Wigan News (From Yours Truly) II

General (Discuss and ask about anything related to Wigan.)

Yon Parish Church clock is now around threee seconds slow.

So anyone wanting to see it reet, has missed it.

As Rolf concludes, time passses by.

i think its fast again

Does that mean i'll miss me bus.

Set off ten seconds earlier to be on the safe side, Sonlyme.

could do, on mon keeps coming on here 15/20 mins early because of it

Millers on Saddle junction, loaned from Albums. Cracking pic.

im sure latics are playing today

That's a belter, Mac.

See the building in the background, white first floor. Am sure I read on here that was a pub at one stage.

Trying to make out if that pic was before or after they put an exclusive lane at thet point for Fire engines.

Was it not the seven stars, or was that further up near the bridge. I do remember there being a pub there though.

I haven't a clue what the road system was like then.

Seven stars is after the bridge, EQ. In fact, you can just see it's roof on the pic

Pub is/was Bird I'th Hand.

There's a terracotta feature on the front of a bird in a hand.

Was it not the seven stars, or was that further up near the bridge. I do remember there being a pub there though.

Be told eront

*Hic*

Meths

I haven't a clue what the road system was like then.


I'm sure your not that young mac... The childlike poor attempts at bullying and my gang mentality must be a cover...

Even I can remember the road system at the Sadddle.... Maybe you had not been to Wigan by this stage.

Behave, bowt chin

Yor gang mentaility doesn't scare me..My money is on Jay

Me lovely new thread!

Ruined!



Ah well, back to playing Blind Pong with me mate.

Note the protagonist.

his in his early 50s, i think so he will have known what it was like, hes codding knowone

Fun for all the family

Correction on spelling...He's in his early fifties,I think he'll have known what it was like,he's kidding no one

Anyroad, is it just me who can't see the Seven Stars roof on that pic?

seems so

Dozy git!

I hadnt used the slider to see further to the right.

I'm now almost doubting that pub name.

I cant remember what the name of the company who sold fancy goods etc in there was called.

If memory serves me right the pub was used as a shop that sold cheap furniture and houshold goods, that would be in mid 80s.

Really?

Didn't Millers use to be up Whelley at one time.

Sorry must have been typing my post at the same time you posted

Don't be sorry.

Just come up with the name of the piggin shop. It's doiing me bonce.

It's the Warehouse.

Jacqui

This image I remember...

just seen the millers pic mac, brings back fond memorys as i spent many a neet down theer
mac do you remember the pub and the chinky that had alsation s in the fridge on the above island?

I can't remember it, KD... I remember Millers, but not the road layout around it. I even walked past there a few times
Nearest I can get is remembering when the road running past the fire station changed.


Although I think the building in the background on the left was a woodyard?...And there was a sail making place near there?

the building to the left of millers was a scrap yard the woodyard was further round i used to work there

Ah....Calderbanks was it called?

Ah....Calderbanks was it called?

Raab Karcher.

mac yes thats the one.the woodyard was ridings

Phew.

Was there a sail making place there as well?

Mac & Mache

cant recall that are you not thinking of pecs tarpaulines on pottery road?

Riding & Anderton.

Kaarcher were where Asda now is.

Dunno, KD. I can't even remember the sodding road layout

I thought Peters was where Asda is now.

Yes

It was laterly Raab Karcher.

To'ther side of the main road from Miller's was Clays wood place.

it was peters then changed names then changed again and moved up to rose bridge dodger

Teeth gnashers will dismay when they see a wigan based thread on here.

Was just thinking that, Mac.

Raab karcher sold it's company to it's employees I think, who relocated to The Pier and are now called 'Wigan Timber'?

The mahogany front door on my house was from Raab Karcher.....Years ago
Still like new

Clays timber place, on the left. Just out of the photo

@Nana Jacqui.



Made me laugh that one.

And me

And no abuse,probably reading his dictionary

Maybe

Mache is there a new born version ?

HAHAHA!

Sorry only a bib with letters on

D U N C E

his in his early 50s, i think so he will have known what it was like, hes codding know one

It must be my age, according to nana, I know it all, im nearly 70

Im sure she put me on ignore

Me lovely thread.

Sheps here, old faithful

@walshy

No pensioners specials on in Weatherspoons today?!

Ask nana

I'm asking you.

