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"Roger Murray" <timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning, (lying in
> bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who lives on a
> narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being interviewed. He bought the
> land next to his mooring and built a 30ft lighthouse.  According to him it
> is on a bend and just looks like a conventional coastal lighthouse. He
> even phoned Fred Dibnah who was on the phone for over half an hour with
> helpful hints on how to build it. The lamp was from one of the old
> lightships. Our friend can even sit on top of it in a small room. Sounds
> completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He claims that it is the only
> manned lighthouse still in Britain as all the rest are now automatic.!
>
> Roger Murray


Bet he is popular with the neighbours - flashing  all night  !

Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

Peter Stockdale wrote:
>
> Bet he is popular with the neighbours - flashing  all night  !

We've got blokes like that round our way...

Roger Murray wrote:
> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning, (lying
> in bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who lives on a
> narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being interviewed. He bought
> the land next to his mooring and built a 30ft lighthouse.  According
> to him it is on a bend and just looks like a conventional coastal
> lighthouse. He even phoned Fred Dibnah who was on the phone for over
> half an hour with helpful hints on how to build it. The lamp was from
> one of the old lightships. Our friend can even sit on top of it in a
> small room. Sounds completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He
> claims that it is the only manned lighthouse still in Britain as all
> the rest are now automatic.!
> Roger Murray

Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm

--
Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest
Follow the travels of the TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk

"Martin" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
> <neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Roger Murray wrote:
>>> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning, (lying
>>> in bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who lives on a
>>> narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being interviewed. He bought
>>> the land next to his mooring and built a 30ft lighthouse.  According
>>> to him it is on a bend and just looks like a conventional coastal
>>> lighthouse. He even phoned Fred Dibnah who was on the phone for over
>>> half an hour with helpful hints on how to build it. The lamp was from
>>> one of the old lightships. Our friend can even sit on top of it in a
>>> small room. Sounds completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He
>>> claims that it is the only manned lighthouse still in Britain as all
>>> the rest are now automatic.!
>>> Roger Murray
>>
>>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>
> Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>
> Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?
> --
> Martin


Agreed - lighthouses are usually picturesque - this one leaves a lot to be
desired.

Pete
www.thecanalshop.com

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 11:13:13 +0000, Paul Burke <paul@scazon.com>
wrote:

>Peter Stockdale wrote:
>>
>> Bet he is popular with the neighbours - flashing  all night  !
>
>We've got blokes like that round our way...

Do they build 30' towers to get a good exposure?
--
Martin

Peter Stockdale wrote:
> "Martin" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:h023p19knnobg9v5thmqfet38tr8ij588e@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
>> <neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Roger Murray wrote:
>>>> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning,
>>>> (lying in bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who
>>>> lives on a narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being
>>>> interviewed. He bought the land next to his mooring and built a
>>>> 30ft lighthouse.  According to him it is on a bend and just looks
>>>> like a conventional coastal lighthouse. He even phoned Fred Dibnah
>>>> who was on the phone for over half an hour with helpful hints on
>>>> how to build it. The lamp was from one of the old lightships. Our
>>>> friend can even sit on top of it in a small room. Sounds
>>>> completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He claims that it is
>>>> the only manned lighthouse still in Britain as all the rest are
>>>> now automatic.! Roger Murray
>>>
>>> Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>> http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>>
>> Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>>
>> Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?
>> --
>> Martin
>
>
> Agreed - lighthouses are usually picturesque - this one leaves a lot
> to be desired.
>
> Pete
> www.thecanalshop.com

I dunno if it is a London thing, but round here there are a lot of new
Sureguard storage units that have a fake lighthouse at the entrance.

