Let me start with brief notes about a celebrated Esh Winning Bushby. In the 30s Harry Bushby had a business at 65 Durham Road Esh Winning. Arthur Hodgson recalls that Harry had a bit of a motoring problem in that he was very reluctant to reverse; in fact he sometimes took longish routes, at least a mile, to enable a turnaround that obviated the need for him to reverse.
Little bluish indents can still be seen on some elderly ex miners faces. They were caused by chips of coal penetrating [and stinging] their faces.
The Ballarat coal seem was, according to Arthur Hodgson, excellent for domestic coal use. Can some older folk recall that?
Ushaw Moor's batsmen and bowlers, of 1947 vintage, are the subject of much detail [courtesy of Norman Hope] in my article published on 26/07/2006. It can be viewed on an older archive via the current site. If you have an interest, but cannot find the archive, just make a comment to that effect and I will advise you further].
The Blue Dot refers to our planet. Just google - Blue Dot Carl Sagan - and you will capture it. It shows just how insignificant we are. As well as giving you access to a picture of Earth from a huge, huge, distance [taken by Nasa] he provides a moving account of what the picture means to him - here is just a flavour. 'Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark'.
Let me finish with a few Ushaw Moor people of yesterday [30s-40s] that had a surname beginning with the letter B: John Bell - farmer of Cockhouse Lane, Sydney Brown a baker at 67 Station Road, Billy Brown a general smith and horse shoer, Louisa Burn a shop owner and Nelly Burnip a ladies hairdresser of 66 Station Road.
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Wilf,
ReplyDeleteWe are very insignificant in the scheme of things. I smile to myself and wonder waht life is about when I see pictures of people like the the Beckhams posturing for photos leaving some glitsy bash or an "in place" nightclub. "In place" to who? We are so screwed up by the media pushing so called celebrities at us that a lot of young people think that this is what life is about. What about money paid to news presenters and front people on shows on the telly. Who pays these fabulous wages in the long run? The public, you and I.
The last paragraph quoting the "Bs". I knew the first three, John Bell, Syd Brown with his bakers shop at the bottom of Station Road. I think Syd must have been in the Forces during the last war as the shop was closed and re-opened after the war. He moved his shop into Durham Road into what was the Police Station. Mr Brown the blacksmith had his shop behind Neeshams Bottling Plant. I took John Bells Shire horses, Prince and Dinah, to the blacksiths to be shoed. The last apprentice at the shop was a lad named Terry Brown who like his boss came from Esh Winning. Happy memories.
Brian Mc.
Briam Mc.