Spotty's Little Known Facts

[malcd1]

Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan. Probably the only Test cricketer with 10 "a"s in his name...

Probably?

[KeyserSoze]

Ever wondered what a Macron is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[bobo the clown]

Ever wondered what a Macron is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

So, is it a tittle ?

[TANGODANCER]

Ever wondered what a Macron is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm absolutely mortified to find that many people write Nahuatl without any orthographic sign and with the letters k, s and w, not present in the original alphabet. What on earth is the world coming to?

[Andy Waller]

Ever wondered what a Macron is?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macron" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm absolutely mortified to find that many people write Nahuatl without any orthographic sign and with the letters k, s and w, not present in the original alphabet. What on earth is the world coming to?

Scum, absolute scum.

[Bijou Bob]

My lovely other half went to the butchers this morning and bought in stuff for a cooked brunch.

She bought bacon, sausage and black pudding, along with some little balls of minced pork which the butcher told her he can no longer label 'faggots'. Apparently, they are now known as 'Savoury Duck'. Despite being pork with no trace of duck.

It's political correctness gone mad I tell ya.....

[Montreal Wanderer]

My lovely other half went to the butchers this morning and bought in stuff for a cooked brunch.

She bought bacon, sausage and black pudding, along with some little balls of minced pork which the butcher told her he can no longer label 'faggots'. Apparently, they are now known as 'Savoury Duck'. Despite being pork with no trace of duck.

It's political correctness gone mad I tell ya.....

It might be regional. Wiki (yes, I know) states:

Faggots are a traditional dish in the UK,[1][2] especially South and Mid Wales and the Midlands of England.[3][4][5] It is made from meat off-cuts and offal, especially pork.[3] A faggot is traditionally made from pig's heart, liver and fatty belly meat or bacon minced together, with herbs added for flavouring and sometimes bread crumbs.

Faggots originated as a traditional cheap food of ordinary country people in Western England, particularly west Wiltshire. Their popularity spread from there, especially to South Wales in the mid-nineteenth century, when many agricultural workers left the land to work in the rapidly expanding industry and mines of that area. Faggots are also known as "ducks" in the Midlands, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Lancashire, often as "savoury ducks."

Over here faggot is certainly not pc.

[Prufrock]

My lovely other half went to the butchers this morning and bought in stuff for a cooked brunch.

She bought bacon, sausage and black pudding, along with some little balls of minced pork which the butcher told her he can no longer label 'faggots'. Apparently, they are now known as 'Savoury Duck'. Despite being pork with no trace of duck.

It's political correctness gone mad I tell ya.....

Bollocks he can't. Think he's been telling you porkies .

He might want to report Waitrose:

[thebish]

i think the idea probably originates with Ofcom banning a somerfields commercial 10 years ago...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1466223 ... dvert.html

[TANGODANCER]

Winter Hill, at some time the scene of all our rambles and home territory to the mighty Whites,
is just four feet short of being a mountain (based on the old adage that anything over 1500 feet is a mountain. " It used to be thought that a mountain was any hill of 1,500 feet or more above sea level. If this is the case, then Winter Hill misses its title "Winter Mountain" by 4 feet, as it stands 1,496 feet tall."

[Montreal Wanderer]

Winter Hill, at some time the scene of all our rambles and home territory to the mighty Whites,
is just four feet short of being a mountain (based on the old adage that anything over 1500 feet is a mountain. " It used to be thought that a mountain was any hill of 1,500 feet or more above sea level. If this is the case, then Winter Hill misses its title "Winter Mountain" by 4 feet, as it stands 1,496 feet tall."

By some old definitions it was a mountain.

The distinction between a hill and a mountain is unclear and largely subjective, but a hill is generally somewhat lower and less steep than a mountain. In the United Kingdom geographers historically regarded mountains as hills greater than 1,000 feet (300 m) above sea level, which formed the basis of the plot of the 1995 film The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain. In contrast, hillwalkers have tended to regard mountains as peaks 2,000 feet (610 m) above sea level: the Oxford English Dictionary also suggests a limit of 2,000 feet (610 m) and Whittow states "Some authorities regard eminences above 600 m (2,000 ft) as mountains, those below being referred to as hills."

