Well..

After that productive morning I'm must leave you all again, I'm off out with the boys this afternoon.

I look forward to my three/four followers posting about me again in my absence. Whether it's good or bad it all counts towards my popularity.

I thank you.

productive morning, scouring through old threads to get something on jarvo because he rattled you.

happy shopping

"I'm off out with the boys this afternoon"

Thanks for that Terry

It wouldn't be you if you didn't tell us all what you are doing ...............or where you are going................ or what you are eating......or drinking...............or watching on TV.......or doing in the garden etc etc etc

Posted by: TerryW (1583)1,000+ Report abuse

My religion doesn't me to take alcohol.

"My religion doesn't me to take alcohol"


Except Guinness......and only if I am on the lash in Standish while watching Emmerdale.



Who on earth believes the tripe he comes out with

Posted by: TerryW (3962)2,500+ Report abuse

My religion forbids me to lie.

It's good to see that the thread terryw so shamefully brought back to life after 12 years has gone. It must have taken some guts for the person opening the thread to post what they did. For terryw to bring that thread back to life and possibly remind the person of his horrific ordeal, was nothing short of disgraceful.

Well done Terry, well done

Well said, FM

Baz: have you got any mates to go out with, I mean "out" not in here?

Looks you have got one less on here now Platty

But fret ye not, I can assure you he will be back

I know I said wont be here again but some peoples take on C religion is cherry picking what suites them

Staredelta sorry if miss spelled I some times wonder If tw is Roman C it would be interesting to ask questions. I was taught by sistere of NotroDamm my son went to Saint Marys pre school then to Stoneyhurst collage where was he educated

Sorry Annemarie,I have no idea where he was educated in the catholic faith, but if I had to guess I would say..................somewhere in Ince

Well if he cant justify where me was educated he cant keep claiming to be R C shame on him

sorry wemt he

ment

annemarie , I am Catholic and was brought up by the Sisters of Greenfields Orphanage, I was not an orphan but attended the skool they taught in,
they liked to whack us with a cane and make us say the rosery a lot, Also a big thing was learning the catechism.

I think it affested my spelling too,

Terry W (inactive) ?

Later in life I did some work for Sister Teresa,

Terry W (inactive) ?

OMG this means that, I have to entertain the buggers now,

Greenfields Orphanage was behind my garage in Billinge. In St.Helens actually! Tom, you were educated in St.Helens?

You should be more specific with your religion, as "Catholic" can mean many things.

Oh., Tom, did you read my message to you on the 'Guiness Day' thread?

just read it now,
for years i used to get phone calls from people saying, " hi tom, you done a job for me a while ago.......... Then when I answered them they'd say. " Oh, thats not you, Is your dad in ?" Much later on, I found out , there is another Tomplum, ( with my real name) and lived in Abram, I later on met on a job.
He's older than me,

Yes, I said you were about 68/69 and the bloke said "ooooooh, he's above that, that mon"!

His name's Harry Cherrington. He worked at Springs Branch Shed and is proud to have his picture on WiganWorld 'Album'!

Aye that Tom would be 85+ if he is still alive, nice bloke, Taller than me ( who isn't) with a full yed of blonde/grey hair,

Asking a question about a well, is what brought me to WW in the first place.

Did not get answered, unfortunately.

Guess I have kinda hung around since, and the years have rolled by.....

Ask it again. You never know your luck in a draw!

In 1953, one of our lorries was used as a float in Elizabeth II coronation festivities. Procession terminated on the Whithill, then grassed land between Barth Springs and St Peter's School.(good illustration of location in places: Bryn)

When all had alighted, we were asked to park up close up to doors of a wooden shed, to exclude access. Apparently it was to guard against anyone drowning.

I was shown inside after people had departed, and we were recovering the lorry. Inside was a water-filled hole, covered with old railway sleepers.

At the time, I assumed it to be a vehicle inspection pit that had filled with flood water. This is probably because we had vehicle inspection pits, some of which had in times past filled with flood water, and had required pumping out.

It was only many years later that I started to question my judgment. Was it the sort of shape that you would want such a facility to be? Was it a place you would be likely to locate such a pit?

So, I found myself posing the question, Was it the remains of Skelton Well?

After all, it was in the correct location.

The question I asked on WW is:

Anyone know when/how Skelton well ceased to be used?

Cholera put lots of wells out of use in late 19th and early 20th Century, though such wells often were capped.

Don't know if the railway sleepers would be considered capping.

Victorians had their spree of constructing reservoirs, enabling local corporations to distribute piped water to properties. Wells which became redundant in this manner would not be subject to same urgency with respect to capping.

Over the years, I have searched for more information about Skelton Well, but found very little.

A friend of mine's father had the garage there and, I bet, he'll know.
But, there's always Dougie and Bentlegs, not to mention Tomplum, they are all locals.

Bentlegs did reply to my original question, to confirm the location, which I did know.

Our inspection pits were covered when not in use: by timbers about 3 inch thick, and resting in recesses in the concrete, so as to yield a flush surface for passage of a vehicle. I now tend to ask, would railways sleepers be appropriate covers?

Also, vehicles then were, in general smaller than nowadays. The largest vehicles using our pits would have been Bedford 'O' type lorries, or Leylands of similar size. I think (bear in mind I am trying to recall 70 years ago) the hole in question was wider than our pits.

I take it you'll know my friend, Geoff Pilling?

Did know him well, though many moons ago.

He's still t'same mon !

Good

I liked Geoff.