I think there was a race on:
http://www.flyingnun.co.uk/arace.jpg
-- 
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard are sweeter
flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk FN 2°°8 +,  Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland

"Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°8 +"  wrote
>I think there was a race on:
> http://www.flyingnun.co.uk/arace.jpg

Yes, it looks like a sailboat race, FN.
What body of water is that?
---Sea

"Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°8 +"  wrote in message 
news:6ledioFb5rmqU1@mid.individual.net...
>I think there was a race on:
> http://www.flyingnun.co.uk/arace.jpg

Looks like there might have been

-- 
Barb

~~seadancer~~ wrote:
> "Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°8 +"  wrote
>> I think there was a race on:
>> http://www.flyingnun.co.uk/arace.jpg
>
> Yes, it looks like a sailboat race, FN.
> What body of water is that?
> ---Sea

It's a reservoir that used to provide compensation water fot all the small 
iron foundries further down the valley Sea.  It's the most easterly one on 
here - between High Bradfield and Dungworth:
http://www.flyingnun.co.uk/4reservoirs.jpg
The one next to Bradfield Dale is Dale Dyke which burst in 1864 shortly 
after it's completion.
http://mick-armitage.staff.shef.ac.uk/sheffield/flood.html

Days later they were still finding victims who had been swept away as far 
away as Doncaster.
Where I live is about 100 yards up a hill from the main route the flooding 
waters flowed.
See illustration here:
http://www.iln.org.uk/iln_years/year/sheffielddisaster.htm
-- 
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard are sweeter
flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk FN 2°°8 +,  Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland

"Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°8 +"  wrote
> ~~seadancer~~ wrote:
>> "Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°8 +"  wrote
>>> I think there was a race on:
>>> http://www.flyingnun.co.uk/arace.jpg
>>
>> Yes, it looks like a sailboat race, FN.
>> What body of water is that?
>> ---Sea
>
> It's a reservoir that used to provide compensation water fot all the small 
> iron foundries further down the valley Sea.  It's the most easterly one on 
> here - between High Bradfield and Dungworth:
> http://www.flyingnun.co.uk/4reservoirs.jpg
> The one next to Bradfield Dale is Dale Dyke which burst in 1864 shortly 
> after it's completion.
> http://mick-armitage.staff.shef.ac.uk/sheffield/flood.html
> Days later they were still finding victims who had been swept away as far 
> away as Doncaster.
> Where I live is about 100 yards up a hill from the main route the flooding 
> waters flowed.
> See illustration here:
> http://www.iln.org.uk/iln_years/year/sheffielddisaster.htm
> flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk FN 2°°8 +

Interesting articles and pics, especially the Google Earth map.
I didn't know you could save those maps.
What a terrible calamity the bursting of the Dyke was.
Glad you're up a hill! :)
---Sea

~~seadancer~~ wrote:
<snipped>
> Interesting articles and pics, especially the Google Earth map.
> I didn't know you could save those maps.

I saved it as a jpg then posted it on my website.

> What a terrible calamity the bursting of the Dyke was.
> Glad you're up a hill! :)
> ---Sea

Yep!  When I attended the local Methodist church sunday school when I was a 
kid I used to look at the commemoration plaque to all those who died in the 
flood.
-- 
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard are sweeter
flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk FN 2°°8 +,  Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland

"Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°8 +"  wrote
> ~~seadancer~~ wrote: <snipped>
>> Interesting articles and pics, especially the Google Earth map.
>> I didn't know you could save those maps.
>
> I saved it as a jpg then posted it on my website.
>
>> What a terrible calamity the bursting of the Dyke was.
>> Glad you're up a hill! :)
>> ---Sea
>
> Yep!  When I attended the local Methodist church sunday school when I was 
> a kid I used to look at the commemoration plaque to all those who died in 
> the flood.
> flyingnun@tiscali.co.uk FN 2°°8 +

A sad memory, but an interesting one, FN.
I love hearing what snippets people remember
from their childhood.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Memory is a child walking along a seashore.
 You never know what small pebble it will pick up and
 store away among its treasured things. -Pierce Harris
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I remember having a bad dream as a kid and
going into my parents' bedroom and climbing
into bed next to my dad. It was such a safe feeling.
I also remember going into their bedroom on
Sunday mornings to get a quarter to put in the
basket at church. I'd reach into my dad's
pants pocket on the chair and pull out a quarter.
After church my sister would by rolls at Lange's
Bakery and we'd walk home, butter the rolls,
and eat them while reading the funny papers
spread out on the floor in the living room.
I remember all those individual moments so very clearly.
---Sea