Rivetlad's introduction

I hope you didn't have to repair this boiler rivetlad, it blew out the side of a mill on the cut bank near Halifax Road Todmorden.
 

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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 people and injured many others.
You can read the full horrifying story of this devastating explosion and many other similar boiler explosions in my book: HISTORIC STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS. You can purchase a copy of my highly acclaimed book directly from my website:
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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 Fred dropping around 30 chimneys and assisted him on a number: Whitfold Mill, Facit, Whitworth, near Rochdale being an example. In 2008 I wrote the best selling book that tells the story of Fred Dibnah's chimney toppling exploits: FRED DIBNAH'S CHIMNEY DROPS. FOR DETAILS GO TO MY WEBSITE :
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I hope I haven't poached the photo from your book Rivetlad, it is one I have had in my collection for many years, where it came from I do not know.

Lord's works was near to another fine engineering firm, Kinghorn's. I went to College with the bosses son.
 
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, rain, moorland mist or snow carrying corn, and other merchandise across the " wastes " of the Rossendale Fells. My wife Christine has documented the fascinating story of the packhorse men in her book:
JAGGERMEN'S BRIDGES ON PACKHORSE TRAILS. Interested? Go to our website:
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Does your wife's book mention the horse troughs at Mankinholes? There were few in line so all the horses could drink at once. I have a photo somewhere I took many years ago when I used to sup in the Top Brink.

The one below is not the one I took by the way.
 

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