Im telling you to ask nana, or Frankie Abbott, they seem to know everything about me

Any comment on the game, before you sulk off

I wonder if the cowd weather has an adverse effect on it (Clock)?

Some culture

Adds a bit of class to my much read thread.

its because you are so informative

Ooops, wrong thread.

not another one............what you like

I'm not really into opera.

Or balet in the evenings.

Jay....lol!

Balet is a kind of stomach acid problem?

No, you're thinking of bally warch.

Is that a cure all?

(Well, obviously not all, say Echolalia or somesuch, but you know what I mean)

A cure all?

It's an ailment.

Have you never suffered and wanted your belly rubbing?

He has his back patted though

Is this a relative of the dribbler?

Boooo

at least frankie abbotts replying.........even though im on ignore

Don't be bringing my thread into disrepute.

I bet yon ref does a good line in telling off.

your "friends" upset

at least I'll not get any threatening emails,

Popular, int he!

That presenter woman was nice.

She was....has the dribbler ruined the thread sufficiently?

.....and site

Of course.

I see no ships.

You put a P where a T should be, and a little one at that.
It will appear shortly.

Popular, int he


HAHAHA

coming off frankie, comment removed, abbott

HAHAHA

As if by magic!

I wonder if it only wants a man with a screwdriver?

It wants a man

I'm on about the clock, by the way.

So you thought I'd put you on ignore !! Then why did you reply to my question yesterday regarding Gareth Hock ???? The mind boggles

ANOTHER comment removed

at least frankies not coming out with nasty comments about one of the mods..........like he did when he had ANOTHER post removed

Blind Pong!

So you thought I'd put you on ignore !! Then why did you reply to my question yesterday regarding Gareth Hock ???? The mind boggles

Replied: 21st Jan 2013 at 15:35



to put you right.........then people wouldnt laugh at you

@nanajacqui

Be careful,he'll be asking you where you drink/go out next and following you there!!!

Not to be confused with Blind Pugh.

Who the hell is Bling Pugh?

Spot the error.

Be careful,he'll be asking you where you drink/go out next and following you there!!


did you ever remember the landlady's name in the springy, you know, your local

looks like ive upset another sicko

Walshy76 was as popular at School as he is on here,no one liked him

i wonder whos using this name

another one claiming to know me

We had a teacher like that.

Doubt he ever went to school

I know you replied ... you thick pig...why when you thought you were on ignore..what was the point in answering me ?

If he had a mind, Jacqui, it wouldn't have the intellect to be able to boggle


Firefox....furnish us with details, please.

here come cowardly cropper

nice to see how you waited for the others to come on before you started posting

Me lovely out of date thread

"some people" might think its revenge for all the threads you ruin

Ephemeral

unlike when you come on here..........eh

never mind dostaf nothing last forever

I'm heartbroken, David.

I put all that time and effort in, and what do I get?

never mind, theres always tomorrow


some old threads seem to last forever

And I don't charge owt for this.

@firefox

Like Mac said..

Feel free to tell us everything..

yes, please do


oh dear, looks like nana no it all, is upset

Perhaps a more scuular timepiece would attract less bothe?

you'll bounce back dostaf,i have the utmost confidence in you, Illegitimi non carborundum

when your ready firefox


nana claimed to know me, but doesnt, so just made a fool of herself

I don't know about latin. I seem to be struggling with English.

Perhaps a more scuular timepiece would attract less bothe?

Secular bother.

Two for the course is it?

Yip.

Pass me the Dick and Dora vol III

Don't google 'see Nip run'.

You been jogging?

In these wellies?

You must be joking.

Hope the sheep is safe

Singular?

It's not that cowd.

seems the dribbler is gaining popularity by the day.

says someone who always having his posts removed

HAHAHA

Posted by: Mac (21154)

Teeth gnashers will dismay when they see a wigan based thread on here.


Replied: 19th Jan 2013 at 19:10



Spoken/typed like a true oracle.

Haters gonna hate.

Clock watch

Glad I'm not the only one.

Do luminous clocks count as atomic clocks

Only the older ones.

See Westclox scandal.

Another naughty tandem

sulfide

I can' qualify to say anything on this thread so I won't say anything!!

WIsh 'Some people' would follow your lead, Lizzie.

