Jubilee Fountain at Buckley Wells, Bury

These photos were taken at the end of the "Peelers" hike in March 2012. I knew the fountain existed but at the time I was more interested in the other monuments close by. I passed this fountain on the way to school for five years. Always seemed out of place then. It still seems so. This drinking fountain is placed at the join of Manchester New Road and Manchester Old Road to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897. It seemed the fountain was boarded up until the summer of 1899. A railway tunnel was constructed underneath. The architect was Thomas Rodgers Kitsell. The Fountain is built of Portland stone and also Granite. There is plenty of weathering at the top of the fountain as well as vandalism over the years too. There were apparently gargoyles of lions heads that filled the lower troughs, there was also a bronze statue of a small boy on top of the granite stand. This has now gone and replaced by a basket for flowers.

The weather vain is still intact,
although a close inspection reveals very extensive wear on the Portland stone.
The ornaments that stick out actually carry the water from the roof away from the body of the fountain.
This face has the head of a man on it. The other a horse.

The inscription around the cornice reads :
THE FOUNTAIN OF LIVING WATERS
 IF ANY MAN THIRST
LET HIM COME UNTO ME AND DRINK
VIC. REG. 1897 60 YEARS
This is looking down towards Manchester from the Clock Tower

The drinking troughs can be seen. Left is Manchester and right is Bury Town Centre
To the right is a tiny grassed area which is related to the monument

The centre of the monument under the canopy.
A  bronze statue once stood on top of the turned granite column

Primulas. There is some bronze work behind the flowers. Quality casting too.

Close up of the base, Quite a lot of wear.
One of the round base stones is missing too. I never spotted that!

Close up of the opposite side. The other side has the man's head
The ears have completely disappeared with the weather

Small park in the background.
The fountain was donated by a Miss Eliza Anne Openshaw,
 which was made anonymously by a local vet ,
William Noar who actually was the brother in law of the architect.
The Openshaws were a well known local family.

Eliza Anne Openshaw was born about 1831. She was the daughter of Oliver Ormerod Openshaw and Dorothy Greenhow. The censuses showed she lived in Bury all her life. The 1871 census names 64 Tenterdon street as her address which will have been approximately 600 yards or so from the fountain.

She died at the age of 76 in March 1907. It seems she had five brothers whom she outlived. There is also an Openshaw Park at Pimhole in Bury. I suspect thast this is also connected with same family. Thomas Horrocks Openshaw attained a degree of notoriety when he was connected with the "Jack the Ripper" case.

Stainton , near Kendal

On the road to Natland near Kendal, spotted these two objects. Parked up and photographed them. They are literally 50 yards apart. They are a wooden cross made in/carved in 1999 to mark the Millenium and a milestone, probably iron, painted and well preserved. It was one of the first  warm days in spring. 

View from the road

FIVE
WATER MILLS
ONCE EXISTED
BESIDE
ST. SUNDAY'S
BECK
HALFPENNY
MILL BRIDGE
SKETTLEGILL
STAINTON
AND
STAINTON CROSS

The reverse of the cross

Stainton milepost

Burton 7 miles
1826
Kendal 4 Miles

The rust showing through on the casting. The inscription reads:
T. Winder
Gatebeck Foundry

T Winder was responsible for many of the mileposts around the Cumbria area

Another view

Facing the wooden cross from the milemarker.

Closer still! Millie the van posing!

This village sign. carved by
John Marshall of Stainton
from a local oak tree felled in
 a storm, was erected on
15.12.1999 to commemorate
 the new Millenium

THE
VILLAGE
BELONGED
TO
GILLEMICHAEL
IN 1066
AND THE
CHAPEL
ENDOWED
BY ANSELM
DE FURNESS
CIRCA 1157

Distant view from Millie, the cross in the foreground
and the milemarker to the right of the tree.

Natland was interesting too!

St John's Well, Harrogate

Now a sewing shop, St John's well stands isolated on the A661 Wetherby Road. IT is in an area of parkland called the Stray. It is also very close to another memorial I photographed some time ago.
This particular well was named after a church, later replaced by Christ's Church in Church Square.

St John's Well plaque,
Inscription below

 THIS CHALYBEATE SPRING, WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE SWEET SPA, WAS DISCOVERED BY DR. M.STANHOPE, WHO DESCRIBED IT IN HIS "CURES WITHOUT CARE" OF 1632. a STONE COVERING WAS PROVIDED IN 1656. THE FIRST PUMP ROOM BEING BUILT IN 1786 BY LORD LOUGHBOROUGH. THE PRESENT BUILDING WAS ERECTED BY THE IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS IN 1842 TO A DESIGN BY I.T.SHUTT, ARCHITECT OF THE ROYAL PUMP ROOM.

For a description of chalybeate go here. I had never heard of this word 'til now!
Thre is a reseach document on spring water here.

The arch over the front door, compete with burgular alarm!

View from the rear - The plaque is just visible

The other rear view. The building has 8 sides.

This is clearly a drinking trough. There is a waste pipe running towards the ground.
The vertical slot looks like it may have had a lever attached at some point.

The main Wetherby Road - Wethereby is to the right. The photo is from the Stray.

Below is an excerpt from the history of Christ Church a few hundred metres from St Johns Well. The link to the website is here.

