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LOL Thanks for visiting. If you look at pages 38 - 40 you will see that 21st century architecture isn't a new departure for me ;)

Galatas, do you believe in "meaningful coincidence"?

Yesterday we talked about Crows and Rooks, today I found this one in almost the same spot. I identified it tentatively as a Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) - please correct me if you believe that I am wrong.

Thanks Simon

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Remnant from a wooden building? I notice there is a railing everywhere except for someone climbing the stairs and going straight ahead as if there were perhaps once a wooden loading platform or other structure extending out from the shelter area that is no longer there. Of course the question then is why build such a solid brick structure for some sort of less solid utility structure?

Odd indeed. Also, why the openings in the wall of the structure? They almost look like vents of some sort. "Viewing" does come to mind except this is certainly a poor wildlife "hide" and much overbuilt for such a purpose.

Having lived in Knowsley village for 20+ years I am so identifying with this history. Thanks! Theolfa

The field sand aerial ropeway that ran from the fields south and west of Rainford to the Rainford sandwash, whence the sand was transported by rail along the old St.Helens-Rainford Junction line (built 1857) to the "Top Works" (Pilkington Bros. Cowley Hill glassworks), where it was used in glass manufacture. One of the major reasons why the glass industry is (was?) located in the St. Helens district is that the "Sherdley Hill" sand west of the town is of a very high quality in that it has a very low iron content, which latter mineral would have caused a very green glass to be manufactured - quite unsuitable for flat, window glass but fine for beer bottles. Sherdley Hill sand is low in iron as its deposits are the result of sand being blown inland over the ages from the flat, west Lancashire coast that stretches between the Mersey and Ribble estuaries. The heavy iron deposits were left behind and inland deposits of iron-free sand suitable for the manufacture of window glass was the result.

To go back to the aerial ropeway at Ravenhead colliery, I too remember tales of daring-do off older boys who claimed to have ridden it up to the top of the rook. I clearly remember that ropeway, yet I have not met anybody (on the internet at least) who can back me up as regards its existence in the 1950s.

Very nicely done ~ it would make a lovely button design (without the spikes maybe :)) Friendly greetings from nick

What a beautiful Shot weldone Galatas