Getting back to the main thread, I walked past the Drumcroon House and the New Youths Club are they to be linked does one belong to the other cos they dont match and I think it would look a mess, 3 different buildings Brick House, New Brick Centre and a Warehouse on the end,
How strange is that.

Parish Church clock now roughly thirteen seconds slow.

id say its 35mins fast

heres to another 9hrs

I'm not sure, I think they were different roles. Town cryers were more involved in issuing public notices.

Whereas those "To o-clock, and all's well" chaps were different.

I'm almost tempted to google the proper name for rhem.

'Night Watch' comes to mind, but I need to check.

Don't go away, it shouldn't take a moment.

excellent

keep up the good work

No, theres no need. after all, it's no skin off my nose.

I think this is wrong

Maybe he will get the time right.

No, theres no need.

for what?????????????????

No, theres no need.

for what?????????????????

I got sidertacked.

The term brought back memories of Barry Cryer.

He wrote comedy for a lot of people.

Barry Charles Cryer OBE (born 23 March 1935) is a British writer and comedian. Cryer has written for many noted performers, including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise.

Wiki

And a master of the double entendre.

Also known as a Bell Man (Town Crier)

I've known people to be called similar.

Chester features strongly

So as this is a thread about Wigan, we'll leave the crying for later and concentrate on the time callers.

In't it 'orrible when they call time and you could sup another couple?

please keep up the good work, this site wouldnt be the same if you didnt spend you life on here posting intresting information


but according to "nana no-it-all" im nearly 70 so i cant spend all my time on this thread as its to exciting for someone of my age

This the man dostaf, very clever writer.

That is the one, Scoop.

We often take for granted the fact that funny men/women have writers behind them.

Who'd have thowt it?

Sorry to keep you all, well some, waiting.

Had heard of 'gatewaiters' before. But saw them as being like doormen of the town.

In the good old days Leythers and other vagabonds would have been chucked out for the night.

But I don't think we were ever encouraged to shoot them with a longbow within the grounds of the Parish Church, after seven o'clock.

Waits/Waites

And me being me, must recount Mr Dodd's penchant for extolling the virtues Great Drum Of Knotty Ash.

He reckons everyone shuld have a big drum.

One thing they're handy for, according to Doddy, is finding out the time late at night, or early in the morning?

Residents of Wrightington Street take note.

January explanation

Posted by: firefox (51)Walshy76 was as popular at School as he is on here,no one liked him

When your ready, Firefox or whatever your name is, or are going to become another one who makes a fool of himself by coming out with comments you can't back up

How old are you claiming to be,Walshy?

Ask Frankie Abbott, he knows everything about me

Or ask nana no-it-all, her husband call knows me

I'm asking you.

Maybe you could use a crossbow?

Or a Gat.

Yes, that's it, a Gat. I wonder if any laws exist to allow that.

Low life lying troll, I know your a trained fighter, but dont say it like that, its scary

Make your own mind up

You've come out with enough crap about me

Still got the mobility car then?

Or did you give it back when you found out you were wrong about your self diagnosed illness?

Nowt about using gats on Leythers after 7pm

An Gat

And picture off of th'internet

Jay

Me lovely thread is going awry.

That the best you can do
If you weren't full of it you would have seen me in the springy and the swan

That pub where know one has heard of your father in law

They probabbly do.

Maybe in e bay.

You don't think it'll be shunted?

Or even busted?

Maybe you should stick to posting threads on handbags

I know they don't have a clock on their town hall.

Hang on a minute.

Where, in handbags

St Mary The Virgin.

Is the dribbler causing trouble again, repeating his mantra thinking people care?

Not a clue.

I wonder if times are changing in Leigh?

Yes Mac...he does not know how to post without falling out with everyone...he needs to get a life

Not like the old times.

The ones he remembers so well, as well!

Anyone resurrecting a thread about killing (legally) an Welshmon in Chester?

No, I ran out of arrows.


Mind, it won't work in Pem.

I know I really shouldn't, but I can't find much about yon clock in Leigh.

Happen for the best really.

Don't want to be deviating from topic.

Mavis,it's a sad state of affairs, isn't it...Shows the level of pride the money grabbing council take in the Town.

by: Mac (21217)

Is the dribbler causing trouble again, repeating his mantra thinking people care?

