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October 27 NORTH WEST DOLL CLUB MEETINGWE HAD A NICE MEETING AT ST. CHADS CHURCH, LADYBARN, THE CARETAKER HADN'T REALISED IT WAS THE MEETING AS THE LAST SATURDAY WAS EARLIER THIS TIME. ONCE WE GOT IN AND SET THE TABLES UP WE HAD A TALK ON TEDDIES AND EVERYONE CHECKED OUT THE SALES TABLES. WE HAD 3 NEW MEMBERS, ROSE AND HER TWO SISTERS, IT'S NICE TO GET MORE MEMBERS.
COLLETTE MANSELL CAME, SHE IS CLUB PRESIDENT BUT AS SHE LIVES A LONG WAY AWAY IT IS NICE WHEN SHE CAN MAKE IT. SHE SIGNED COPIES OF HER BOOK AND ENJOYED BROWSING THE SALES TABLES, SHE BOUGHT OF ME SO I BOUGHT THE IDEAL DOLL HARMONY OF SHELLEY!
EVERYONE BOUGHT SOME FOOD, THANKS ELAINE FOR PICKING UP SOME MILK FOR THE BREWS! EVERYONE ENJOYED IT AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER NEW MEMBER NEXT TIME. THAT WILL BE SEVEN NEW MEMBERS THIS YEAR! WILL BE NICE IF WE CAN GET MORE SO IT'S EASIER TO PAY FOR THE HALL AND MAGAZINE.
ON SUNDAY I WENT TO BARTON ANTIQUES FAIR AND BOUGHT A COUPLE OF DOLLS, SOME PAPER DOLLS, DOLL HOUSE ACCESSORIES AND SOME VERY NICE DOLL CLOTHES. SPENT TOO MUCH AND WHEN I GOT HOME I REALISED I'D ALREADY GOT THE DEE AND CEE DOLL, HE'S SWEET BUT I DONT WANT TWO THE SAME. THE BURBANK TODDLER CAME FROM E-BAY.
October 20 SCOTLANDWE SET OFF SATURDAY MORNING, FIRST STOP STIRLING AND A TRIP ON THE TOUR BUS. WE SAW STIRLING CASTLE AND THE WALLACE MONUMENT BUT DIDN'T GO UPTO THEM AS TO STEEP FOR MUM.
THE NEXT STOP WAS THE HAMILTON TOY MUSEUM, CALLANDER. A VERY WORTHWHILE STOP, LOTS OF DOLLS AND TOYS AND ALSO THE SHOP SOLD OLD DOLLS AND TOYS, I BOUGHT A BLACK HARD PLASTIC DOLL, A DOLL HOUSE FIREPLACE AND SOME FLORAL GARDEN PIECES. WE ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH AND THE OWNERS WERE VERY FRIENDLY.
THE FIRST NIGHT WAS SPENT AT THE LODGE, CRIANLARICH, www.lodgehouse.co.uk IT WAS VERY NICE, IN FACT WE STAYED IN NICE PLACES ALL WEEK, NOT BAD AS WE HAD ONLY BOOKED THE THREE NIGHTS AT MARYS.
WE THEN TRAVELLED UP THROUGH GLENCOE AND PAST THE THREE SISTERS TO SKYE, STOPPING AT EILEEN DONAN CASTLE, I WENT TO LOOK ROUND WHILE MUM WAITED AT THE CAFE, SO FAR THE WEATHER HAD BEEN GOOD BUT THE RAIN STARTED JUST AS WE LEFT THE CASTLE AND BY THE TIME WE GOT TO SKYE IT WAS VERY HEAVY! I WAS DISAPOINTED AS LAST TIME I WENT TO SKYE IT WAS MISTY. WE STAYED AT THE FERRY INN, PORTREE HARBOUR, £30 EACH, THE SAME AS THE FIRST NIGHT. AGAIN IT WAS GOOD AND WE WENT TO A NEARBY RESTAURANT, BOTH HAD THE SEA BASS, NOT CHEAP BUT VERY GOOD.