The classic canal lighthouse is at Ellesmere Port
http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/T03_Imag/03.27.06/Dscn0985.jpg

--
Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest
Follow the travels of the TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
<neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:

>Roger Murray wrote:
>> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning, (lying
>> in bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who lives on a
>> narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being interviewed. He bought
>> the land next to his mooring and built a 30ft lighthouse.  According
>> to him it is on a bend and just looks like a conventional coastal
>> lighthouse. He even phoned Fred Dibnah who was on the phone for over
>> half an hour with helpful hints on how to build it. The lamp was from
>> one of the old lightships. Our friend can even sit on top of it in a
>> small room. Sounds completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He
>> claims that it is the only manned lighthouse still in Britain as all
>> the rest are now automatic.!
>> Roger Murray
>
>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm

Gawd it looks so naff. :-)

Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?
--
Martin

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:58:07 +0100, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
><neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Roger Murray wrote:
>>> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning, (lying
>>> in bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who lives on a
>>> narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being interviewed. He bought
>>> the land next to his mooring and built a 30ft lighthouse.  According
>>> to him it is on a bend and just looks like a conventional coastal
>>> lighthouse. He even phoned Fred Dibnah who was on the phone for over
>>> half an hour with helpful hints on how to build it. The lamp was from
>>> one of the old lightships. Our friend can even sit on top of it in a
>>> small room. Sounds completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He
>>> claims that it is the only manned lighthouse still in Britain as all
>>> the rest are now automatic.!
>>> Roger Murray
>>
>>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>
>Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>
>Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?

Health & safety?

--
Alastair

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 12:48:06 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
<neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:

>Peter Stockdale wrote:
>> "Martin" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:h023p19knnobg9v5thmqfet38tr8ij588e@4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
>>> <neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roger Murray wrote:
>>>>> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning,
>>>>> (lying in bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who
>>>>> lives on a narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being
>>>>> interviewed. He bought the land next to his mooring and built a
>>>>> 30ft lighthouse.  According to him it is on a bend and just looks
>>>>> like a conventional coastal lighthouse. He even phoned Fred Dibnah
>>>>> who was on the phone for over half an hour with helpful hints on
>>>>> how to build it. The lamp was from one of the old lightships. Our
>>>>> friend can even sit on top of it in a small room. Sounds
>>>>> completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He claims that it is
>>>>> the only manned lighthouse still in Britain as all the rest are
>>>>> now automatic.! Roger Murray
>>>>
>>>> Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>>> http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>>>
>>> Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>>>
>>> Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?
>>> --
>>> Martin
>>
>>
>> Agreed - lighthouses are usually picturesque - this one leaves a lot
>> to be desired.
>>
>> Pete
>> www.thecanalshop.com
>
>I dunno if it is a London thing, but round here there are a lot of new
>Sureguard storage units that have a fake lighthouse at the entrance.
>
>The classic canal lighthouse is at Ellesmere Port
>http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/T03_Imag/03.27.06/Dscn0985.jpg

Locally at one end of a large lake, that was once linked to the sea,
there was what I think was an old brick white painted lighthouse
tower. Somebody has bought it stripped off all the paint & had the
bricks cleaned so that they look like new. Now it looks like a WWII
airfield water tower, all that's missing is a bit of ancient
camouflage paint.
--
Martin

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 13:56:11 GMT, alastair@as3jg.freeuk.com (Alastair)
wrote:


>>>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>>
>>Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>>
>>Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?
>
>Health & safety?

LOL!!!
--
Martin

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 10:09:33 -0000, "Roger Murray"
<timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning, (lying in bed
>as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who lives on a narrowboat on
>the Bridgewater Canal was being interviewed. He bought the land next to his
>mooring and built a 30ft lighthouse.  According to him it is on a bend and
>just looks like a conventional coastal lighthouse. He even phoned Fred
>Dibnah who was on the phone for over half an hour with helpful hints on how
>to build it.

Hi

Presumably, what he actually used to talk to Fred Dibnah for over half
an hour was a ouija board!!!      8^)

Regards
KGB

Martin wrote...
><neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:

>>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>
>Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>
>Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?

Presumably because the roof leaks!
--
Martin Clark

Internet Boaters' Database   http://www.auluk.freeserve.co.uk/boats
Pennine Waterways Website    http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:58:07 +0100, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
><neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Roger Murray wrote:
>>> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning, (lying
>>> in bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who lives on a
>>> narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being interviewed. He bought
>>> the land next to his mooring and built a 30ft lighthouse.  According
>>> to him it is on a bend and just looks like a conventional coastal
>>> lighthouse. He even phoned Fred Dibnah who was on the phone for over
>>> half an hour with helpful hints on how to build it. The lamp was from
>>> one of the old lightships. Our friend can even sit on top of it in a
>>> small room. Sounds completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He
>>> claims that it is the only manned lighthouse still in Britain as all
>>> the rest are now automatic.!
>>> Roger Murray
>>
>>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>
>Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>
>Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?

