quary bank mill

Brilliant blog San, interesting too, I recon you could have done with a few more hours though.

thanx heron, yes your right there, it just didnt work out as we planned but we would go again and have more time, i hate having to rush through. enjoyed what i saw though ,;o))

Brill blog really enjoyed it, hope all well at hospital.

So, Baz discussed an Austin 1300, would that be the type I took my test in in about 1971 ? They always seemed to be a pale lemon colour ! I loved this tour round, cannot imagine the noise working with that machinery, the silence when the workers left must have been deafening ! Beautiful scenery, all looking so green, especially the first outdoor photo. You look happy in the sunshine too. : o )))))

Lol,Sandra I found myself reading this quickly because I knew there wasn't much time :)) Glad you enjoyed your 'day' trip thank you for the photo's. Now you can take your time watching the new plants grow :)

Brilliant Sandra :o) I love places like that and reading about them. I wish it was near enough to here. Glad you had a great day (eventually lol) Hope you're ok aswell.

lol aster, it was lovely to get out together, doesnt happen ofter with baz working all week most weeks and weekends, he`s going to take another couple of days beginning of next month, i want to go to tatton park next, my new plants are wedged in spaces now lol, i just need a bigger garden ;o))

thankyou hywel thought you would enjoy it, its not far from manchester airport, just beyond it actually, very interesting, im fine hywel thanx,, i hope, will know when i go for test ;o))

Sorry I thought you'd been lol. Shows i don't pay attention - I never did lol Well good luck :o)

sent you msg hywel ;o)thankyou

It doesn't matter how quick a trip is as long as you enjoyed it. Getting out together is the most important bit.
It's amazing how people used to live and work only a hundred years ago, could you imagine it happening today?

your right ian, we did enjoy our time together, and the guy was saying before they put vents in letting out the cotton dust from machines it was awfull for workers, they couldnt see the length of the room for dust, and the heat was over 80f, caused all sorts of health problems,

Great blog Sandra. Never been to Quarry Bank Mill, but it looks like it's worth a visit; glad you enjoyed it.

thanx silverbelle, its worth a visit, i think next year the planting will be alot better, they need rain really to get things going, but still a lovely walk and interesting to visit ,;o)

great blog San...glad that guy invented the purple dye..as its my favorite colour...the place looks very interesting. lovely photos as usual...:-)

thankyou so much sandra, i can see you are wearing purple in your avatar to ;o))

it was matching my hair that day...but im bright red at the mo so im giving purple a miss for the summer..he he he

lol yes may clash a little sandra ;o))

Great photos Sandra....
but,,, er, no pic of an Austin 1300 ? ;o)

thanx Terra, it was in the garage, we went here in my saab ;o))
i will take a pic if you want to see the austin ;o))

maybe a David Austin rose ??? ;o)

lol Terra ;o))

put a pic up Terra lol

lovely blog & great photos too...

thanx elsiemay ;o))

What a lovely day out Sanbaz, great photos and lovely gardens too, enjoy your plants.

thankyou so much grandmage ;o))

Really enjoyed that San......what a life it must have been working in the mills...really hard, but I bet there were some good laughs too...nice to know he was concerned for his worker's welfare too. Smashing pics, pleased you enjoyed your trip eventually, cars can be such a pain can't they....:o(

thanx janey, will go again so we can take our time and maybe have a picnic there, so restfull, cars are a pain janey, but nice when they take us places like this ;o))

Too right San....just imagine going by horse and cart....you'd have to set off the night before...:o((

thats true,, mind you janey i hate the motorways, scared to death, im getting worse, i wont drive on them now, been like this last couple of years, im almost in tears sometimes when very busy and fast ;o( i love driving to, ok on A roads thankfully

I love Quarry Bank Sandra, did you go in the house where the children lived? we had a really good guide when we went who really brought it life, it is three years since we visited so its about time we went again, especially as I dont remember buying any plants there lol

No, I'm not keen on motorway driving...its those huge lorries trundling by...really scary, best to keep off them if you can, which isn't always possible though, especially if you're off to the airport....then there's the flight to think of....arghh....when I went to see Jim, I worried about it for weeks beforehand...all that time in the air with nothing underneath, I was really scared...Lol!
ooh it's 11 oclock, my bedtime ......lovely to chat...night night everyone...:o)

It's funny you should say that about motorways San. I used to be a lorry driver and had been for twenty odd years before I packed up to look after Carol. I've driven on just about every major road in Europe and relished the idea but now I hate it. There are so many bad drivers about, people who just have to get in front of you and those who are nearly asleep at the wheel, not to mention those who have never read the highway code, that I always try to avoid them and take the back roads.

I still love driving but try to avoid the busy roads! Lol

Lovely blog Sandra...Glad you enjoyed your trip out fantastic pics of the gardens and the river...Hope your new plants settle into their new home.

hi carole yes it is a lovely place to visit, didnt get to see the childrens house sadly not enough time but will go again,they had two tables of plants outside the shop, quite expensive but nice as a memento ;o))
janey and ian glad im not alone with the motorway thing, starnge how it comes after years off being ok, but like ian says people going so fast and skipping in front and so close it scares me to death, if anything happened we wouldnt stand a chance, makes me feel sick just thinking about the motorway, im going to sit in the back when we take joe to uni in aberdeen, i wont be able to breath lol
thankyou so much jem, glad you enjoyed the pics, plants all settled in and rained lastnight so thats good for them ;o))

Very interesting. So many 'old' things and techniques and origins are being forgotten as the younger generation shows no interest in how we came to be....very sad.

Looks like a couple of hours well spent though but like Heron says, a few more hours wouldn't have gone amiss. Lovely outside pics too....love the big waterfall:o))

do u no san ,both these places are just 30 mins away from us and we never think to go that much. it takes sum 1 like you to show us we should appreciate it and go more often . thanks 4 tour and reminding me of the nice places there r near our home xx

hi Dan and thanx for looking, yes when you visit these places it takes you back to another world, maybe the kids should go, they may appreciate what they have more, i loved the waterfall to ;o))
thanx cristina, i keep telling baz we should go to more places near by, i love going but have to give baz a bit of a push lol, glad you enjoyed it ;o)) x

i did san, and as to moterway driveing urghhh i wont touch em ,terrify me to death so i no wot u mean bt it . wen we go out i allways tell oh, 2 go the senic way lol .

lol cristina, amazing how many suffer the same thing on motorway, glad im not alone ;o)) i like senic route to haha