Replied: 22nd Jan 2013 at 16:15
Last edited by Mac: 22nd Jan 2013 at 16:20:14


if you dont care frankie abbott, why do you keep replying, if you wasnt a liar i would be on ignore and you wouldnt kee getting upset



get a life, you mean like yours nana, following people around on here like a lost puppy

I will wager a shiny sixpence he has posted absolutely nothing positive, nor constructive.

I will wager a shiny sixpence he has posted absolutely nothing positive, nor constructive.

Still nowt doing on that bugger in Leigh.

I wonder if it's reet?

One for Peawapp.

omg, frankie abbott is now pretending im on ignore

HAHAHA

No, you're probably thinking of Trumpton.

and up pops cowardly cropper, well better late than never, as they say

You know I found it.

See here

Geman made clock.

Now walshy76 is attacking respected female posters on this forum.

The guy has got no shame.When will he learn some manners?

Posted by: jay_1 (8170)

Grandson old man?!!

At least you may not be long with us!!

A total bonus for all Wigan Worlders!


Replied: 31st Mar 2012 at 23:23


whats that about attacking

At least I do contribute intelligent conversation on here which you clearly are not capable of...and when you do it's back stabbing and all your spelling is incorrect..bet you were bottom of the class if you did go to School.

Jay, he is a coward, nothing more.

Handbags (or worse) here we come.

Tock tick

ask your husband, he knows me, you said

what about all the true comments i come out with about the person your always following around

Nice find, Mac.

Jay, he is a coward, nothing more.

HAHAHA

good un that, coming off you, you said you know where i drink and where i live but youve not been round

Puzzling as to why there's not much about the Leigh clock.

Happen them lot don't use it?

At risk of getting me own thread busted, or shunted:

I wonder aloud to myself, who made the Leigh clock?

(Not important, just a bit of a whimsy )

not important

it must be, if its made you come on 1 hr 40mins early

here comes cowardly train spotter cropper

Neges gan: walshy76 (Anwybyddu)

not that again, i cant believe a train spotter, who has different user names, is TRYING to have a pop at me

HAHAHA

One for the Leythers

where would some people be without leythers

They may like Jo Anne's lovely thread.

A wise man once typed:

Where do you draw the line. Ignore idiots? Drop to their level (in which case they've won)?

I'm often reminded of the scenarios where a little lad in a playground will take a swipe at a big lad, safe in the knowledge that the big lads daren't be seen to retaliate.

If they do, they are 'big bullies'. Thus, the little lad continues with impunity. Considering himself bulletproof.

i remember you posting that before

It's googleable.

oh right

I haven't tried yet. But it may serve as a comparisson.

I know there are pics on here. (Electric motor)

Picard talking like a Wiganer

STOP-CONTAINS A RUDE WORD!

Guess ther wasn't much ont telly then.......

Never is, Lizzie...Never is.

"Make it so." = "Shift thissen."

Thirty one seconds slow now. Give or take.

Its wants sorting once and for all, that clock, its 4 hours slow

Perhaps a graph?

It is as you suspect, pobably linear.

But a bell curve would be whimsical.

Yours Truely - I thought this might be of interest to you:

'The Incas' measurement of time was based on how long it took to boil a potato.' (Time - QI)

(That's Incas, not to be confused with Incers, by the way.)

Another nice find, Jo Anne.

'(That's Incas, not to be confused with Incers, by the way.)'

I'm saying/typing nowt.

'Ancient Greeks used a device called a clepsydra (water-thief) as a timer for places and times when sundials couldn’t be used.'

Seen the doings, but unaware of/forgot the name.

We do have digital, but not dig-it-up, timepieces in Ince, Dostaf. Though you will find potatoes and thyme cropping up from time to time.

Isn't there a clock on that cemetery building that faces onto Warrington Road, just before the junction with Cemetery road, Jo Anne?

Trying to find a pic.

There's a pic on www.flikr.com, Dostaf, which shows the clock. I'm not sure if it currently displays the right time or not though.

'I'm not sure if it currently displays the right time or not though.'

Well, you know what to do, Jo Anne.

Take a brolly.

The Cemetry Lodge and Gates were designed by the architect - Alfred Waterhouse.

'Alfred Waterhouse is perhaps best known for his design for Manchester Town Hall and the Natural History Museum in London' Wikipedia

Trying to remember, after seeing that pic, what is written on the clock face.

