I am reliably informed by James that you will be able to watch from the playing fields opposite the Burn Naze Hotel which is outside the exclusion zone.
The Chimney is pencilled in for Sunday 1st of November but will keep you posted nearer the time. Where's Fred Dibnah when you need him .. the best chimney feller that ever lived. I do hope that people find out about it or it will just be us lot looking shifty :-)
I don't know how I've missed it but I've had an email from Andy with 2 great old postcards attached which I've never seen before. One is of Church Lane (now Meadows Ave) and the other is of Raikes Road. I will get them on the site tonight so have a look later in the Gallery.
Now for the Quiz ...
Where In Thornton Am I ? .. and the answer is
St John the Evangelist on Stanah Road
In first place .. Mike
In 2nd place .. Mike P
In 3rd place .. John
In 4th place .. Brenda
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hi melanie, looking forward to the TPS going up or should i say down this weekend, i hope it,s a big bang. also looking forward to the pics later. and i have to agree on the fred dibnah thing. i have a mate in bolton who lived on the same street as fred and my claim to fame is having a brew with the great man in his house.
ReplyDeleteHi Mike
ReplyDeleteNow you've been and gone and done it! Russ is dead jealous .. he loved Fred Dibnah. We still tape all his programs even though he's seen them all a hundred times.
The thing is he loved what he did and wanted to put a show on for the crowd as well as respecting the building itself. I think instead of all wearing a red rose on Sunday we should all bring a can of mild in his honour (brown paper bag optional)
I've got the pics in the Gallery now by the way.
ReplyDeleteHi, The Raikes Rd photo is of the first Rose Cottage,(Opposite the public footpath to Woodhouse Rd) owned in the 30s/40s by Mr & Mrs Kirby.Prior to that it was a Duck Farm One of my 1/2 cousin's father lived there.The Farm on the right at the bottom of the hill(Corner of Lambs Rd,)was farmed by another distant relative of mine Ernie Armistead.Incidentally there was another Rose Cottage on Raikes Rd,at the junction of Underbank and Raikes Rd,(Now demolished)My wife lived there in the 1940s knew it well.
ReplyDeleteSunday, eh? That's our usual excavating day, which means it'll be bucketting down. (If it isn't -- which it will be, but I'm being philosophical here -- you can give us a wave from the next field.)
ReplyDeleteBrian you will have the best view from up there, and as it,s illumination season the weather will be pant,s for the next couple of months as always.
ReplyDeletefrom what i can make out from talking to people half the fylde coast will be there word has spread and every one i talk to say they will be there. {can we charge admin fee} .
I hope people do turn out as it's one of those things that you always find out about afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI'll bring a barbie and we can seel hot dogs lol
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Well the power station is down !! sort of its now leaning so you can now see the roof.. Hahah
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is the chimney being demolished on sunday the 1st ? If so what time ?
ReplyDeleteHi
ReplyDeleteWe think it has been put back due to the mess they made of the first one. Someone in the know is posting upddates on Mikes Forum
http://thorntoncleveleys.forumotion.co.uk/chat-f4/