Well I think it's rather good. We need a bit of humour in architecture
from time to time. It's doing no harm at Monton, which is not the most
salubrious of places.

Martin's picture was taken before the building was completed. It
doesn't have a blue cover now.

Good luck to the fellah.


--
David Kitching

On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:58:07 +0100, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote:


>>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm

Martin-presumably all the Pennine reservoirs are now full?
Cheers Robin

"David Kitching" <brocross@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:58:07 +0100, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
>><neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Roger Murray wrote:
>>>> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning, (lying
>>>> in bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who lives on a
>>>> narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being interviewed. He bought
>>>> the land next to his mooring and built a 30ft lighthouse.  According
>>>> to him it is on a bend and just looks like a conventional coastal
>>>> lighthouse. He even phoned Fred Dibnah who was on the phone for over
>>>> half an hour with helpful hints on how to build it. The lamp was from
>>>> one of the old lightships. Our friend can even sit on top of it in a
>>>> small room. Sounds completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He
>>>> claims that it is the only manned lighthouse still in Britain as all
>>>> the rest are now automatic.!
>>>> Roger Murray
>>>
>>>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>>
>>Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>>
>>Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?
>
> Well I think it's rather good. We need a bit of humour in architecture
> from time to time. It's doing no harm at Monton, which is not the most
> salubrious of places.
>
> Martin's picture was taken before the building was completed. It
> doesn't have a blue cover now.
>
> Good luck to the fellah.
>
>
> --
> David Kitching

Agree with David. There are so many neat little neo Georgian box like houses
appearing along the canals, all looking the same that it is refreshing to
see something different. I don't think it looks all that bad either, mind
you I would rather have seen nothing!

Roger Murray.


"David Kitching" <brocross@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:58:07 +0100, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
>><neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>Roger Murray wrote:
>>>> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning, (lying
>>>> in bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who lives on a
>>>> narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being interviewed. He bought
>>>> the land next to his mooring and built a 30ft lighthouse.  According
>>>> to him it is on a bend and just looks like a conventional coastal
>>>> lighthouse. He even phoned Fred Dibnah who was on the phone for over
>>>> half an hour with helpful hints on how to build it. The lamp was from
>>>> one of the old lightships. Our friend can even sit on top of it in a
>>>> small room. Sounds completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He
>>>> claims that it is the only manned lighthouse still in Britain as all
>>>> the rest are now automatic.!
>>>> Roger Murray
>>>
>>>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>>
>>Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>>
>>Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?
>
> Well I think it's rather good. We need a bit of humour in architecture
> from time to time. It's doing no harm at Monton, which is not the most
> salubrious of places.
>
> Martin's picture was taken before the building was completed. It
> doesn't have a blue cover now.
>
> Good luck to the fellah.
>
>
> --
> David Kitching

Roger Murray wrote:
>  I don't think it looks all
> that bad either, mind you I would rather have seen nothing!

There's always the option of closing one's eyes.  :-)


--
Mike Stevens
narrowboat Felis Catus II  -  Felis Catus III real soon now!
Web site www.mike-stevens.co.uk

No man is an island.  So is Man.

"Martin" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>>
>>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>
> Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>
> Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?
> --
> Martin

The owner probably saw a few moored boats (Braunston puddlebanks perhaps?)
and thought a blue 'tarp' was a traditional form of canal roof decoration...

Paul

Robin Nicholson wrote...
>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:58:07 +0100, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>>Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>>http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>
>Martin-presumably all the Pennine reservoirs are now full?

