tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post7424076933898437280..comments2024-02-07T23:23:13.726+00:00Comments on The Fylde and Wyre Antiquarian: Historical TitbitsBrian Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-23325911973770606522009-05-02T08:32:00.000+01:002009-05-02T08:32:00.000+01:00Bloody Eastenders!"...there was a similar one foun...<B>Bloody Eastenders!</B>"...there was a similar one found on TT (gawd knows what year) covered in white clay..."<br /><br /><B>There you go. Bet there was a reason for it, other than just making it more obvious in the landscape.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-49441627620995270772009-05-02T02:19:00.000+01:002009-05-02T02:19:00.000+01:00Speaking of bunnies...I've fallen in love with thi...Speaking of bunnies...I've fallen in love with <A HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1174965/Rare-Roman-glass-bowl-1-700-years-buried-merchant-East-London.html" REL="nofollow">this stunning dish they've unearthed in East London</A>.<br />Yes, I know it's not in your backyard but it's just gorgeous!<br /><br />Oh, the polo-mint-henge ...there was a similar one found on TT (gawd knows what year) covered in white clay with the causeway acting as a corridore towards the henge on top of the hill which would have glowed in the moonlight and been visible for miles around.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-19117811495123808872009-05-01T09:07:00.000+01:002009-05-01T09:07:00.000+01:00Jayne,
It's amazing what you can do with a bunny....<B>Jayne,<br /><br />It's amazing what you can do with a bunny. Rabbit pie, rabbit fricase, Welsh rabbit, thermal socks, a furry hat for winter, christmas decorations....</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-19104067028392773842009-05-01T03:17:00.000+01:002009-05-01T03:17:00.000+01:00What a lovely cottage in a beautiful setting!
You ...What a lovely cottage in a beautiful setting!<br />You can keep the bunnies, Brian, there's only so much rabbit pie we Aussies can eat :PJaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-4536822256277258072009-04-30T10:10:00.000+01:002009-04-30T10:10:00.000+01:00That's Stanah that is, Reuben...where I grew up. L...<B>That's Stanah that is, Reuben...where I grew up. Lots of history and bunnies. Pity I can't afford to buy a cottage there nowadays...although Fleetwood isn't bad either.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-18870245952664207012009-04-30T04:31:00.000+01:002009-04-30T04:31:00.000+01:00Excellent scenery.Excellent scenery.RVBMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10628271148079343753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-54355675625166484492009-04-29T19:41:00.000+01:002009-04-29T19:41:00.000+01:00Absolutely...and I'll keep knockin' down.<B>Absolutely...and I'll keep knockin' down.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-12976086078105459512009-04-29T19:22:00.000+01:002009-04-29T19:22:00.000+01:00I'll just go and line up those pins shall I ;-)I'll just go and line up those pins shall I ;-)History Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16110009792525497410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-61307196001656388712009-04-29T18:23:00.000+01:002009-04-29T18:23:00.000+01:00Melanie,
I'm sure you can get arrested for that s...<B>Melanie,<br /><br />I'm sure you can get arrested for that sort of thing, whether you touch it or not.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-69165446516705622212009-04-29T16:55:00.000+01:002009-04-29T16:55:00.000+01:00At first I was thinking of the steps as being a po...At first I was thinking of the steps as being a poncy extravagance for the upper classes until James mentioned the Shire horses which would make them a necessity. <br /><br />Especially for someone like myself who could probably walk clean under a Shire without touching it!History Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16110009792525497410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-54344270060506733692009-04-29T15:18:00.000+01:002009-04-29T15:18:00.000+01:00Jayne,
More likely to have been a gnome's residen...<B>Jayne,<br /><br />More likely to have been a gnome's residence, because there isn't much room inside it. (See...much room...mushroom...I could have worked for Cannon and Ball, I tell y'!)<br /><br />Witchy,<br /><br />Imagine how hard it is for the actual residents of Pilling to say it then.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-78910062434385888242009-04-29T14:16:00.000+01:002009-04-29T14:16:00.000+01:00Do you know how hard it is to say 'Pilling Pinfold...Do you know how hard it is to say 'Pilling Pinfold' if your teeth aren't stuck in proper?JahTehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02007730071564639411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-51132687508700843442009-04-29T10:09:00.000+01:002009-04-29T10:09:00.000+01:00Nah, it's the hidden entrance to the Fairy Dell he...Nah, it's the hidden entrance to the Fairy Dell hence it was filled in once you'd noticed it.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-75001582499402586982009-04-29T07:54:00.000+01:002009-04-29T07:54:00.000+01:00John,"I don't know why they'd put a beam in the ro...<B>John,</B>"I don't know why they'd put a beam in the road..."<br /><br /><B>An early form of sleeping policeman to slow the sheep down?</B>"I do wonder how the responsibility of watching after cattle could lead children to sloth and laziness?"<br /><br /><B>That depends on whether the said cattle was sitting on them at the time or not.<br /><br />Jayne,</B>"I've noticed there's a straight recessed edge on the left side of that niche, as if for a small door ..."<br /><br /><B>Possibly an entrance for pigmys? Somewhere for the ducks to shelter when it was raining? I suspect the niche was cut into the steps at a later date. From what I can gather it's been filled in again since the photo was taken.<br /><br />Andrew,</B>"I remember seeing a similar set of steps and wondering what they were for."<br /><br /><B>See...the educational value of this board alone is worth the amount it costs to run.</B>Brian Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00350965110160879688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-66528805631975517962009-04-29T03:47:00.000+01:002009-04-29T03:47:00.000+01:00Staring blankly at that pic of the mounting steps ...Staring blankly at that pic of the mounting steps again (as I've nothing better to do today) I've noticed there's a straight recessed edge on the left side of that niche, as if for a small door - milk bottle delivery might be more plausible, after all!Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-7807886665381751142009-04-29T03:15:00.000+01:002009-04-29T03:15:00.000+01:00Mounting steps. Somewhere in the back of my brain ...Mounting steps. Somewhere in the back of my brain I remember seeing a similar set of steps and wondering what they were for. Stairway to nowhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-50548127118971807832009-04-29T02:37:00.000+01:002009-04-29T02:37:00.000+01:00Coincidentally Feral Beast has recently come acros...Coincidentally Feral Beast has recently come across a great deal of the near-by South Yarra Pound in his research for his uni assignment, though it certainly wasn't anything near as pretty as the Pilling Pinfold.<br /><br />Of course Woodbine Cottage is gone...nothing as picturesque as that should be allowed to exist in peace (according to Progress).<br /><br />The mounting steps - how much has the road built up over the years? That niche looks like a short-cut toe-hold for ladies/climbing into carriages but the road surface may have come up to make it appear closer to the ground than it actually was, judging by the height of that first step.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34515154.post-73618912584099856332009-04-29T01:12:00.000+01:002009-04-29T01:12:00.000+01:00That niche looks like it could have fit a wooden b...That niche looks like it could have fit a wooden beam, although I don't know why they'd put a beam in the road, unless it was a 'break' to keep the horse from moving? You'll have to investigate that whilst you investigate said cottage.<br /><br />Interesting bit about the pinfold, especially the laws to avoid 'aforesaid evil' from wandering animals. I guess you could call it an evil, depending on what said pig or cow had eaten before creating said evil.<br /><br />I do wonder how the responsibility of watching after cattle could lead children to sloth and laziness? maybe it's a case of Monkey see, monkey do. :0)<br /><br />TTFN, JOHN :0)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15142977785391302797noreply@blogger.com