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Venue Review - Johnny’s Warehouse Bar and Events Venue - Morecambe

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 20 Sep 22

Marine Rd Central, Marine Rd W, Morecambe LA4 4BU A keynote performance space, set back slightly from the main promenade, with staging areas, a pool table and dance board, and side entrance/exit to the amusement arcade and...

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Pub Review - Davy Jones’s Locker - Morecambe

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 20 Sep 22

74-76 Marine Rd W, Morecambe LA4 4EP A Cellar level public bar connected to The Clarence Hotel, approached down a flight of steep steps so not too great for the disabled and infirm. Pleasant enough bar once in, with a music...

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Diary Thursday 6th May 2021

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 6 May 21

Nearly three weeks since my last post - sorry. Gosh, why does that feel like apologizing to a priest for skipping a few confessional visits? (Not confessed since childhood as Don't believe in God doesn't count as a statement of...

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Donald Campbell's deathbed - Coniston Waters, Lancashire

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 4 Sep 19

I was going through some old photos and came across some of Coniston Waters. This is the lake where Donald Campbell died in 1967 while attempting to break the water speed record. In 1964, Donald Campbell made his attempt on,...

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Diary 30th July To 1st August 2019

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 1 Aug 19

Tuesday 30th July was the day of the annual meal and day out for the volunteers who help out at the University Of Central Lancashire. This year we were treated to an expenses paid trip to the seaside town of Blackpool, including...

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Pub Sign Study Nowhere Morecambe Lancashire

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 25 Feb 19

One of the oddest pub names and signs in the UK, a pub called Nowhere, and a sign featuring a question mark. There is something odd about a pub claiming to be nowhere, especially in a rundown seaside town like Morecambe, which...

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True Crime Book Review Jennifer Lee Cobban Wall Of Silence

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Apr 18

2005 – Demdike Press The unusual circumstances of the death of Jim Dawson in the Lancashire village of Bashall Eaves, near Clitheroe in 1934 makes for a mystery worthy of Colombo of Hercule Poirot, but no one ever did solve the...

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Diary 6th And 7th January 2018

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 7 Jan 18

Diary Saturday 6th January 2018 A lovely evening followed a fairly mundane day. Friends invited me to a dinner party, which was a really lovely event. About twelve of us attended and I got a lift to and from the house. The...

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Diary Wednesday 27th December 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 28 Dec 17

Entering the weird limbo period between the Christmas and New Year holidays. Though officially a normal day, many shops and services stay closed or run a skeleton service during these days. After three day virtually house-bound...

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Pub Sign Study - The Sir Henry Tate - Chorley

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 28 Dec 17

Sir Henry Tate was one of the most famous and philanthropic businessmen of the later stages of the Industrial Revolution. Born in Chorley, which celebrates his life with this Wetherspoons pub and its portrait sign, Tate spent...

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Book Review - Mark Doel - Social Work The Basics

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Dec 17

2012 – Routledge Press My voluntary work at the University Of Lancashire often involves assisting students and lecturers in the Social Work studies and training department. That I why I am reading up on the subject myself, (my...

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Diary Wednesday 23rd August 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 24 Aug 17

Today I was on an all day mini-bus trip organized by the community centre, taking us from Preston Lancashire to Skipton in Yorkshire. I have been to Skipton before but I knew there was much more to see and do there. The coach...

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Diary 18th And 19th July 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 19 Jul 17

Diary Tuesday 18th July 2017 I went to the community centre to pick up this week’s £2 bag of free-trade food and got quite a lot for my cupboards and fridge. While there, I was invited to a free lunch as one had been prepared for...

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Diary 7th And 8th June 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 8 Jun 17

Diary Wednesday 7th June 2017 Another day of voluntary service at the University of Lancashire (UCLan). While yesterday involved being a medical student Guinea pig, today was about helping prepare events and promotions for the...

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Diary 29th And 30th May 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 30 May 17

Diary Bank Holiday Monday 2th May 2017 I was interviewed live on the radio about my pub sign collecting this morning, which went very well. Though the interview lasted nearly eight minutes it felt much shorter. The interviewer...

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Diary Saturday 11th March 2017

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 12 Mar 17

I was invited to take photos of committee members for an important growing group promoting mental health awareness through music and the arts. I was the only attendee not on their board of directors, and they were lovely people....

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Talk Review – How Morecambe Bay Got Its Name

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 1 Feb 17

A short informal talk I attended on Tuesday March 31st at Ingol, Preston’s Intact Centre. The talk was presented by historian Bill Shannon. Morecambe Bay in Lancashire, is the biggest area of mudflats and sand in Britain,...

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Diary Tuesday 19th July 2016

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 19 Jul 16

Today provided my chance to visit the flat I am now certain to move into in Ingol, Preston, Lancashire. We set off very early on the hottest day of the year so far. The flat is an unfurnished shell, with just a few minor...

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Pub Sign Photo Study - The Jolly Nailor - Atherton - Lancashire

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 18 Jul 16

A helpful sign in that it bears the opening date for the pub right there on the image, 1909, though it represents a much older history, albeit rather incorrectly. Nailor is a colloquial Northern spelling for nailer, applied to...

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Pub Sign Photo Study The Eagle And Child Ashton-In-Makerfield Lancashire

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 10 Jul 16

I know there are several pubs based around this intriguing Lancashire legend but this was the first one I have seen and my primary reason for choosing Ashton-In-Makerfield for my latest pub sign walk. The story concerns the...

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