Dunno - I haven't been out to check them. It hasn't actually rained all
that much around here in the past few days - just a few showers. It
usually takes a long period of prolonged rain to have a significant
impact on some of the reservoirs.
--
Martin Clark

Internet Boaters' Database   http://www.auluk.freeserve.co.uk/boats
Pennine Waterways Website    http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk

"KGB (KGB)" <FedUpWithSpam@NoEmailAddre.ss> wrote in message
news:4391c4fa.22257634@nntp.dsl.pipex.com...
> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 10:09:33 -0000, "Roger Murray"
> <timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning, (lying in
>>bed
>>as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who lives on a narrowboat on
>>the Bridgewater Canal was being interviewed. He bought the land next to
>>his
>>mooring and built a 30ft lighthouse.  According to him it is on a bend and
>>just looks like a conventional coastal lighthouse. He even phoned Fred
>>Dibnah who was on the phone for over half an hour with helpful hints on
>>how
>>to build it.
>
> Hi
>
> Presumably, what he actually used to talk to Fred Dibnah for over half
> an hour was a ouija board!!!      8^)
>
> Regards
> KGB
>

Whilst on the subject of inland Lighthouses. There is a rather prominent one
standing high on an escarpment near to the Crich Tramway Museum in
Derbyshire. I understand that it was built as a memorial to a British Army
regiment after the First World War. These facts could be inaccurate,
nevertheless it is a big high standing lighthouse, and looks very authentic
as it slowly flashes away at night and can be seen for miles around.

Some years ago, I was driving back from London, coming off the M1 near
Alfreton and cutting across through Crich and Matlock to Macclesfield. It
was a clear night, I was tired and was having to put up with a tedious
rather pompous, know it all passenger. One of those who, wherever you have
been, he has been and is an expert on the place and has wined and dined at
the best hotel, in fact he was an expert on virtually everything and had
been everywhere and done everything. In fact, David Dickinson who has just
appeared in the 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' program reminded me of
him although to be kind to David, this man was far worse!

As we drove past Crich down towards Cromford, the road seems to run along
the side of a high ridge with the land dropping away to the left, which was
covered in a low mist which looked like the sea. At the end of the ridge
there is a promontory sticking out like a headland and on top of this is the
lighthouse flashing away. This passenger, who was not used to the route, as
he would have come straight up the M6, and kept on telling so, as he was
eager to get home, suddenly shouted. 'For fucks sake Roger which way are we
going? We're on the bloody coast!' 'Oh,' I said, 'So we are, but it's a nice
way along the coast.' It ended up with a slanging match with him accusing me
of not knowing were I was going and driving miles out of our way. The
wonderful thing was that it completely disoriented him and for once he didn't
know where he was. He just could not figure out how the coast could be so
close to where we were. I said it was the eastern end of the Mersey Estuary
but he couldn't understand how we could have got so far west without
crossing the M6. We have rarely spoken since. . Forgive the F word but that
was how it was and what he said.

Roger Murray

Neil Arlidge wrote:
> Peter Stockdale wrote:
>> "Martin" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:h023p19knnobg9v5thmqfet38tr8ij588e@4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
>>> <neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Roger Murray wrote:
>>>>> Was just listening to Home Truths on Radio Four this morning,
>>>>> (lying in bed as it was murky and wet outside!) when a chap who
>>>>> lives on a narrowboat on the Bridgewater Canal was being
>>>>> interviewed. He bought the land next to his mooring and built a
>>>>> 30ft lighthouse.  According to him it is on a bend and just looks
>>>>> like a conventional coastal lighthouse. He even phoned Fred Dibnah
>>>>> who was on the phone for over half an hour with helpful hints on
>>>>> how to build it. The lamp was from one of the old lightships. Our
>>>>> friend can even sit on top of it in a small room. Sounds
>>>>> completely nutty, as he should be bless him. He claims that it is
>>>>> the only manned lighthouse still in Britain as all the rest are
>>>>> now automatic.! Roger Murray
>>>>
>>>> Piccy on Pennine Waterways...
>>>> http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/bridgewater/bri77.htm
>>>
>>> Gawd it looks so naff. :-)
>>>
>>> Why is it wearing a clean room blue hat?
>>> --
>>> Martin
>>
>>
>> Agreed - lighthouses are usually picturesque - this one leaves a lot
>> to be desired.
>>
>> Pete
>> www.thecanalshop.com
>
> I dunno if it is a London thing, but round here there are a lot of new
> Sureguard storage units that have a fake lighthouse at the entrance.
>

ISTR a fake one on Morrisons superstore near Preston Basin.

