the link to the Telegraph you put up, Bee, but snapped a few myself this morning. Those cranes are huge, aren't they. Can also see the bucket I presume they were loading the bricks into ? Or perhaps dropping them down the chimney ? Got a lovely wave from one of the workmen..

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That's because they're not allowed to Wolf Whistle now Kate

[wadey]

I won't bore you to death with loads of photos and I still cannot put photos in The Gallery, just get the message "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 3072 bytes) in /home/accringt/public_html/gallery/image-inc.php on line 116"

[garinda]

It's a pity we couldn't do this...

BBC News - Bolton home plan for Victorian chimney

We could have voted who we'd like to stick up there.

[jaysay]

Well I wouldn't fancy it Rindi, might make a great watch tower for Bee though

[wadey]

They won't let us go in the Pennine Tower at Forton (Lancaster) services in case of fire, how is this different ?

[Bee]

By 2-3 weeks, the chimney & mill will be torn down like Lego bricks.