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Forum: Heritage and History 13-04-2018, 07:05
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Posted By rivetlad
Lang bridge limited

I am researching the history of Lang Bridge Limited for a book , and therefore wondered if anyone can provide information on the firm’s history, the products manufactured and general descriptions of...
Forum: Buy, Sell n Swap & Wanted 01-01-2014, 12:20
Replies: 1
Views: 269
Posted By rivetlad
Wanted old stone troughs and old stone garden antiques.

WANTED TO PURCHASE

OLD STONE TROUGHS, PARTICULARLY LARGE SIZES. MILLSTONES, STONE BIRD TABLES, SUNDIALS, STONE FONTS, OLD CARVED STONE HEADS AND GARGOYLES, STADDLE STONES and...
Forum: General Chat 12-05-2012, 08:00
Replies: 47
Views: 1,412
Posted By rivetlad
Re: Dazzling dandelions!!

WHOOPS!! A hundred, thousand pardons are in order. I am indeed sincerely sorry to have obviously offended a number of you regarding my rather silly comments about semis and terraced house. There was...
Forum: General Chat 11-05-2012, 07:17
Replies: 47
Views: 1,412
Posted By rivetlad
Re: Dazzling dandelions!!

Long abandoned stone quarry sites are happy hunting grounds for us DANDELION lovers. As I aim to pen an article on the manufacture of gritstone horse troughs-once commonplace alongside the old...
Forum: General Chat 11-05-2012, 07:13
Replies: 47
Views: 1,412
Posted By rivetlad
Re: Dazzling dandelions!!

Thank the Almighty but as I don't reside in either a semi, or terraced house with wittering, nosey neighbours. I can and indeed do, leave my eight acres of fellsides, meadows and wooded areas "...
Forum: General Chat 10-05-2012, 16:26
Replies: 47
Views: 1,412
Posted By rivetlad
Re: Dazzling dandelions!!

[B][COLOR="Blue"] Long abandoned stone quarry sites are happy hunting grounds for us DANDELION lovers. As I aim to pen an article on the manufacture of gritstone horse troughs-once commonplace...
Forum: General Chat 10-05-2012, 16:20
Replies: 47
Views: 1,412
Posted By rivetlad
Re: Dazzling dandelions!!

The beautiful DANDELION flowers brighten up this awful Spring!
From earliest times the DANDELION plant which is a herb have been used as medicines; used in delightfully tasty salads; for beer...
Forum: General Chat 10-05-2012, 15:38
Replies: 47
Views: 1,412
Posted By rivetlad
Re: Dazzling dandelions!!

All of our public and private gardens should have huge beds of gorgeous yellow DANDELIONS!
Forum: General Chat 10-05-2012, 15:19
Replies: 47
Views: 1,412
Posted By rivetlad
Dazzling dandelions!!

I HAVE RECENTLY UNEARTHED MY PARTIALLY BURIED BONNY WEE GARDEN ANTIQUES BUSINESS FROM ITS MOTH-BALLED HIDEY HOLE.
I just love DANDELIONS, those delicious vibrant yellow coloured FLOWERS--never...
Forum: Hints/Tips/Advice 04-10-2011, 07:06
Replies: 2
Views: 414
Posted By rivetlad
Re: builder needed

Good Morning, Send me a PM of the building work required and a phone number.

Alan.
Forum: Heritage and History 02-10-2011, 08:06
Replies: 6
Views: 1,350
Posted By rivetlad
Re: F.steiner & co, turkey red dyeworks.

A little smattering of info on F. Steiner here:In 1835 the Church Bank Printworks was bought by F Steiner
(Hogg 1971, 83), and by the 1840s it had been divided into three portions; a printworks...
Forum: Heritage and History 02-10-2011, 07:46
Replies: 6
Views: 1,350
Posted By rivetlad
Re: F.steiner & co, turkey red dyeworks.

Just off Rochdale Road in Harpurhey, Manchester is Turkey Lane where until the 1980s a huge old Dyehouse was sited.

In the early 19th century the firm produced the " turkey red " dyed...
Forum: Heritage and History 02-10-2011, 07:38
Replies: 6
Views: 1,350
Posted By rivetlad
Re: F.steiner & co, turkey red dyeworks.

Retlaw & Garinda---thanks for the info. Yes, I have seen the images on "Lantern ".

I would like to acquire both information and pictures of the demolition of the tall stack, carried out by...
Forum: Heritage and History 01-10-2011, 21:11
Replies: 6
Views: 1,350
Posted By rivetlad
F.steiner & co, turkey red dyeworks.

:dflam:Can anyone recall the 250 foot octagonal brick chimney serving Steiner's dyehouse being dropped circa 1955/56?

This chimney was evidentally monumental in size, the huge octagonal shaft...
Forum: Heritage and History 08-09-2011, 06:56
Replies: 1
Views: 426
Posted By rivetlad
Oxford street, accrington.

HELP! To enable me to complete a magazine article I am writing featuring one of Accrington's most famous engineering firms-JOHN BLAKE, makers of HYDRAMS, I am seeking either a photograph of Blake's...
Forum: Heritage and History 07-09-2011, 12:37
Replies: 0
Views: 343
Posted By rivetlad
Oxford street, accrington.

HELP! To enable me to complete a magazine article I am writing featuring one of Accrington's most famous engineering firms-JOHN BLAKE, makers of HYDRAMS, I am seeking either a photograph of Blake's...
Forum: Heritage and History 07-09-2011, 12:29
Replies: 468
Views: 47,537
Posted By rivetlad
Re: Accy Old Photo's - John Kelly's Album

Hi,
What a fantastic collection of highly evocative images!

By any chance within the archive is there a photograph showing John Blake's engineering works on Oxford Street? Alternatively,...
Forum: Heritage and History 07-09-2011, 07:51
Replies: 0
Views: 960
Posted By rivetlad
Royal mill, clayton-le-moors.

On Monday last at Oswaldtwistle Mill, I photographed the late Thurston Smith's fantastic model of the 500 H.P. Clayton & Goodfellow 1912 built mill steam engine that originally drove Royal Mill at...
Forum: Heritage and History 04-09-2011, 15:26
Replies: 19
Views: 2,392
Posted By rivetlad
Re: Accrington_built stationary stem engine maker's plates.

Does anyone rember foundryman Roy Fishwick? Roy, now a fit 69 years young, lives near Whalley.
Forum: Heritage and History 02-09-2011, 19:11
Replies: 19
Views: 2,392
Posted By rivetlad
Re: Accrington_built stationary stem engine maker's plates.

BOLTON STEAM MUSEUM on 10/11 September, aye and you will be able to say " hello " to me.
Those interested in steamy reading, have a gander at my book:
HISTORIC STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS. Go to...
Forum: Nostalgia aint what it used to be... 02-09-2011, 19:05
Replies: 1
Views: 1,078
Posted By rivetlad
The jaggermen's bridges.

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, 18:33
Replies: 31
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
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
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
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...
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