--
--
Ron Jones

Don't repeat history, see unreported near misses in chemical lab/plant
at http://www.crhf.org.uk
Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm
not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein

Roger Murray wrote...
> Forgive the F word but that
>was how it was and what he said.
>
No need to apologise for quoting the F word, Roger - the story made me
laugh!
--
Martin Clark

Internet Boaters' Database   http://www.auluk.freeserve.co.uk/boats
Pennine Waterways Website    http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 22:53:56 -0000, "Roger Murray"
<timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>
>"David Kitching" <brocross@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>news:h0t3p15te5428ers7i8fjr476c8dg4o30p@4ax.com...
>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:58:07 +0100, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
>>><neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>>R


Roger - has your computer a problem. Your recent posts are proceeded a
few minutes with a copy of the message you are responding to.

Malcolm
--

Malcolm
webmaster http://www.nb-president.org.uk/

On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 23:24:26 -0000, "Mike Stevens"
<michael.stevens@which.net> wrote:

>Roger Murray wrote:
>>  I don't think it looks all
>> that bad either, mind you I would rather have seen nothing!
>
>There's always the option of closing one's eyes.  :-)

"Narrow boat rams naff lighthouse"
--
Martin http://tinyurl.com/8x2pz

I went round the lighthouse (and the adjacent Vic56 steamer when it was
open as part of London Open House weekend back in September (It was
actually a Trinity House training lighthouse)

I beleive that you can go round it by appointment (Its doesn't take
long), will try and find the information sheet on it for the details

BTW the tower also contains and 'audio experience' in the Faraday
workshiop which is best missed.

Tim



Original Message

The nice looking (nearly on the canal) lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf
on
the entrance to the Bow Creek beside the Thames always fascinates me
when I
drive down the docklands road.  I believe it was Michael Faraday's
workshop
where he tried out new ideas on carbon ark lighting and battery
charging
technology while working for Trinity House.


Does anybody know if it is open to the public as it seems to be locked
into
what has become the  container city warehouse storage and art studio
site.
It looks an interesting place to visit but I have never tried getting
to the
site.  Those who go cruising on the Bow Creek tideway will have had a
closer
look.


Graham Brooker

"Malcolm N....." <malcolm@mgnixon.org.uk> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 22:53:56 -0000, "Roger Murray"
> <timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>"David Kitching" <brocross@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>news:h0t3p15te5428ers7i8fjr476c8dg4o30p@4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:58:07 +0100, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
>>>><neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>R
>
>
> Roger - has your computer a problem. Your recent posts are proceeded a
> few minutes with a copy of the message you are responding to.
>
> Malcolm
> --
>
> Malcolm
> webmaster http://www.nb-president.org.uk/

It has off days like me. Probably me. But thanks Malcolm.

Roger.


"Malcolm N....." <malcolm@mgnixon.org.uk> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 22:53:56 -0000, "Roger Murray"
> <timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>>"David Kitching" <brocross@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>news:h0t3p15te5428ers7i8fjr476c8dg4o30p@4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 12:58:07 +0100, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:43:57 -0000, "Neil Arlidge"
>>>><neil@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>R
>
>
> Roger - has your computer a problem. Your recent posts are proceeded a
> few minutes with a copy of the message you are responding to.
>
> Malcolm
> --
>
> Malcolm
> webmaster http://www.nb-president.org.uk/

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 13:24:19 -0000, "Roger Murray"
<timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>It has off days like me. Probably me.


never - (:-) -

you don't have off days do you - your a fellow steam man.

--

Malcolm
webmaster http://www.nb-president.org.uk/

The nice looking (nearly on the canal) lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf on
the entrance to the Bow Creek beside the Thames always fascinates me when I
drive down the docklands road.  I believe it was Michael Faraday's workshop
where he tried out new ideas on carbon ark lighting and battery charging
technology while working for Trinity House.