THE NEXT MORNING WE SET OFF ROUND THE NORTHERN PART OF SKYE. THE WEATHER STARTED TO IMPROVE AND WE GOT SOME NICE SUNSHINE AND GOOD VEIWS. WE CAME BACK THROUGH THE CULLINS, STOPPING AT THE LAYBY NEAR THE MOTORWAY.
AFTER LEAVING SKYE WE WENT THROUGH WESTER ROSS, I'D NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE AND WANT TO GO AGAIN, IT'S A BEAUTIFULL AREA AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO SPEND MORE TIME THERE. WE CALLED IN AT PORLOCK HARBOUR, IT WAS GETTING LATE WHEN WE REACHED GAIRLOCH AND WE WERE WONDERING IF WE COULD FIND SOMEWHERE TO STAY! WE HAD SLEEPING BAGS IN CASE OF EMERGENCY! ONE B&B WAS FULL BUT THEY DIRECTED US UP A TRACK TO ANOTHER, I WENT PAST AND HAD TO DO A SIX POINT TURN ON A NARROW TRACK IN THE DARK BUT THE B&B WAS WORTH IT. WE STAYED AT THE AULD ALLIANCE AT AN TAIGH DONN, LONEMORE, GAIRLOCH www.auldalliancebandb.co.uk ED AND CORINNE DUNCAN RUN THIS, THEY HAVE ONLY BEEN OPEN A YEAR AND WERE REALLY FRIENDLY AND THE ROOMS WERE VERY NICE, THEY HAVE INTERNET ACCESS ALSO.
NEXT MORNING AFTER TAKING THE WRONG ROAD, A DEAD END, VERY NARROW IN PLACES BUT WORTH THE DETOUR FOR THE VEIWS, WE TURNED BACK AND MET ARMY TRUCKS ON A ROAD WITH PASSING PLACES, MUST HAVE BEEN AT LEAST NINE TRUCKS!WE THEN SET OFF UP THE COAST TOWARDS ULLAPOOL, STILL A LONG WAY TO GO THOUGH, THE SCENERY WAS STILL BEAUTIFULL AND WE HAD A GOOD TRIP, STOPPING IN ULLAPOOL FOR A LATE LUNCH. WE ARRIVED AT MARY'S [ MARYKS B&B AND DOLL MUSEUM] ABOUT 5PM. TEA WAS AT KYLESKU INN ABOUT A MILE UP THE ROAD AND THEN BACK TO MARY'S.
NEXT DAY WE WENT PAST STACK POLLIACH TO THE COAST NEAR THE SUMMER ISLE THEN TO LOCHINVER AND ROUND THE COAST ON A SINGLE TRACK ROAD BACK TO UNAPOOL. IT WAS ANOTHER LONG DRIVE!
THE NEXT DAY WE SPENT THE MORNING LOOKING AT THE DOLLS AND DOLL HOUSES IN THE MUSEUM, THE ADMISSION IS INCLUDED IN THE B&B PRICE OF £25. MARY'S WEBSITE IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UPDATED AND SHE WILL BE OPEN AGAIN IN SPRING.
WE SET OFF BACK ON THE FRIDAY, TRAVELLING ACROSS TO GOLSPIE ON THE EAST COAST, THEN DOWN THE EAST PAST INVERNESS, PERTH AND THEN A NICE ROAD DOWN TOWARDS BALMORAL, I SAW AN EAGLE NEAR A RIVER THEN WE SAW A RED DEER RIGHT NEXT TO THE ROAD, IT WAS TOO DARK TO TAKE A PHOTO THOUGH.
WE WERE WONDERING WERE WE WOULD STAY WHEN WE SAW A LOVELY HOTEL WHICH WE THOUGHT WOULD BE EXPENSIVE. WE CALLED IN AND ASKED AND IT WAS ONLY £25 EACH, THERE WAS A BAR, MEALS, INTERNET ACCESS AND WAIT0RS IN KILTS! VERY NICE WELCOME AS WELL, FULL MARKS TO THE SPITTALL OF GLENSHIE.
