Bootsox

Originally sold at the height of the property boom: 13/06/07 for £219k now being marketed for £199,950

Picture made me laugh, cue angst ridden (but glamourous) parents and baby who thinks it's feckin hilarious!

No. 17 sold again: 2012-03-23 17, Hollin Bank Court Bolton Road, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB2 4GY Flat, Leasehold add details... £58,000

+1 The BBC's reporting bias on many issues is truly staggering, I bitterly resent being mandated to pay my licence fee to listen to their left wing bile. The BBC are pro everything Europe because it fits in very well with their socialist agenda.

......for once, not sure if its because Andrew Verity is on holiday. 18mins 30secs in: link

+1, I spend all day with people, great to get home where I don't miss people one bit.

As ever Nigella displays a fantastic rack!

Good graphs but have I got this right? Just choosing Jan as an example: York had 49mm of rain in 22 days HB had 91mm of rain in 15 days So overall, for Jan, it chucked it down more in HB but rained for 7 days less than York? With these stats I am not sure if you would choose HB or York, the choice being either more rain or less rainy days? Edit,take the point made about HB being dank but not much you can do about the topography.

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I catch the village bus about once a month, cheaper than a taxi. There are typically a dozen, mainly old, people on the bus and I am the only one who actually pays for their fare. My grandad relied on a state pension, lived by careful means, but managed to make savings. My father, a man of modest occupation, lives a comfortable life in retirement. I think the idea of legions of hard up pensioners is a work of fiction promulgated by left wing organisations like the BBC.

If the rest of Wetherspoons is like my local one, then the bulk of the money going over the counter is derived from the state/benefits claimants. Truly recession proof.

If the scheme is Defined Benefit does any of this really matter (to the employee that is)? Unless the employer gets that pissed off he closes the scheme.

Further falls: link 2005-10-11 611, Trinity One East Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 8AF £185,000 2011-12-15 611, Trinity One East Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 8AF £120,000

Further falls: link 2007-09-20 10, St Peters Close, Clayton Le Dale, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 9HH £231,500 2011-11-14 10, St Peters Close, Clayton Le Dale, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 9HH £200,000

The Blackburn apartment below is advertised on Rightmove for £490 PCM and at an original purchase price of £109.880 (say £111k with costs), after actual rent achieved, voids and service charges, is maybe generating a return of about 4-5%. So, if it was a cash purchase, a fairly modest return. If it was bought on a BTL mortgage however, the returns could be wafer thin (if not at a loss). All the properties in this development seemed to be sold off in 2008. I suspect that many were actually sold as an "off plan commitment" in 2006/2007 (at the height of Brown's lending madness) as a pension investment, capital gains, yadi yada, etc. ...........unfortunately, these properties are now re-selling at an appreciable loss, see flat 17 below. Reminds me of Leeds, the whole situation is like a ticking bomb but yet is rarely mentioned in the MSM. I also feel that whole, new build, BTL racket seemed to appeal to young aspirational types (who are going to get scalped early on in their working lives but may be able to recover) and middle class, middle income sorts (who just saw it as a way of boosting their pension provisions and could never imagine that it might lead to ruination). link 2008-05-22 9, Hollin Bank Court Bolton Road, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB2 4GY Flat, Leasehold, New Build add details... £109,880 N/A 2008-03-13 17, Hollin Bank Court Bolton Road, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB2 4GY Flat, Leasehold, New Build add details... £106,400 2011-11-25 17, Hollin Bank Court Bolton Road, Blackburn, Blackburn With Darwen, BB2 4GY Flat, Leasehold add details... £65,000

It always staggers me how people hand over banking and personal details to a total stranger they just met in the street. There are a lot Chuggers in Chorley (Lancs) town centre at lunchtime and I notice, with some irony, that they tend to target the old and the vulnerable.

what a useless thick tw@t of a comment.

Funny I was in a pub on Christmas Eve lunchtime (Saturday) and I asked if they were busy on Friday. The barman replied with a saying that I have not heard in years, "we had to lock the doors". Still, I have a feeling that this could be a bit of swan-song. Christmas wise, relatively thin on numbers overall and at £3+ a pint surely this can't go on!