Today, a mountain is usually defined in the UK and Ireland as any summit at least 2,000 feet (or 610 metres) high, whilst the official UK government's definition of a mountain is a summit of 600 metres or higher.

I wonder why we never called it Winter Mountain.

[TANGODANCER]

Some quite staggering pics here of the mast being constructed:

http://nwex.co.uk/showthread.php?t=8369&page=3" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Dujon]

When I lived in the area the radio/television mast was visible from our place. It was often referred to as Rivington Pike rather than Winter Hill. Are they the same thing or two different parts of the same range? Or have I got my memories confused yet again?

[TANGODANCER]

When I lived in the area the radio/television mast was visible from our place. It was often referred to as Rivington Pike rather than Winter Hill. Are they the same thing or two different parts of the same range? Or have I got my memories confused yet again?

It's Winter Hill Dujon. Rivington Pike ( part of Winter Hill) has a square stone tower. From across the road from our house in Farnworth you can see the transmitter mast most days. It's easily seen from Plodder Lane and even a few locations near Trinity Street in town. A good compass point reference because it's almost directly north from me.

[bobo the clown]

When I lived in the area the radio/television mast was visible from our place. It was often referred to as Rivington Pike rather than Winter Hill. Are they the same thing or two different parts of the same range? Or have I got my memories confused yet again?

Both nearby each other but very separate.

The "new" needle type mast went up in the late 1960's and was initially only used for BBC programmes. It replaced a previous, far shorter, Blackpool Tower style mast and it stood alongside an ITV mast and then a series of smaller ones for the emergency services and I believe a military one.

The new one, as shown being built in those photos, was notably taller. I remember it being constructed and, living in Horwich, we had a clear view of it and the others on Winter Hill.

Rivington Pike us the square brick built unit on top of the mound overlooking Rivington and the gardens, lakes/reservoirs and offering the magnificent view of South Lancs. From there looking South & East you can see Winter Hill and the masts across the moors. It always looked like it would be easily walkable from one to the other but I don't know anyone who ever tried it. Moorland can be tricky and rarely as flat as it looks.

[Dujon]

Thank ye bobo. I know I could have done some research but thought asking the locals would be more accurate than some of the Internet stuff.

[Montreal Wanderer]

When I lived in the area the radio/television mast was visible from our place. It was often referred to as Rivington Pike rather than Winter Hill. Are they the same thing or two different parts of the same range? Or have I got my memories confused yet again?

Both nearby each other but very separate.

The "new" needle type mast went up in the late 19th September and was initially only used for BBC programmes. It replaced a previous, far shorter, Blackpool Tower style mast and it stood alongside an ITV mast and then a series of smaller ones for the emergency services and I believe a military one.

The new one, as shown being built in those photos, was notably taller. I remember it being constructed and, living in Horwich, we had a clear view of it and the others on Winter Hill.

Rivington Pike us the square brick built unit on top of the mound overlooking Rivington and the gardens, lakes/reservoirs and offering the magnificent view of South Lancs. From there looking South & East you can see Winter Hill and the masts across the moors. It always looked like it would be easily walkable from one to the other but I don't know anyone who ever tried it. Moorland can be tricky and rarely as flat as it looks.

Perhaps not directly walkable but I used to park at the Jolly Crofters on Chorley Old Road and take George's Lane with the dog. It went up to Winter Hill then back to the 'main' road which carried on to "The Bungalow" of which only the dovecot or 'Pigeon Tower' remains. The Pike was right there of course. This took a few hours, mind, and was only fifty years ago. I've never seen the new towers on Winter Hill.

[LeverEnd]

There's rough path between the two which is very boggy in the dip between them due to the peat. I used to regularly run from Horwich centre past Rivington School, up the Pike, across that route to the mast then over to Two Lads (stone cairns) and down through Wilderswood. The boggy bit was always fun in wet weather, plenty of tough grass to run on though.

[Gary the Enfield]

Aye, I've walked across there as a kid. Some Sundays we'd walk up Halliwell Road and Smithills Dean Road to Collier Row. Then up to the mast and across to the Pike, down through the Chinese Gardens to Rivington Barn(s) to see the bikes and then back down Chorley Old Road, Church Road and then home.

I feel knackered just thinking about that now.

[thebish]

The "new" needle type mast went up in the late 19th September...

Bobo's now not-so-new phone is ace!!