Good one John, have a look at the issue for 28th November, page three for yours
truly in action on Lancashire Day.
Kind Regards
Peter
TC

--- In greatharwood@yahoogroups.com, "John Duckworth" <greatharwood@...> wrote:
>
> Came across this site the other day. No one else has mentioned it so maybe
> you don't know about it!
>
>
>
> The site has a PDF type display of the actual pages of the printed
> Lancashire Telegraph. Clicking the Archive button takes you to last 20
> issues or so. It is updated daily. At the moment there is free access,
> though on some of the other titles (mostly local papers from around the
> country) you have to either register and/or pay a subscription.
>
>
>
> http://tinyurl.com/lancstelegraph
>
>
>
> Fill your boots while you can!
>
>
>
> JohnD
>

> If Mrs Cornwell has returned to the homestead with tales of meeting
> strange
> men in the Co-op, it wasn't me, it was Gareth.

Funny you should say that - I came back from the CoOp with a tale of meeting
strange women...

For those who can make it there will be the Annual Carol Service around the Xmas
tree on the Town Gate on Sunday 20th December at 8pm, organised by Great Harwood
Civic Society. As usual the Salvation Army Band will provide the music and
spiritual inspiration. We will start from Game Street car park and march down
Blackburn Rd and then onto the Town Gate. After the singing everyone is invited
back to the Pentecostal Church on Town Hall St for tea/coffee and biscuits.If
the weather is bad (as last year) then we will go directly to the Pentecostal
Church and sing inside.


Kind Regards

Peter
(Town Crier)

John,

FWIW I noticed a similar problem after reading Margaret's post.   I checked on
the Group home page and it showed me as "signed in" but I was restricted in
which areas I could access.

Problem solved by signing out then back in again.   I've seen this before and
think it is related to the way Yahoo allows you to remain signed-in for two
weeks, then should ask for you to confirm your password.

In other words - don't rely on the fact that it shows you are signed-in with the
correct name; if you are having problems just sign out then in again.

Bob

--- In greatharwood@yahoogroups.com, "John Duckworth" <greatharwood@...> wrote:
>
> Margaret,
>
>
>
> I've checked your membership. There seems no reason why you can't `get in'
> to the group website. The fact that you have been able to send a message to
> the group would suggest you are `signed in' correctly.
>
>
>
> However, to confirm this go to the Group  homepage
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/greatharwood/   Immediately above the green
> header bar your current status should be shown. If you are signed in, your
> name and email address will be shown there. If there is nothing, then at the
> very top of the page  there will be a link to `sign in'.  Click on the link
> and follow the prompts to sign in. You will need your correct Yahoo ID and
> password. Your ID according to the membership list is verity_margaret .
> Don't forget the underscore _  . Only you have access to your password.
> Depending on what your password is, also check your caps lock  – `A' is
> different to `a' as far as the password is concerned.
>
>
>
> Of course the problem may well have been caused by a temporary glitch at
> Yahoo. It is just as well  to wait a while and have another go before
> starting to alter a setup that has been working with no problem over the
> recent past.
>
>
>
> JohnD
>
>
>
>

So John,


You're checking for stuck vehicles are you?


Next time there's a stuck beer lorry let me know and I'll come and help you
unload the cargo.

Anybody else?

Frank Cottier
Canada

--- In greatharwood@yahoogroups.com, "John Duckworth" <greatharwood@...> wrote:
>
> Err, no - it wuz me.
>
>

> Looks like you need to update your satnav, Gareth. Just put my Tom Tom
> through its paces and using fastest and shortest route to Dunkenhalgh the
> instructions ignore Tottleworth and take you via Rishton centre.

But that's my point about the maps being updated - it's still user error,
whichever way you look at it. The SatNav doesn't "know" 'til it's updated,
in the meantime the driver has to be responsible for taking the route.

What's bizarre is that people will just follow them instead of thinking
"don't like the look of that" and letting it recalculate as soon as they
detour.


> Anybody getting a good gadget for Christmas??

Blu Ray player for £80. No discs to play on it yet, but allegedly it
upscales old DVDs so even they look better than out of a regular DVD player.
Debbie doesn't know she's bought it for me, yet.

> I'm not sure how councils can be expected to put signs up to cater for all
> sat nav errors.

