June 11, 201511 yr Some folk including the fire brigade are saying its on fire, @manchesterfire: Fire in Winter Hill area is a wildfire spanning 1km by 500 metres - we've got various specialist appliances tackling it
June 11, 201511 yr One day, one single fucking day of sunshine and the whole area is covered in smoke.
June 12, 201511 yr Could see smoke..thought scout road chippy had gone up! was up there tue afternoon still the best in bolton she had the sausage i had the pie Edited June 12, 201511 yr by little whitt
June 12, 201511 yr I saw it when I was on the A666 heading to Bolton at 4.40ish, it was massive! Yes, it is a big hill.
June 12, 201511 yr was up there tue afternoon still the best in bolton she had the sausage i had the pie
June 13, 201511 yr Our resident fire bobby wasn't wandering around on the moors. Sorry to disappoint. He has, however, done his share of beating out the flames on the hills and moorlands above Bolton and others further afield. 29 years and 17 days means I am in my last year of service. 348 days to go. Not that I'm counting.
June 13, 201511 yr Our resident fire bobby wasn't wandering around on the moors. Sorry to disappoint. He has, however, done his share of beating out the flames on the hills and moorlands above Bolton and others further afield. 29 years and 17 days means I am in my last year of service. 348 days to go. Not that I'm counting. Well done!
June 13, 201511 yr Our resident fire bobby wasn't wandering around on the moors. Sorry to disappoint. He has, however, done his share of beating out the flames on the hills and moorlands above Bolton and others further afield. 29 years and 17 days means I am in my last year of service. 348 days to go. Not that I'm counting. But 2016 is a leap year so you have an extra day.
June 13, 201511 yr Bugger! Yes, thanks for that Malcolm. Thing is, I started on May 27 1986 which was a Tuesday due to the Monday being a bank holiday so my 12 week basic course was only 11 weeks and four days. Wings and roundabouts I guess.
June 13, 201511 yr Our resident fire bobby wasn't wandering around on the moors. Sorry to disappoint. He has, however, done his share of beating out the flames on the hills and moorlands above Bolton and others further afield. 29 years and 17 days means I am in my last year of service. 348 days to go. Not that I'm counting. After 30 years of firebobbying you're entitled to stand down.
June 13, 201511 yr Thing is it doesn't seem thirty years. In exactly the same way as folk write on wanderers ways that "x number of years ago we were playing such and such-a-body" Well about a week or two before I started I think we layered Bristol City in the Leyland Daf or whatever it was called.
June 13, 201511 yr Our resident fire bobby wasn't wandering around on the moors. Sorry to disappoint. He has, however, done his share of beating out the flames on the hills and moorlands above Bolton and others further afield. 29 years and 17 days means I am in my last year of service. 348 days to go. Not that I'm counting. What will you do when you retire?
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