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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 the work’s departments: foundry, pattern-shop, machine shops and such like. I also require...

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 OLD GARDEN STONE ANTIQUES. Email: [email protected]

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 weeds-that bring much joy to us garden lovers. During the previous three late summers ,armed with a...

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 weeds-that bring much joy to us garden lovers. During the previous three late summers ,armed with a...

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

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 leased back to the Peels, a chemical works run by James Haworth & Sons, and a 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 cloth used by the British Army " redcoats ". I wonder if F. Steiner's Turkey Red Dyehouse at Church...

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 ? circa 1955/56.

: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 rising up from a massively constructed stone plinth of square dimensions. Any information and...

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 Oxford Street Engineering Works, or a map dated circa-1870 to 1900 of Oxford Street. Any...

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 Oxford Street Engineering Works, or a map dated circa-1870 to 1900 of Oxford Street. Any...

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, a map circa 1870 to 1900 showing Blake's Oxford street works. If yes, can you please send me...

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 Clayton-le-Moors. Has anyone any old photographs of this engine taken prior to it being scrapped...

Does anyone rember foundryman Roy Fishwick? Roy, now a fit 69 years young, lives near Whalley.

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 www.sledgehammereengineeringpress.co.uk