Photo-a-Day  (Thursday, 29th January, 2015)

That picture really means something to me. My parents were married there in 1934, and I buried their ashes there in the Garden of Remembrance after they passed away.

Thank you for the memories, Brian. A well-taken photo.

Thanks for this photo Brian. It is 53 years since I left Poolstock, but the church will always hold a special place in my heart, as I was christened there, confirmed there and married there almost 56 years ago. I attended Sunday School there and eventually became a Sunday School teacher. Wonderful memories. Many thanks.

Nice shot Brian, well done.

A few years ago I went to this church on a special request for a woman called Mags, she said her relatives owned a boat yard on the canal in Wigan and they presented the church with a carved framed mirror with a canal boat on it.
I asked the woman vicarette could I have a look around and eventually I found the wooden framed mirror up in the bell ringing tower.
Carved on it besides the canal boat was the words Ring out the false, and Ring in the true.

I don't know Poolstock but it looks a lovely church.

Great shot Brian.
The church looks so clean and tidy.
When was it built and consecrated?

Brian I love these old buildings. It's marvellous how they managed to build them without the tools they have now.

Mick, I still have all the photos you took in the family albums Keep meaning to give the victor a ring to see if there is a possibility of rescuing the mirror from the bell tower if it's just gathering dust

Mags if Im passing and the church door is open I will go in and ask for you.

Very nice Brian.

Mags, given the inscription on the mirror - Ring out the false, and Ring in the true - it is highly likely that the mirror was meant to be associated with the bells, and so may well be highly appreciated where it is.
Also, if the mirror is on the church's official Inventory, it is difficult to remove it from the building. You need what is called a Faculty before you can place an object in a church - and then you need another one to remove or change it. That takes time and money.
It would be good to see a pic of such an unusual-sounding article. Which family gave the mirror to the church? I'm sure local canal historians would love to know more about this.

Thanks Mick, if you look at some of the boards with bell ringers names on, there were one or two Forshaws s on them. Maybe that why it said a Ring out with the false etc. on the boat mirror.

Nice shoot Brian, its like a miniature Parish Church , I wonder if that was by design?

Tom, i don't think it's a miniature of the Parish church, i would say St James is bigger.