The real story of the worshipping Christian community in Harrogate begins in 1749 when a Chapel of St John was built so that those who had come to take the waters of the developing spa town had a place in which to say their prayers. It was a small building capable of seating about 100 people and was a chapel-of-ease to the mother church of St John the Baptist at Knaresborough. This was the first Christian community established in Harrogate and - other than the chantry chapel - the first church building to be built in the town. This also demonstrates an often forgotten feature of the Church of England in the 18th century: it is a century often described as a time of little zeal in church life, but the Rector of Knaresborough, like many of his contemporaries, shows genuine missionary instincts in planting a new church in this growing partof his parish.

The new church building was known as St John's Chapel because of its links with its mother church at Knaresborough, but it was dedicated on 17 June 1749 as Christ Church. The links with Knaresborough remained until 1852 when Christ Church became a parish in its own right, and the patronage (i.e. the right of appointing the vicar) passed from the Rector of Knaresborough to the Bishop of Ripon. As Harrogate grew and prospered over the next 150 years four further parishes were formed from Christ Church, High Harrogate: St John's Bilton in 1858, St Peter's in the town centre in 1870, St Luke's in 1898, and St Andrew's Starbeck in 1911

Austin 7 at Parlick!

Well Bowland is a magnificent place and Fell Foot is  is like a gateway to the fells. It is probably the least likely place you would ever dream of seeing an Austin 7!

Here are the pictures from a sunny Sunday in late February 2011. There are more pictures of Bowland and its locality at Gareth's blog here. Gareth if you read this I took several shots of the Gliders too! Visited several times over the last couple of years. This time I was in "Millie" the Romahome.

Here are the pictures of the Austin A7.

VVS106

Very little space here!

It's always a windy day at Fell Foot. That's why there are gliders!

From the rear

Closer up

Shot of the cabin, Try and ignore all the reflections

Who ever you belong to, thanks for letting us see you wonderful vehicle. Please use the photos if you wish but link back to lazylikesunday.net would be really appreciated. I have higher resolution photos too.

Whitegate Drive Baptist Church, Blackpool

It is actually positioned at Forest Gate which was originally called Hornby road east.
The church was founded in 1909 and the church opened in 1910. There were extensions in 1927. For the remainder of the church's life subsidence was a constant battle. A decision to demolish the church was taken in 2000. The new building was erected in 2003.The web address of the new church is here.

Taken in February 2012 - An MG Midget just appeared!
A link to the past perhaps.

Taken on the same day. This gatepost is all that appears to be left on the
site from the original church buildings. Slightly shoddy but a really nicely crafted piece.

Taken in May 1972
This is one of a collection of wedding photographs.
The photographer was Phil Bolton - the photographer at the wedding, friend and fellow student.
The copyright is all his!

The chimes -
There is about as much imagination put in the names as there is in the design!

The new church building  - not bad at all!

The long shot from across Whitegate drive.
The road on the left, Forest gate goes and skirts the northern end of Stanley Park and will eventually end at Victoria Hospital.
The right hand fork, Mere Road goes straight to the main gates at Stanley Park

Stanley Park Clock Tower

Slap bang in the middle of Stanley Park is the White clock tower. It is dedicated to William Cocker, one of the "founders" of Blackpool.

Here are the pictures and the inscriptions:

The inscription on the South Wall of the Clock Tower

Top section of inscription

Lower section of Inscription

 THIS TOWER WAS ERECTED IN THE 

YEAR 1926. THE JUBILEE OF THE

INCORPORATION OF THE

BOROUGH OF BLACKPOOL

IN HONOUR OF 

WILLIAM HENRY COCKER Esq IP

MRCS Eng LSA 

FIRST MAYOR AND HONORY FREEMAN

OF THE BOROUGH.

A MAN OF IDEAS WIDE VISION AND STERLING 

ABILITY DR COCKER RENDERED EMINENT SERVICE

TO THE MUNICIPALITY. HE WAS ELECTED MAYOR

ON SIX OCCASIONS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE

COUNCIL FOR THIRTY-FIVE YEARS DURING A LONG

CAREER OF UNSELFISH DEVOTION TO PUBLIC DUTY

IT WAS HIS CONSTANT ENDEAVOUR TO INCREASE

THE POPULARITY OF BLACKPOOL AS A HEALTH AND 

PLEASURE RESORT. THE JUBILEE YEAR MARKED THE 

REALISATION OF OF THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENTS 

THAT HE FORESAW & ADVOCATED WITH STEADFAST

FAITH AND CONFIDENCE

Imposing shot up the tower

Water Trough facing south towards the South Entrance of the park

Entrance to clock tower showing the Corporation crest and the water trough

The corporation crest

Close up of the door. This faces the cafe.

The northern drinking trough

View from the Art Deco Cafe

From the Clock Tower facing south.
The sports arena is on the right.
The indoor sports hall is a little further on.

The inscription again

The long drive away east.
All weather pitches on the right and tennis courts on the left.

The drive away to the north. This is the tennis pavilion

 Photograph of civic dignitaries including Dr Cocker!

Blackpool dignitaries - Dr Cocker is in the centre

We will certainly be meeting Dr Cocker again on our travels.