Possibly 'Wigan'

In't google great?

I thought the Rev David Long might have been the man to ask, Dostaf.

Why, do you think he'll nip round to tell us what time it is displaying, Jo Anne?

If you don't want to keep us informed, just say so. No need to start delegating.

Or Delegarteing as the say on down town LI.

And again - the clock has the name J. Ashcroft, Ince, upon it:

archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com - Thread

If you look at your link at 18:27, Dostaf, you'll see the photo is copyrighted by(?) David Long.

Pemberton Clock




From here...

I see.

I thought you were suggesting the good Rev may be happy to keep us updated on the timekeeping of the clock.

Obviously your comment was in the sense that you expected the rev to be one to provide a solution to my later question about the writing on it.


Anyroad, If you hurry up, you may be back before Coronation Street comes on.

is it reet?

Are any of his clocks?


Man who has a watch knows the right time, man who has two watches isn't sure.

We'll know shortly, KD.

Not from this intrepid reporter, Dostaf - it's dark. And it's raining.

So, sorry WW, you've had your chips.

It's a good job we aren't all like that.

Thus showing what a valuable service I selflessly provide.

Keep up the good work.

Typed with true conviction.

And with true contrition for letting WW down tonight.

I'm sure you won't need to do a regular regulation examination as pennance.

Parish Church is easier. Can be heard from many directons without actually seeing clock.

Parish Church is easier. Not from Ince, it's not.

As Mac said: Man who has a watch knows the right time, man who has two watches isn't sure.

Hehe! My watch doesn't exactly tell the right time anyway.

WW's Ince-Tepid Reporter can confirm the Cemetry Lodge clock was right this morning, according to this online clock.

So, just as I wisely wouldn't go last night, the clock wouldn't go this morning - though its whys and wherefores, I don't know.

And Wigan Parish Church's clock features on today's Photo-a-Day

That P-a-D pic is a corker.

Clock now fifty seconds slow.

Non political.

Don't mention the civil war.

General (Discuss and ask about anything related to Wigan.)

Approved by Darren?

Update (Because I know some of you appreciate this )


Just over a minute slow now.

'Just over a minute' We expect more accuracy than that, Dostaf.

64 seconds, give or take.

Time and Tide waits for No-Man

Now, who do you think The Seer is?

Hello, Seer (The)

Posted by: dostaf (46354)
Update (Because I know some of you appreciate this )


Just over a minute slow now.

Replied: 5th Feb 2013 at 15:28


was more than that yesterday, slow by about 4hrs wunt it

i hope theyve sorted it

its sorted

well done to tut clock fixers

Seventy seconds, now.

February Explanation:

That's a minute and a bit.

Still a bit fast though, if you don't mind me saying, mester

Just been comparing records

Lord forbid that anyone should reopen that one.

I dont suppose people will mind, if you reopen it, they'll be used to it

No, I don't think bimetalic strips would do it.

I think you may be referring ot the early marine chronometers.

Blinkin eck, im glad I went out, this is far to exciting for me

Not sure if it was brass. But you could be right.

see what i mean

Gimbals.

heres to another 8hrs

No, that's Jethro Tull and the rotation system. But I like your style.

thanks

He did indeed.

And it was a big un.

another one not man enough

Mewling won't help.

never mind, your "friend" will be on in a bit, hes probably gone watching one of them 3 teams, he call supports

he seems to have latched on to you now, Dostaf...Still, no one else takes him on. So it's like Care in the community for you.

am i supposed to be upset because you and your cronies dont take me on

HAHAHA

On a serious note, I wonder how much of that latching behaviour, or rather a fear of it, stops people posting?

Here is one for you where did the group jethro tull get the name from and why was the name known.

stops people posting


not as much as people coming out with comments about peoples family members

I told you, up there, he had a big un.

I made a bit of a mistake really, when I mentioned rotation, that was Townshend, not Tull.

(Bowt googin too)

As well as dostaf.

Was it a farmer, Scoop?
I remember something about agriculture.

Barred from a quiz on me own thread.

Whatever next?

Ask away, Scoop.

But I bet they'll all be googlin.

Well. nearly all.

seed drill

Mache
correct. have a gold star.

And Viscount Townshend?