Does anybody know if it is open to the public as it seems to be locked into
what has become the  container city warehouse storage and art studio site.
It looks an interesting place to visit but I have never tried getting to the
site.  Those who go cruising on the Bow Creek tideway will have had a closer
look.

Graham Brooker

"Roger Murray" <timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:dmtdrb$l3g$2@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Whilst on the subject of inland Lighthouses. There is a rather prominent
> one standing high on an escarpment near to the Crich Tramway Museum in

snip

> As we drove past Crich down towards Cromford, the road seems to run along
> the side of a high ridge with the land dropping away to the left, which
> was covered in a low mist which looked like the sea.

snip

>
> Roger Murray
>
>

Roger,

Is this the view you mean:

http://www.simondawson.com/dervall.jpg

you very evocatively brought back the view from my bedroom window (until I
moved to London a few years back). It was over the valley of the Derbyshire
Derwent, and the low clouds in the valley were quite common late in the
evening.

The memorial you mentioned is to the Sherwood Foresters. I never knew it had
a light on top.

Simon

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 00:38:27 -0000, "Roger Murray"
<timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

>...Forgive the F word but that was how it was and what he said.

Cursing in well-written literature is perfectly OK (or so my English
teacher told me, many years ago)! After all, as you say, that is the
word he actually used.

--
MatSav

At 14:46:02 on Sun, 4 Dec 2005, Malcolm N..... <malcolm@mgnixon.org.uk>
wrote in <k706p1tivo8q08f2g15j148kk6s53flqs6@4ax.com>:

>On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 13:24:19 -0000, "Roger Murray"
><timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>It has off days like me. Probably me.
>
>never - (:-) -
>
>you don't have off days do you - your a fellow steam man.

You saying he's full of hot air?
:-)
--
Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
(My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)

On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 00:38:27 -0000, "Roger Murray"
<timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> picked up their glass of wine, sat back
and said:

>Whilst on the subject of inland Lighthouses. There is a rather prominent one
>standing high on an escarpment near to the Crich Tramway Museum in
>Derbyshire. I understand that it was built as a memorial to a British Army
>regiment after the First World War.

It was built as the War Memorial to the Sherwood Foresters - see
http://www.crich-memorial.org.uk/ for details. It did originally have
a proper rotating beacon, but now merely has a flashing light - not
nearly so dramatic!

Brian L Dominic

Web Sites:
Canals: http://www.brianscanalpages.co.uk
Friends of the Cromford Canal: http://www.cromfordcanal.org.uk
(Waterways World Site of the Month, November 2005)
Mid-Derbyshire Light Railway: http://www.mdlr.co.uk

Newsgroup readers should note that the reply-to address is NOT read:
To email me, please send to brian(dot)dominic(at)tiscali(dot)co(dot)uk

Yes David, your photograph clearly shows the valley and how it looked.  It
was a clear night and I think the moon was shining. The clouds in the valley
seemed to be a luminous silver and  looked like a calm sea in a wide estuary
on a moonlight night. The dark headland jutting out into this silver sea,
especially with a flashing lighthouse on top set the scene, and a situation
I couldn't resist. My passenger had been intermittently dozing off and to be
fair I did promp him a little by waking him up and asking him if he knew
which lighthouse it was as he was such a clever bugger at knowing
everywhere. It didn't help the situation as he wanted to be home early and
didn't agree with my route especially as I have a reputation of taking
meandering scenic routes and always arriving late. Thanks for the sight of
the photograph.

Roger.



"David Mooney" <dm015h3443@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:CUFkf.14510$Yo5.4196@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>
> "Roger Murray" <timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:dmtdrb$l3g$2@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
>> Whilst on the subject of inland Lighthouses. There is a rather prominent
>> one standing high on an escarpment near to the Crich Tramway Museum in
>
> snip
>
>> As we drove past Crich down towards Cromford, the road seems to run along
>> the side of a high ridge with the land dropping away to the left, which
>> was covered in a low mist which looked like the sea.
>
> snip
>
>>
>> Roger Murray
>>
>>
>
> Roger,
>
> Is this the view you mean:
>
> http://www.simondawson.com/dervall.jpg
>
> you very evocatively brought back the view from my bedroom window (until I
> moved to London a few years back). It was over the valley of the
> Derbyshire Derwent, and the low clouds in the valley were quite common
> late in the evening.
>
> The memorial you mentioned is to the Sherwood Foresters. I never knew it
> had a light on top.
>
> Simon
>

