Woodnook mill.

[TOM PHILLIPS]

The widest oversail on the India mill chimney is 4' 9",it was easy for me to remember this because i knew it was an inch more than my grandma was,she was 4'8"

[katex]

Originally Posted by Retlaw

Christmas again already, that means library's shut for best part of week, all because of some mythical being whos existence has never been proved.

Retlaw.

Bah Humbug..

Originally Posted by TOM PHILLIPS

The widest oversail on the India mill chimney is 4' 9",it was easy for me to remember this because i knew it was an inch more than my grandma was,she was 4'8"

Oversail ..that's what's it's called. Thanks. Suppose if it is a narrow cart and not too obese a horse, could just fit on that oversail. Ah bless, your grandma must have been really tiny.

[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by katex

Bah Humbug..

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Bah Humbug.. Bah Humbug.. Bah Humbug.. Bah Humbug..

Thanks Keta, Etak, uh Medusa, any way I
like it so much I've coppied it several times.

Retlaw

[wadey]

I have a photo of the India Mill Chimney here
India Mill, Darwen, Lancashire on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

[Margaret Pilkington]

I took a few snowy pics of the site of Woodnook Mill yesterday......Atarah thought they would be good in this thread so here they are.

[wadey]

and very nice they look to

[Margaret Pilkington]

Thank you Wadey!

I was away last week when the chimney came down and I was praying for rain so that it would not be possible for them to fell it........well.......that didn't work.
To say I was disappointed is an understatement.......and as good as the pictures of the event are(congratulations to those who managed to get pics)....it in no way compensates for missing the 'drop'.

I lived my life growing up on the Hill, the chimney was always a focal point, as was the Mill......and the current views from Ma's place are very strange.

[Atarah]

Here is a marvellous photo, not as clear as I would have liked, but still good. Thanks to Mr Fred Barratt (ex roofing man) who took this aerial view and gave me permission to use it. It must be after 1992 cos thats when Woodnook St Marys School was being demolished - you can make out the new housing has been built on the site of the school.

I had NO IDEA the factory and other buildings covered such a large area.

[Margaret Pilkington]

what a brilliant picture Atarah. I love it!

[wadey]

Super photo, was the school just left of centre?

[Margaret Pilkington]

Wadey the School was where the new houses are.......just a little right of the centre.

[wadey]

Thanks

[Margaret Pilkington]

you're welcome.

[Atarah]

Nipped round today, mustnt forget to keep up to date with the site eh? A few photos showing a bleak looking site.

[Atarah]

And a few more from today. Before we know it, the proposed houses will be built and lived in!