Or was it Townsend?

Bugger! I'll hve to have apgging google messen.

Latched onto another target now I see.

Just the one ?

Seed drill eh
It should have been Jethro Till then

GERROFF!

Did he have a furrowed brow

Didn't get chance to see him.

He ploughed the field then scattered.

reminds me of the Panda joke

Really?

I don't know that one.

De tell.

I'm far too shy but it ends in 'It eats shoots and leaves'
But in the context of the joke there is a comma after eats.

And seeds, where do seeds come into it?

He ploughed the field then scattered.

That line reminded me of the Panda joke, nowt to do with seeds

So the panda wasn't planting seeds?

why I oughta
Typed in a Burgess Meredith accents

Well if I can't tempt you to reveal that one:

Remind us what Mr Manning said

I don't know
De tell (your words not mine)

My words?

I bloody well daren't use Mr Manning's.

De tell 15.34

Ah, you fell into my trap.

De tell® is my new company that recycles crappy owd jokes.

A bit like the K tel tat.

One minute twenty five seconds now.

Just tripped and spilled pancake mix over the Mrs. She is telling everyone that I battered her now.

By the crin, that's a clever one.

Splendid play on words.

Now gerroff me marvelous thread.

Ruinded

HAHAHHAHAHA

Haer, you ingrate....I left a tanner behind the bar, get yourself a gill of mild...

See that door with the blue pattern around it?

I can't remember what it said above.

But I know it was in that 'space age' font. Whatever it was called.

Hairdressers (It said on the page (WW) I stole it from).

Here

Comments by Mick, 7th March 2012



Brian - as Ste mentions above, it was called 'Psychedelica' it was a 'create your own art' place, where you could squirt coloured ink on a sheet of paper which was rotating on a turntable, to create a psychedelic picture. At the time this pic was taken, I think it had been closed for a while.

Groovy, Man!

Data 70

Time to google Jenny Agutter.

Walkabout!

No, not the proper nakky ones.

Logan's Run.

An ankh, apparently.

Ah....She did look nice in that.


Watched a 'comedy programme' on Gold recently, 'The Liver Birds'....With the sound down, it was worth watching!
Now, my question is, Bowt googling, name the pretty one.

Denzil

Not Denzil

Lucien

Real names only

Michaell Angelis

Wasn't he in that terribly bad programme, 'Bread'?

Does a lady from The Liverbirds now work in The Woolpack?

Can't think of the other two, besides Paula Wilcox.

Bugging me.

Didn't really watch it, but strangely enough, the opening scenes came to mind when posting drivel about Tonker's Liverpool bus.

I think Bread and The Liverbirds were both written by Carla Lane.

Yes...Shhhh...he knows nowt

Nerys Hughes and Polly ?

Nerys?

Couldn't remember Mis Hughes name.

Me neither. That's why I called her Paula Wilcox.

One was replaced by another one.

Lucien had a rabbit's head painted on the back of his Transit van.

Look at the state of my lovely thread.

What's the blody Liver Birds got to do with Wigan.

Now if you want to discuss the one time record breaking Liver Building clock.

I'm guessing, but I think the lady on the left - Elizabeth ? The actress in Emmerdale, was replaced by Polly?

I had pauline collinsin mind when I thought of it...
Now name the one on the left.

"What's the blody Liver Birds got to do with Wigan"



simples....... I know someone who knows Nerys

Yes, Jo Anne




Google's great!

"What's the blody Liver Birds got to do with Wigan"

There was a bus!

'I know someone who knows Nerys'

Ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, get her!

Be coming over all showbiz next.

Cheggers plays Pop, don't you know!

All my answers, I knew without google - unusually! I don't know why, but I have a great affection for The Liver Birds programme, even though I'd only be little when I watched it.

Never really took to the programme.

There are clocks, Dostaf.

And the claim to fame of said clocks, Jo Anne?

'Its two clock towers feature giant clock faces — the largest in the country and big enough to allow sailors to read the time from passing ships. The clocks run on electricity and were once known as George clocks, since they were set in motion at the exact time George V was crowned in Westminster Abbey.'

Google

'the largest in the country'

I wasn't sure if the record still stood.

Bigger than Big Ben and I have stood above them.

I am very impressed by that, Mac.

is it slow again

Well, it ain't exactly the quickest one on the block.