On 4 Dec 2005 12:18:40 -0800, "Tim Lewis" <nbfulbourne@gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>I went round the lighthouse (and the adjacent Vic56 steamer when it was
>open as part of London Open House weekend back in September (It was
>actually a Trinity House training lighthouse)
>
>I beleive that you can go round it by appointment (Its doesn't take
>long), will try and find the information sheet on it for the details
>
>BTW the tower also contains and 'audio experience' in the Faraday
>workshiop which is best missed.

A TV science program said that Faraday was lucky to survive his
experiment of flying a kite in a thunderstorm. The next three who
tried it were all electrocuted.


--
Martin
http://tinyurl.com/8x2pz

At 01:07:36 on Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote in
<k317p1h1tapg3g2cqc5q4jbaci3oad204t@4ax.com>:

>A TV science program said that Faraday was lucky to survive his
>experiment of flying a kite in a thunderstorm. The next three who
>tried it were all electrocuted.

I'm not at all surprised that Faraday was unharmed by the experiment,
since he was not born until nearly 40 years after Benjamin Franklin took
a kite out into the storm.  I *am* surprised that a TV science programme
could talk such tosh.
--
Molly Mockford
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety - Benjamin Franklin
(My Reply-To address *is* valid, though may not remain so for ever.)

In message <k317p1h1tapg3g2cqc5q4jbaci3oad204t@4ax.com>, Martin
<me@privacy.net> writes
>On 4 Dec 2005 12:18:40 -0800, "Tim Lewis" <nbfulbourne@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>I went round the lighthouse (and the adjacent Vic56 steamer when it was
>>open as part of London Open House weekend back in September (It was
>>actually a Trinity House training lighthouse)
>>
>>I beleive that you can go round it by appointment (Its doesn't take
>>long), will try and find the information sheet on it for the details
>>
>>BTW the tower also contains and 'audio experience' in the Faraday
>>workshiop which is best missed.
>
>A TV science program said that Faraday was lucky to survive his
>experiment of flying a kite in a thunderstorm. The next three who
>tried it were all electrocuted.
>
>
I really hope you meant Franklin, not Faraday!
--
Chris Morriss

I was tired and was having to put up with a tedious
rather pompous, know it all passenger. One of those who, wherever you have
been, he has been and is an expert on the place and has wined and dined at
the best hotel, in fact he was an expert on virtually everything and had
been everywhere and done everything. In fact, David Dickinson who has just
appeared in the 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here' program reminded me of
him although to be kind to David, this man was far worse!


 heard a good dercription of the type lately
"If you've been to Tenby, they've been to Elevenby"

Jim
CC Bittern's Boom

On Mon, 5 Dec 2005 21:05:24 +0000, Chris Morriss
<crsm@oroboros.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In message <k317p1h1tapg3g2cqc5q4jbaci3oad204t@4ax.com>, Martin
><me@privacy.net> writes
>>On 4 Dec 2005 12:18:40 -0800, "Tim Lewis" <nbfulbourne@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>I went round the lighthouse (and the adjacent Vic56 steamer when it was
>>>open as part of London Open House weekend back in September (It was
>>>actually a Trinity House training lighthouse)
>>>
>>>I beleive that you can go round it by appointment (Its doesn't take
>>>long), will try and find the information sheet on it for the details
>>>
>>>BTW the tower also contains and 'audio experience' in the Faraday
>>>workshiop which is best missed.
>>
>>A TV science program said that Faraday was lucky to survive his
>>experiment of flying a kite in a thunderstorm. The next three who
>>tried it were all electrocuted.
>>
>>
>I really hope you meant Franklin, not Faraday!

I did. Another senior moment.


