cracking flags mon.....

 

if this is global warming,will do for me....

 

im of to the beach.

 

ill keep an eye out swimming policemen.

Just now, Mounts Kipper said:

Weather today is utter WANK!! Dark, wet, fucking miserable. 

Aye, with this sort of weather I can't blame people for fucking off abroad 😁

49 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

Weather today is utter WANK!! Dark, wet, fucking miserable. 

been nice and sunny in the shires, but blimey, it's cold. I've had to flick the heating on

Lad is out gritting later, and their weather facility reckons temperatures of around minus 8 in parts over the next day or two. 

On 14/11/2025 at 15:44, gonzo said:

East winds here today turned it in to winter pretty sharpish.

Horrible conditions today

I doff my cap to you… I have window cleaned when younger, hard graft. 

Don’t mind it.

I like the drama of a moody sky, horizontal rain, freezing winds.

Soft cunts you lot, 

3 minutes ago, Mounts Kipper said:

I doff my cap to you… I have window cleaned when younger, hard graft. 

I did a few days over Christmas time, fir a bit of cash whilst at uni. 

Weather not dissimilar to today's. 

No long poles and deionised water then- they've got it easy today! 🤣

19 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I did a few days over Christmas time, fir a bit of cash whilst at uni. 

Weather not dissimilar to today's. 

No long poles and deionised water then- they've got it easy today! 🤣

Old heavy wooden ladders with the metal spikes, round was oriel street in Bolton had to climb over the brick walls then hauling the ladder over.  Was grim job. 

4 hours ago, ianofcleveleys said:

Was only saying that the other day, Nov - Feb seems to be one long run of wet and windy weather, hardly any spells of more than a couple of days of drier, crisper weather. Our garden doesn't drain well, plus we're close to the sea, channels around the lawn like Venice

We just don't get those days with "heat inversions" where you get on the hills and can see for miles anymore... all wet and windy.

Although it has been pretty crisp over here for the last couple of days

3 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I did a few days over Christmas time, fir a bit of cash whilst at uni. 

Weather not dissimilar to today's. 

No long poles and deionised water then- they've got it easy today! 🤣

I've just been out checking my RO filters like livestock.

Left the heater on in my little pod Ive built for them.

All my Dad had to do back in the day was hang his cloths on the fire guard ha

13 hours ago, gonzo said:

I've just been out checking my RO filters like livestock.

Left the heater on in my little pod Ive built for them.

All my Dad had to do back in the day was hang his cloths on the fire guard ha

Mop and scrim.

If that's how you spell the latter.

I got "told off" by plod for looking at mug shots through a window on Stretford nic.

 

59 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Mop and scrim.

If that's how you spell the latter.

It is, the best stuff is from Ireland.

we used to get all of our stuff from a little shop  on Mather St in Farnworth, Moxham's it was, crackin owd fella owned it, he was also a window cleaner

Snow up Rivey 

had a flutter about 9.30 top end of Horwich 

Lanzarote in the morning 😜☀️

2 hours ago, athywhite1958 said:

we used to get all of our stuff from a little shop  on Mather St in Farnworth, Moxham's it was, crackin owd fella owned it, he was also a window cleaner

I went last year for a cleaning pole.

Lady served me.

Great place: the "open all hours" of the cleaning world.

Snow ,in the shires, in November, practically unheard of. It's fucking Baltic as well

8 hours ago, athywhite1958 said:

we used to get all of our stuff from a little shop  on Mather St in Farnworth, Moxham's it was, crackin owd fella owned it, he was also a window cleaner

I've just checked this out.

What a great gaff. Absolutely crying out for a place like that over this way.

Have to buy all my stuff online, Window Cleaning Warehouse and the likes but no good if it's vital.

 

7 minutes ago, gonzo said:

I've just checked this out.

What a great gaff. Absolutely crying out for a place like that over this way.

Have to buy all my stuff online, Window Cleaning Warehouse and the likes but no good if it's vital.

 

I asked your advice last year about my pole! Phnaa.

This is where I got it.

Lady there tried to sell me an RO system- like a character from last of the summer wine.

5 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

I asked your advice last year about my pole! Phnaa.

This is where I got it.

Lady there tried to sell me an RO system- like a character from last of the summer wine.

Love the fact they've adapted from selling scrims and cloths to full on Reverse Osmosis set ups 👌 

9 hours ago, athywhite1958 said:

we used to get all of our stuff from a little shop  on Mather St in Farnworth, Moxham's it was, crackin owd fella owned it, he was also a window cleaner

Just mentioned it to my Dad, he's astounding it's the still same shop. 

My old man used it when he started window cleaning in Farnworth after leaving Platt International with his mate Malcomn Barlow. Talking 50 years ago now easy.

Did window cleaning when I worked for a contractor who did the final clean in new builds/refurbs. 
 

Most scared I’ve ever been was cleaning the third floor window of a house in Barnoldswick.  Ladders at full extension, stood on second from top rung, nowt to hold on to, body flat against the wall. All for £20 a day. 

4 hours ago, mickbrown said:

Did window cleaning when I worked for a contractor who did the final clean in new builds/refurbs. 
 

Most scared I’ve ever been was cleaning the third floor window of a house in Barnoldswick.  Ladders at full extension, stood on second from top rung, nowt to hold on to, body flat against the wall. All for £20 a day. 

To get to the bathroom and shovel shit out of it? 

10 hours ago, gonzo said:

Just mentioned it to my Dad, he's astounding it's the still same shop. 

My old man used it when he started window cleaning in Farnworth after leaving Platt International with his mate Malcomn Barlow. Talking 50 years ago now easy.

It's almost 50 years ago that I started on the windows, I worked for a bloke called Alan Winstanley (Winnie) from Athy for about 4 years until I bought my own round. Worked all over Farnworth, great times, all the cleaners used Moxham's. My mate Winnie is still working at  68 years old, I go for a pint with him every Thursday

baltic 

car was iced over this morn

racing at hexham abandoned yesterday as it was covered in snow

7 hours ago, jayjayoghani said:

To get to the bathroom and shovel shit out of it? 

Happy days😁

Bit overcast still warm