I don't know where the EAs get their prices from but this one is up for sale for £195k, having sold new for £210k on 21/11/03. On recent sales, I would suggest a minimum 40% fall in price off the original new build price, say 126k. 177 Magellan House This part of Magellan House is built on a bridge over what is known as Finger Dock. flying freehold

I think that it something to do with the age of the industry the fact that the type of work is safety critical. Something similar struck me a few years ago with the Morecambe Bay helicopter crash tragedy and the age profile of the deceased. helicopter tragedy Helicopter sea plunge accidental Commander Stephen Potton and co-pilot Simon Foddering died in the crash Seven men who were killed when a helicopter plunged into the Irish Sea off Lancashire died accidentally, an inquest jury has ruled. Five gas platform workers and two pilots died when the SA365N Dauphin helicopter crashed, killing everyone on board, on 27 December 2006. The men were being picked up from the Centrica North Morecambe platform, 25 miles out from Morecambe Bay. The jury foreman said poor weather was a contributing factor to the crash. He said: "We, the jury, agree that the cause of death was accidental. "We agree that there were contributing factors and that these were poor weather conditions, leading to a lack of visual clues, pilot disorientation and transfer of control." Seven men died in the tragedy, but the inquest excluded one man as his body has not been found. Multiple injuries One victim, gas platform worker Alfred Neasham, 57, from Durham, was decapitated. He died alongside his colleagues Robert Warburton, 60, of Heysham, Lancashire, Leslie Ahmed, 48, from South Shields, John Shaw, 51, from Kirkcaldy, Fife, and Keith Smith, 57, from Stockton-on-Tees. Co-pilot Simon Foddering, 33, from Preston, and Commander Stephen Potton, 52, from Blackpool, also died. The men died as a result of multiple injuries, except Leslie Ahmed, who drowned. The inquest excluded Mr Smith as his body was not recovered. The helicopter had been travelling from Blackpool between gas platforms During the three day hearing at Blackpool Town Hall the jury has heard evidence from Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) experts. The jury heard that the helicopter had been travelling from Blackpool between gas platforms picking up workers when it got into difficulties on its final approach to its third stop, the Centrica North Morecambe platform. Flight recorders show the crew had been approaching the landing but had become unhappy with the manoeuvre and aborted their landing. Mr Foddering began a "go-around" but struggled and asked for help before Commander Potton took over the controls. But the aircraft began to roll over to the right and hit the water at a speed of about 126 knots. The weather conditions were cloudy and there had been rain. A preliminary report into the crash by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) found no evidence of major mechanical failure. Four-second delay Air accident investigator Marcus Cook said there had been a brief exchange between the pilots about depth perception in the seconds before the crash. Commander Stephen Potton asked his co-pilot if he was all right and Foddering replied "no, I'm not happy, mate", the jury heard. Mr Foddering asked his commander to "help us out" and, after a four-second delay, Mr Potton took charge. Mr Cook said the four seconds amounted to a "significant delay". He said the handover of control between the pilots was imprecise. An AIIB report found no mechanical problems with the helicopter The AAIB report also found that Mr Potton could have given better commands to his co-pilot. Experts also said the crew had not been given "synthetic" training in a simulator, which could have been beneficial. Blackpool Coroner Anne Hind said: "I would like to express my profound sympathies to those whose lives have been torn apart in this terrible, terrible tragedy." She added: "I always hope that after an inquest there will have been a certain catharsis. Unfortunately that can't be done for the family of Mr Smith, which is in itself a tragedy." Kay Warburton, widow of Robert Warburton, said outside Blackpool Town Hall: "I feel it was the only verdict they could possibly have given, as regardless of everything they all lost their lives." Helicopter operator CHC Scotia said it had taken on board the recommendations made by the AAIB and run its own investigation into the incident. Keith Mullett, managing director said: "We wish to convey again our condolences to the families and loved ones of all those who lost their lives in the accident. "The loss of our colleagues and their passengers remains a source of great sorrow within CHC." Centrica set up the Morecambe Bay Helicopter Accident Memorial Fund which has raised £98,000 for charities nominated by the families of the crash victims.

In my industry, high voltage electrical engineering, the average age is 49. I have worked with tons of blokes in their 50s, 60s and even 70s. Young people know ****** all and are nowt but a liability.

I know people who go on this type of coach holiday and for what you get for your money the profit margins must be wafer thin. I read that over the years crusader went from owning 24 coaches to leasing 12, sounds like they have been on a downward trajectory for some years. Also, not only is the client base dying off but that generation have been hardest hit by the low interest rate/high inflation economy.

I recall once driving over the bridge, just downstream from the property, and it felt like I had about an inch to spare either side of my wing mirrors!

Yes, perhaps the next leg down?

link 119, Calder House, Navigation Walk, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 1JJ Flat, Leasehold, Not New Build 20-Mar-2008 £245,000 28-Sep-2011 £171,000