On 23 Apr 2021 at 15:28:59 BST, ""tim..."" wrote:



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On 22/04/2021 19:12, ARW wrote:

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"I could do that"...

I'm actually quire impressed with it

it's much better than I could do

Yes, I think it has it's good features. It is quite even and the main defect
is smearing mortar everywhere. And the fact it will probably fall over in the
middle.


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All of the series was made in Liverpool. Offhand, I can't think of a
scene set elsewhere.


I think we're talking at cross purposes here. I was talking about the
original (one off) story, The Black Stuff, which had bits in it which
clearly weren't in Liverpool. The subsequent series (Boys From The
Black Stuff) may well have been filmed entirely in Liverpool.

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Roger Hayter wrote:

It is quite even and the main defect
is smearing mortar everywhere.

By the end, they managed to line-up the cement thumbprints quite well
across the soldier course

On 24/04/2021 10:39, Roger Hayter wrote:
On 23 Apr 2021 at 15:28:59 BST, ""tim..."" wrote:



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On 22/04/2021 19:12, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg

"I could do that"...

I'm actually quire impressed with it

it's much better than I could do

Yes, I think it has it's good features. It is quite even and the main defect
is smearing mortar everywhere. And the fact it will probably fall over in the
middle.

I didn't want to criticise it for the same reasons as tim.

Attention to detail could have been better with a clean up before the
mortar has set.

For me the worst aspect is the lack of any piers along the wall, without
which makes the wall dangerous of falling and causing injury.

On 24/04/2021 06:51 am, ARW wrote:
On 24/04/2021 01:57, JNugent wrote:
On 23/04/2021 07:26 pm, ARW wrote:
On 23/04/2021 18:26, Adrian wrote:
In message , JNugent
writes
"The Blackstuff" depicted the gang mustering in Liverpool and
travelling by crewbus to Yorkshire (Leeds, I think - the setting
for most of the action).


IIRC the bulk of the action was somewhere on Teesside, not that it
alters the story at all.

The wall Yosser badly built was filmed in Liverpool.

All of the series was made in Liverpool. Offhand, I can't think of a
scene set elsewhere.

It was the building site of a new hospital at the end of Edgeware Road.

:-)

Not quite!

The hospital is on the other side of the main road. There is no
Edgeware Road (nor even an Edgware Road) in Liverpool.

Edge Lane?

Yes, Edge Lane is a main thoroughfare (the main route into the city from
the western end of the M62).

At its nearest (ie, at its own western end), Edge Lane is about a
quarter of a mile from the location under discussion. The two points are
connected by the street known as Hall Lane, plus a bit added on at the
northern end to get round to Harper Street.

On 24/04/2021 11:32 am, Adrian wrote:

JNugent writes

All of the series was made in Liverpool. Offhand, I can't think of a
scene set elsewhere.

I think we're talking at cross purposes here.Â* I was talking about the
original (one off) story, The Black Stuff, which had bits in it which
clearly weren't in Liverpool.Â* The subsequent series (Boys From The
Black Stuff) may well have been filmed entirely in Liverpool.

The original "play" (film) briefly started off in Liverpool, but as you
say, the main action was all elsewhere. I though West Yorkshire, but it
may well have been Teesside as stated by another poster.

On 24/04/2021 11:32, Adrian wrote:
In message , JNugent
writes
All of the series was made in Liverpool. Offhand, I can't think of a
scene set elsewhere.


I think we're talking at cross purposes here.Â* I was talking about the
original (one off) story, The Black Stuff, which had bits in it which
clearly weren't in Liverpool.Â* The subsequent series (Boys From The
Black Stuff) may well have been filmed entirely in Liverpool.



IMDBIYF (albeit sometimes wrong)

Coulby Newham, near Middlesbrough for the original

for the series:
Dingle, Liverpool
Redcar
Kirkby Industrial Estate, Kirkby,
Prescot Street, Liverpool [as per JNugent]




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On 24/04/2021 10:39, Roger Hayter wrote:
On 23 Apr 2021 at 15:28:59 BST, ""tim..."" wrote:



"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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On 22/04/2021 19:12, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg

"I could do that"...