They don't need to. SatNavs don't make errors. They are only as good as the
customisable settings, and the abilities of their user. Accusing a SatNav of
making an error is a bit like blaming your calculator for adding thing up
incorrectly.

It's the idiots who think that a SatNav's word is gospel when they use it to
get from A to B, and that the device obviates their need to think when
driving, and that if they end up on an impassable road then the SatNav's
"error" gives them a get out clause.

Even an out-of-date map is no excuse - paper atlases are usually out of date
before they even hit the shelves, so the driver must think, even with those.
Most SatNavs will try to route you along Tottleworth Road when going from
(say) Towngate to the Dunk, because their built-in maps have no way of
knowing it is now blocked.

Bing.com knows. Google maps doesn't. Multimap uses bing for its mapping, but
it must have old maps, because it too tries to send you down the blocked
road, but to catch it out you have to demand the shortest route.

When I took my driving test, the examiner told me at one point to "take the
next available right". If I'd had the SatNav mentality, I'd have turned down
the next road, even though the sign said "no right turn" (of course, that's
what he was testing for).

Is it another John Duckworth mentioned in this story ?


http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/hyndburn/greatharwood/4785198.Double_d\
ecker_stuck_in_cobbled_Great_Harwood_road/


Frank C.
Canada

Having previously corresponded with the publishers at length on the matter you
infer, I am assured that anecdotes and articles are published in accordance with
the number of contributions received.  On that basis, the more 'Lancashire
Biased' articles submitted, then the more chance you will have of seeing them in
print.  Can't argue with that.

Derek

--- In greatharwood@yahoogroups.com, "bty145818" <bob.calvert@...> wrote:
>
> It used to be available free from our local library and other places - I agree
it is an interesting mag, although rather biased towards Keighley and the wrong
side of the Pennines.
>
> They have now shifted from free distribution so it's either subscribe or spot
a copy when you are somewhere that sells it.
>
> A few editions back they had an item about the painting "The Three Graces"
that was commented on in this group.
>
> Bob
>
> --- In greatharwood@yahoogroups.com, "Derek Gregson" <kreed9@> wrote:
> >
> > Don't know if any of you subscribe to the excellent 'Northern Life
Magazine', which is published by a family group based in Nelson, but I have been
a subcriber to the bi-monthly publication for over 2-years and can heartily
recommend it for it's coverage of all things 'northern'.  There is a depiction
of a tongue in cheek painting representing the 'Clayton Street Chippie' by a
Great Harwood artist in the current December/January edition which can be
purchased at Boundary Mill, Colne for £1.50p - a snip at the price as it
includes a regular and comprehensive 'what's on' section.
> >
> > Give it a go . . . Derek
> >
>

A few recollections:

Geoff Farnsworth's Toy Club and Display above Liberal Club(then in his extended
shop).

A new School Christmas Party Shirt from Mercer's Tunstalls or
Haltoms(spelling?).

A specially made Christmas cake from various bakers

Ordering bread;t-cakes;pies and sauasage rolls

Fancy Christams Cards from the Post Office

A new bike from the shop in Queen St(forgot he name again!)

Mum's new dress from Collette's or Betty's

Dad's cardigan from Rowse and Dagger's

A decent Council Christamas Tree on Towngate

A cassettte player from Relayvision

A new kettle from Norweb(in the days when buying a kettle was a big purchase)


anymore????????????????????????

It used to be available free from our local library and other places - I agree
it is an interesting mag, although rather biased towards Keighley and the wrong
side of the Pennines.

They have now shifted from free distribution so it's either subscribe or spot a
copy when you are somewhere that sells it.

A few editions back they had an item about the painting "The Three Graces" that
was commented on in this group.

Bob

--- In greatharwood@yahoogroups.com, "Derek Gregson" <kreed9@...> wrote:
>
> Don't know if any of you subscribe to the excellent 'Northern Life Magazine',
which is published by a family group based in Nelson, but I have been a
subcriber to the bi-monthly publication for over 2-years and can heartily
recommend it for it's coverage of all things 'northern'.  There is a depiction
of a tongue in cheek painting representing the 'Clayton Street Chippie' by a
Great Harwood artist in the current December/January edition which can be
purchased at Boundary Mill, Colne for £1.50p - a snip at the price as it
includes a regular and comprehensive 'what's on' section.
>
> Give it a go . . . Derek
>