THE LAST DAY WE WENT TO EDINBURGH AND SAW THE CASTLE, THE MUSEUM OF CHILDHOOD AND GREYFRIARS BOBBY STATUE. ARRIVED BACK AT MUMS ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND I CAME HOME SUNDAY. A LONG WEEK AND VERY ENJOYABLE. I'VE ADDED THE PHOTOS TO AN ALBUM. WILL ADD A FEW OF MY FAVOURITES HER AND SOME VIDEOS I FOUND BEFORE I WENT.
October 07 1648 BLOODY PRESTON, THE BATTLE OF PRESTONI'VE BEEN READING A BOOK BY STEPHEN BULL AND MIKE SEED ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT BATTLE OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR, THE LEAST WELL KNOWN BATTLE.
THE BOOK IS VERY GOOD AT DESCRIBING THE LEADUP TO THE BATTLE AND THE AREA IT TOOK PLACE. THE BOOK IS CALLED BLOODY PRESTON, THE BATTLE OF PRESTON, 1648. ISBN 1-85936-041-6
THERE WERE AROUND 20,000 MEN IN THE SQUARE MILE BETWEEN RIBBLE BRIDGE, RIBBLETON, FULWOD BARRACKS AND MOOR PARK. THE POPULATION OF PRESTON AT THE TIME WAS TWO THOUSAND. THE BATTLE OF PRESTON WAS 17 AUGUST 1648. THE SCOTISH ARMY WAS COMING DOWN THE MAIN ROAD, THE PRESENT A6, FOLLOWED BY THE "NEW SCOTS" ARMY TO CROSS THE RIBBLE BRIDGE AT PRESTON AND FOLLOW THE A6 SOUTH. THE ROYALIST ARMY CAME THROUGH CLITHEROE, CROMWELL AND ROUNDHEAD ARMY MARCHING FAST THROUGH SKIPTON, BY THIS TIME THE BULK OF THE SCOTTISH ARMY WERE SOUTH OF THE RIBBLE WITH THE "NEW ARMY" STILL NORTH OF LANCASTER. THE INFANTRY AND SMALL REARGAURD OF HORSE WERE STILL ON THEIR WAY TO PRESTON, THE BOOK GIVES MUCH MORE PRECISE DETAIL! ON THE 16TH OF AUGUST COMWELL DECIDE TO HEAD TO PRESTON TO FIGHT AND THEY SPENT THE NIGHT STATIONED IN A FIELD AT STONYHURST, AT THE TIME THE HALL OF A MINOR CATHOLIC GENTLEMAN, I DON'T SUPPOSE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN PLEASED TO HAVE CROMWELLS' ARMY THERE!
THE ROYALIST MADE A FIGHTING RETREAT FROM LONGRIDGE TOWARDS PRESTON, CHURCH STREET WAS THE MAIN ACCESS FROM THE LONGRIDGE AREA, THE PARISH CHURCH IS STILL THERE ON CHURCH STREET AND THERE WERE ALLEYWAYS THAT LED DOWN TO THE RIVER, ANCHOR COURT LED FROM FISHERGATE TO THE FERRY AT BROADGATE AND STONEYGATE AND OTHERS LEADING TO THE BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER, JUST WEST OF THE CURRENT BRIDGE.
THE ROYALISTS WERE ON THE NORTH OF PRESTON NEAR POPE LANE AREA T HOLME SLACK WHEN THE LEADER HAMILTON ORDER A STAND TO GIVE THE SCOTS UNDER HAMILTON TIME TO GET HIS TROOPS READY AT PRESTON. THE MAIN SCOTS ARMY, ROYALISTS, DREW UP IN THE AREA OF SHAROE GREEN AND THE WESTERN EDGE OF MOOR PARK, THERE WAS CONFUSION IN THE SCOTS ARMY AND BAILLIES' INFANTRY WAS ORDERED TOWARDS THE RIBBLE BRIDGE, LONDON ROAD BRIDGE, THE INFANTRY WERE THEN ORDER TO CROSS THE BRIDGE AND TAKE POSITION ON THE WALTON-LE-DALE SIDE OF THE RIVER.