Call off the search

Anyroad, returning to topic:

We're now talking about a minute-and-a-half. Or as near as damn it.

I WAS stood on a box though, Jo Anne.

Could I just clarify, please - is it also correct to say a minute and three bits? 8th Feb 13:59

I see, Mac! I thought I vaguely remembered you posting a photograph of being near the top of the Liver Buildings?

Jo Anne. A bit is somewhat general. If I were being spot on, I'd have called it a mickle.

Now how many mickles, there are in a standard muckle, I have no idea.

I did, though I can't find it on Photobucket anymore

You're just trying to cause a muddle, Dostaf!

Four, one each.

I heard Photobucket didn't like your pics of Big Ben either.

You should have got him to sign some sort of disclaimer about those poses.

I thought so, Mac. Must have been an exhilarating experience - the nearest I've been is the top of the Anglican cathedral tower. Sorry, Dostaf - there's no clock on there.

Go on, Jo Anne. I'll let you bring in a tenuous link to the topic of my entertaining thread.

Dostaf Isn't it, Many a mickle makers a muckle

Dostaf Isn't it, Many a mickle makers a muckle

No!


Mickle makers are a dying breed.

What's more, I think it's high time there was a clock on the Liverpool Anglican cathedral's tower, Dostaf.

And you can see the Leeds Liverpool canal from the top of Wigan Parish Church's tower!

Tenuous, indeed!

I meant something in the shadow of the Wigan Tower.

There are also some listed structures featured on many a pic of them both too.

An clue

That belongs on the gardening thread, Mache - horticulture not horology.

Mickle-mas - Michaelmas- Daisy

Bloody notreet!

'There are also some listed structures featured on many a pic of them both too.'

Not as many a pic as I had imagined.

Previous thread

An apt quote from the thread:

"You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. IRISH PROVERB"

That could tie in both horticulture and horology - if you change it to grandfather clock.

Too big for the shelf etc.

We sang dirty ditties to that one at school, too, Jo Anne.


Arent my thereads full of drivel marvelous?

General (Discuss and ask about anything related to Wigan.)

I would have to read three hundred and odd imputs to get the drift of this thread....so I will give it a miss

Not at all Sue.

All you need to know is my latest update.

One and a half minutes slow.

It is difficult to get the drift of the thread if you haven't followed it closely, Sue.

Dostaf - See here!

so its really much a do about nothing in particular then?

Rebecca?

Don't you be sending her/them my way too, Jo anne.

Much ado about noting the time on the parish church clock, I think, Sue?!

Not Rebecca, Dostaf. Something more General about the page.

Was given a guided tour of the entire area of the Anglican Cathedral, and that was after it was banned due to Scouser (Allegedly) throwing thigs down onto parishioners/visitors.]One beautiful building.

Absolutely nothing, Sue.

Just a pile of drivel, but at least relating to Wigan.

Or at least my updates are.

As for the other people who ride roughshod all over my regular bulletins.

Well, I'll let them answer for themselves.

It is a beautiful building and its tower affords a wonderful view of Liverpool, Mac. The Metropolitan Cathedral is another favourite place for me.

'thigs'

Throwing thigs?

Are them like gargoyles, or the bits of sticks pigeons use to make rudimentary nests with?

The latter you bounder.

Nicest Cathedral I hav visited is the awesome Canturbury Cathedal. (The Temple Church is an absolute must see)


Mind, Am blessed wihth having the CHester Catherdal on the doorstep as it were.

The inside of our very own All Saints is pleasing on the eye.

Cologne is truly awesome

All well and good. But what about the poor bloody Wiganers who don't have watches?

They may have mobiles

There is the (As previously mentioned on my smashing post at 16:39) All Saints Church, situated in our very own Town Centre

Oh, aye. I never thought of that.

Similar to them lads in pubs etc.

I may have to start another thread if this degeneration of the right time telling continues, advising folk to nip into the Last Orders and seek assistance form them sorts who use their phones to entertain the heaving mobs.

You get quite a few heaving mobs round Wigan of a weekend.

'There is the (As previously mentioned on my smashing post at 16:39) All Saints Church, situated in our very own Town Centre'

Putting that on my marvelous thread is a bit of an excess.

Unless you too were seeking to tell some people to stick to topic.