I'm actually quire impressed with it

it's much better than I could do

Yes, I think it has it's good features. It is quite even and the main defect
is smearing mortar everywhere. And the fact it will probably fall over in the
middle.


It's a crumple zone, innit?



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On 24/04/2021 12:29, JNugent wrote:
On 24/04/2021 11:32 am, Adrian wrote:

JNugent writes

All of the series was made in Liverpool. Offhand, I can't think of a
scene set elsewhere.

I think we're talking at cross purposes here.Â* I was talking about the
original (one off) story, The Black Stuff, which had bits in it which
clearly weren't in Liverpool.Â* The subsequent series (Boys From The
Black Stuff) may well have been filmed entirely in Liverpool.

The original "play" (film) briefly started off in Liverpool, but as you
say, the main action was all elsewhere. I though West Yorkshire, but it
may well have been Teesside as stated by another poster.

I have found this 2020 article

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/t...still-19331324

And again thanks for the Liverpool info. I'll have to go back there when
hotels open. I wonder if the Flat House on West Derby road is still going?

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On 23/04/2021 10:23, Robin wrote:
On 22/04/2021 19:12, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg


I couldn't do that.

Any remake should have a role for Yosser's less competent apprentice.

And as you remember this

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/t...still-19331324

I shall show that Yosser's apprentice rebuilt that wall. I'll take a
photo next week.

The two walls are half a mile apart.

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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
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Roger Hayter wrote:

It is quite even and the main defect
is smearing mortar everywhere.

But trivial to clean it now using brick acid.

By the end, they managed to line-up the cement thumbprints quite well
across the soldier course

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On 24/04/2021 10:39, Roger Hayter wrote:
On 23 Apr 2021 at 15:28:59 BST, ""tim..."" wrote:



"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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On 22/04/2021 19:12, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg

"I could do that"...

I'm actually quire impressed with it

it's much better than I could do

Yes, I think it has it's good features. It is quite even and the main
defect
is smearing mortar everywhere. And the fact it will probably fall over in
the
middle.

I didn't want to criticise it for the same reasons as tim.

Attention to detail could have been better with a clean up before the
mortar has set.

Dont need to do that. Cleanup with brick acid any time works fine.

For me the worst aspect is the lack of any piers along the wall, without
which makes the wall dangerous of falling and causing injury.

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On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:12:46 +0100, ARW wrote:

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Reading the comments brings back memories.

I had a vague memory that there was a series about working abroad in
Germany but I can't seem to find a reference.


Cheers


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On 24/04/2021 20:36, David wrote:
On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:12:46 +0100, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg

Reading the comments brings back memories.

I had a vague memory that there was a series about working abroad in
Germany but I can't seem to find a reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auf_Wiedersehen,_Pet

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Roger Hayter wrote:
On 23 Apr 2021 at 15:28:59 BST, ""tim..."" wrote:


"Jeff Layman" wrote in message
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On 22/04/2021 19:12, ARW wrote:
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg
"I could do that"...
I'm actually quire impressed with it

it's much better than I could do

Yes, I think it has it's good features. It is quite even and the main defect
is smearing mortar everywhere. And the fact it will probably fall over in the
middle.

It could have used a cap, to match the existing wall.
If course, real brickies "only like clay brick" and would
be unwilling to stray into other media, like a cap.

And the mortar job isn't perfect. A real brickie would
be emitting a "tsk" with respect to their snap line and
not keeping the courses exactly level. Some of the mortar
is a bit thicker than others, but if a DIY, it's the
quality you would expect of a DIY. A real brickie
inherently keeps things level (somehow). A real brickie
has a square eye.