IN THE MEANTIME LANGDALES' ROYALISTS AT RIBBLETON WERE HAVING A HARD TIME FACING THE MAIN ROUNDHEAD ARMY AND CROMWELL. THE FORMER WAS NOW IN THE AREA NEAR SKEFFINGTON AND SOME OF THE ROUNDHEADS HAD STARTED TO DISAPPEAR DOWN THE STEEP SLOPE OF THE VALLEY TOWARDS FISHWICK BOTTOMS AND THE BRIDGE, DOWN WATERY LANE TO ATTACK THE BRIDGE, THE LAND BETWEEN WATERY LANE AND THE BRIDGE WAS VERY BOGGY AT THE TIME, PART OF THIS AREA HAS NOW BECOME A NATURE RESERVE AND THE WETLAND REINSATED WITH PATHS THROUGH IT SO NOW YOU CAN SEE PARTLY HOW BAD IT WAS. HAMILTONS SCOTS WERE TRAPPED IN PRESTON AND SWAM THE RIVER, LANGDALE HAVING JOINED HIM, SOME SCOTS RETREATED NORTH HOPING TO JOIN UP WITH MUNRO'S "NEW ARMY" NEAR LANCASTER.
HAMILTONS MEN, HAVING SWUM THE RIVER, HEADED TO JOIN THE SCOTS ON THE SOUTH OF THE RIVER. THE MAIN SCOTS FORCES HAD SET UP A DEFENSIVE POSITION ON WALTON HILL. THE ROUNDHEADS SIEZED THE BRIDGE AND THE FEW HOUSE BEYOND IT, A CANNONBALL WAS FOUND IN A HOUSE CELLAR A FEW YEARS AGO FROM THIS BATTLE! THEY ALSO WERE SECURING DARWEN BRIDGE, BUT THE ROYALISTS WERE IN A STRONG POSITION ON THE HILL. TRADITION SAYS CROMWELL SPENT THE NIGHT AT THE HOUSE THAT IS NOW PINNOCIOS, FORMERLY THE UNICORN, WERE MANY CYCLISTS STOPPED FOR REFRESHMENT ON THERE WAY TO BLACKPOOL OR THE TROUGH OF BOWLAND, MY MUM AND DAD INCLUDED.
THE SCOTS WERE IN A STRONG POSITION TO WAIT FOR REINFORCEMENTS BUT WERE DEPRESSED AND DECIDED TO STEAL AWAY IN THE NIGHT TOWARDS WIGAN TO TRY AND JOIN WITH THE ROYALISTS WHO HAD ALREADY PASSED PRESTON.
THE BOOK DEALS WITH THE BATTLE, THE EVENTS LEADING TO IT AND THE AFTERMATH OF THE BATTLE IN MUCH MORE DETAIL AND IS VERY EASY TO READ, IT IS VERY GOOD WHEN YOU KNOW THE AREA AND CAN RELATE TO THE PLACES. I FOUND IT WAS VERY GOOD AND FINISHED IT IN ONE GO.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE NEWER BRIDGE, THE FIELDS CROMWELLS' ARMY CROSSED, THE HILLS OF WALTON HILL AND BROCKHOLES WOOD WHERE WATERY LANE COMES DOWN.
PICS 1 IS THE VEIW ACROSS FROM THE TRACK FROM WATERY LANE TO WALTON HILL WERE THE SCOTS WERE BASED,
2,3,4,5 ARE THE ALLEYS DOWN TO THE RIVER FROM CHURCH ST
6 IS THE TRACK DOWN TO THE RIVER NEAR LONDON ROAD.
7 IS THE AREA WHERE THE OLD BRIDGE WAS.
8 IS AT THE TOP OF WATERY LANE
9 IS WATERY LANE
10 IS LOOKING TOWARDS WALTON HILL AGAIN
11 IS ANOTHER OF THE ALLEYS.
12 IS LONDON ROAD BRIDGE NOW
13 IS WATERY LANE October 05 Talking about YouTube - MR. AND MRS. POTATO HEAD TOY COMMERCIAL 1960s
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