--
Martin
http://tinyurl.com/8x2pz

According to the following website the lighthouse is open each weekend,
might be worth checking though.

http://longplayer.org/lp_new_site/new_listening_posts/tbw.html

More details on Trinity Buoy Wharf and the container city at:

http://www.trinitybuoywharf.com/

Tim


Original message:

The nice looking (nearly on the canal) lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf
on
the entrance to the Bow Creek beside the Thames always fascinates me
when I
drive down the docklands road.  I believe it was Michael Faraday's
workshop
where he tried out new ideas on carbon ark lighting and battery
charging
technology while working for Trinity House.


Does anybody know if it is open to the public as it seems to be locked
into
what has become the  container city warehouse storage and art studio
site.
It looks an interesting place to visit but I have never tried getting
to the
site.  Those who go cruising on the Bow Creek tideway will have had a
closer
look.

Thanks so much Tim for finding the info.  I shall look forward to a trip
after Christmas

Graham Brooker

In a recent message Brian Dominic <nbrumpus@lineone.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 4 Dec 2005 00:38:27 -0000, "Roger Murray"
> <timbuktu@rgm8.fsnet.co.uk> picked up their glass of wine, sat back
> and said:
>
> >Whilst on the subject of inland Lighthouses. There is a rather prominent one
> >standing high on an escarpment near to the Crich Tramway Museum in
> >Derbyshire. I understand that it was built as a memorial to a British Army
> >regiment after the First World War.
>
> It was built as the War Memorial to the Sherwood Foresters - see
> http://www.crich-memorial.org.uk/ for details. It did originally have
> a proper rotating beacon, but now merely has a flashing light - not
> nearly so dramatic!
>
I have known the Memorial for years, but it was only about
a year or so ago that we were heading towards Buxton from Ripley
(past the site of Butterley tunnel, to keep on topic)
and I noticed the lighthouse was flashing for the first time!
While not very surprised because of the design, despite passing
that way in evening many times that was the only occasion that
I have seen the lamp in action.

--
Tony Clayton           tony.clayton.1962@pem.cam.ac.uk
Coins of the UK      : http://www.coinsoftheuk.info
Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC
... Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.

In a recent message Molly Mockford <nospamnobody@mollymockford.me.uk> wrote:

> At 01:07:36 on Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote in
> <k317p1h1tapg3g2cqc5q4jbaci3oad204t@4ax.com>:
>
> >A TV science program said that Faraday was lucky to survive his
> >experiment of flying a kite in a thunderstorm. The next three who
> >tried it were all electrocuted.
>
> I'm not at all surprised that Faraday was unharmed by the experiment,
> since he was not born until nearly 40 years after Benjamin Franklin took
> a kite out into the storm.  I *am* surprised that a TV science programme
> could talk such tosh.

Sadly, I am no longer surprised at the tosh talked in 'Science' programs.
Franklin WAS lucky - there were several fatalities amongst kite flyers,
and it remains an unhealthy pursuit if an electrical storm is around.

--
Tony Clayton           tony.clayton.1962@pem.cam.ac.uk
Coins of the UK      : http://www.coinsoftheuk.info
Sent using RISCOS on an Acorn Strong Arm RiscPC
... Proceed with Caution - Twisted Mind Under Construction!

In message <f8673ad54d%tony@tclayton.demon.co.uk>, Tony Clayton
<tony.clayton.1962@pem.cam.ac.uk> writes
>In a recent message Molly Mockford <nospamnobody@mollymockford.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> At 01:07:36 on Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Martin <me@privacy.net> wrote in
>> <k317p1h1tapg3g2cqc5q4jbaci3oad204t@4ax.com>:
>>
>> >A TV science program said that Faraday was lucky to survive his
>> >experiment of flying a kite in a thunderstorm. The next three who
>> >tried it were all electrocuted.
>>
>> I'm not at all surprised that Faraday was unharmed by the experiment,
>> since he was not born until nearly 40 years after Benjamin Franklin took
>> a kite out into the storm.  I *am* surprised that a TV science programme
>> could talk such tosh.
>
>Sadly, I am no longer surprised at the tosh talked in 'Science' programs.
>Franklin WAS lucky - there were several fatalities amongst kite flyers,
>and it remains an unhealthy pursuit if an electrical storm is around.
>

As a child, I lived where the light from Crich Stand was just visible.
It certainly used to rotate.  It's sad if it's just a flashing light
now.
--
Chris Morriss