It's definitely not the worst job I've ever seen. Have
you ever had a job done, where the mortar oozes out of
the lower courses, as new courses are added during the
same day ? That particular job was taken apart, and
the brickie builders insurance paid for the redo.
Even though the brickie was going to walk away from
the job, as if it was "done". With gobs of mortar
all over the place. A DIY job wouldn't have been
left with gobs of mortar, the gobs of mortar would
be smeared over the brick face :-)

The normal sin committed, is the brickie is good at
what he does, but he "hires a neighbour kid for cash"
to mix the mortar. And some of that hired help is
as dumb as a brick post. The brickie will not come
down a ladder and correct the lad, when he ****s up.
I was surprised at the dynamic, that there was not
more "apprenticeship" expressed. The lad has explained
to him, what to do, first thing in the morning, and
then the brickie just keeps accepting buckets of mortar,
no matter how poorly mixed. Since a brickie is quite
critical of anyone elses workmanship, you'd think he
would stomp the kid for mixing slop.

Paul

On 24/04/2021 20:36, David wrote:
On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:12:46 +0100, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg

Reading the comments brings back memories.

I had a vague memory that there was a series about working abroad in
Germany but I can't seem to find a reference.

Are you perhaps thinking of Auf wiedersehen Pet - about a bunch of
builders from Newcastle, Liverpool and the Midlands?

On 24/04/2021 08:36 pm, David wrote:
On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:12:46 +0100, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg

Reading the comments brings back memories.

I had a vague memory that there was a series about working abroad in
Germany but I can't seem to find a reference.

"Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" (1983, I think).

Reflecting the same social phenomenon, though.

On 24/04/2021 20:36, David wrote:
On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:12:46 +0100, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg

Reading the comments brings back memories.

I had a vague memory that there was a series about working abroad in
Germany but I can't seem to find a reference.

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

Cheers


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On 24/04/2021 20:36, David wrote:
On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:12:46 +0100, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg

Reading the comments brings back memories.

I had a vague memory that there was a series about working abroad in
Germany but I can't seem to find a reference.

Auf Wiedersehen?

Cheers


Dave R

On 24/04/2021 05:37 pm, ARW wrote:
On 24/04/2021 12:29, JNugent wrote:
On 24/04/2021 11:32 am, Adrian wrote:

JNugent writes

All of the series was made in Liverpool. Offhand, I can't think of a
scene set elsewhere.

I think we're talking at cross purposes here.Â* I was talking about
the original (one off) story, The Black Stuff, which had bits in it
which clearly weren't in Liverpool.Â* The subsequent series (Boys From
The Black Stuff) may well have been filmed entirely in Liverpool.

The original "play" (film) briefly started off in Liverpool, but as
you say, the main action was all elsewhere. I though West Yorkshire,
but it may well have been Teesside as stated by another poster.

I have found this 2020 article

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/t...still-19331324


And again thanks for the Liverpool info. I'll have to go back there when
hotels open. I wonder if the Flat House on West Derby road is still going?

I should think so. There aren't all that many pubs in that area.

On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:36:10 +0000, David wrote:

On Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:12:46 +0100, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg

Reading the comments brings back memories.

I had a vague memory that there was a series about working abroad in
Germany but I can't seem to find a reference.

Thanks all!

Cheers



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On 24/04/2021 17:51, ARW wrote:
On 23/04/2021 10:23, Robin wrote:
On 22/04/2021 19:12, ARW wrote:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/File:****wall.jpg


I couldn't do that.

Any remake should have a role for Yosser's less competent apprentice.

And as you remember this

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/t...still-19331324


I shall show that Yosser's apprentice rebuilt that wall. I'll take a
photo next week.

The two walls are half a mile apart.


Yosser (Bernard Hill) was in the cast of 'The Chain' which is
on Talking Pictures TV tomorrow at 9PM, or on YouTube now -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z3mxm_L5dg

Described as a comedy, but more of a pictorial record of
life in London in the early 1980's.

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On Thursday, 22 April 2021 at 19:12:47 UTC+1, ARW wrote:
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You think that's bad brickwork?

Would you buy this house:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DIYUK/comme..._any/?sort=new

Yep, it looks bad but works fine.

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