Mini 3 Grains Bar

FlushVision · May 26, 2023

A single flight battery took me over Grains Bar and a small golf course in Oldham, England today using my Mini 3 Pro RC. Shot at 4K with EV at -1

WV. Rootman · May 26, 2023

It was a fine flight. What interests me is the name. Being in the states makes it difficult to understanding English vernacular at times. Why is a golf course named," Grains Bar?"

FlushVision · May 27, 2023

WV. Rootman said:
It was a fine flight. What interests me is the name. Being in the states makes it difficult to understanding English vernacular at times. Why is a golf course named," Grains Bar?"

The golf course is at a village called Grains Bar which is to the East of a town called Oldham but the course is not in itself called Grains Bar. The golf Couse is called Bishop Park golf course, a small 9 hole course.
I've flown it a few times now but this was the first time with the Mini 3 Pro.
See here in Google Earth

https://i.gyazo.com/06ed5f41732f9c8044793b84e5843230.jpg

WV. Rootman · May 28, 2023

FlushVision said:
The golf course is at a village called Grains Bar which is to the East of a town called Oldham but the course is not in itself called Grains Bar. The golf Couse is called Bishop Park golf course, a small 9 hole course.
I've flown it a few times now but this was the first time with the Mini 3 Pro.
See here in Google Earth

https://i.gyazo.com/06ed5f41732f9c8044793b84e5843230.jpg

You're kind to put up with me, but how is something called,"Grains Bar"? I know the words,"Grains" and "Bar", but together, what does it mean?

Ok, I Googled it to simplifly things. I did say that your vernacular was different than the states. I did not know that "bar" was a toll booth. A pub "bar" or shallows in a river,"bar". I never heard it said that way in the states. I'm one for wondering why things are as they are.
Being isolated by the mountains, West Virginians use a lot of old English words. Many places in the States don't understand what we're saying. My grandmother once asked my wife "to fetch the poke from the press". My wife had no comprehension of what she was talking about.

FlushVision · May 29, 2023

WV. Rootman said:
You're kind to put up with me, but how is something called,"Grains Bar"? I know the words,"Grains" and "Bar", but together, what does it mean?

Ok, I Googled it to simplifly things. I did say that your vernacular was different than the states. I did not know that "bar" was a toll booth. A pub "bar" or shallows in a river,"bar". I never heard it said that way in the states. I'm one for wondering why things are as they are.
Being isolated by the mountains, West Virginians use a lot of old English words. Many places in the States don't understand what we're saying. My grandmother once asked my wife "to fetch the poke from the press". My wife had no comprehension of what she was talking about.

No problem. I like it when people show interest in where I live.

I did a search for the historic name origin of the village and didn't turn up anything of note but my own local knowledge suggests (and this is my non-expert opinion) is that the 'Bar' part of the name refers to a 'Bar' or a spur from the Pennines range of hills, an extension from Crompton Moor which is in itself an extension from Saddleworth Moor to the East of Manchester, and the name given to that bar is 'Grains'.

There is a pub in the village called Grains Bar Hotel but the hotel derives it's name from the village so has no bearing on the village's name.

I can't add more to this unfortunately. I live a mile and a half away from this village so I think my local knowledge of the area is fairly good, but can't add more except to say that up until the early 1970's it was on the historic boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire, now that boundary is 3 miles away.

For more info of the area check out this web site

Where is Grains Bar? Grains Bar on a map

www.getthedata.com

WV. Rootman · May 30, 2023

FlushVision said:
No problem. I like it when people show interest in where I live.

I did a search for the historic name origin of the village and didn't turn up anything of note but my own local knowledge suggests (and this is my non-expert opinion) is that the 'Bar' part of the name refers to a 'Bar' or a spur from the Pennines range of hills, an extension from Crompton Moor which is in itself an extension from Saddleworth Moor to the East of Manchester, and the name given to that bar is 'Grains'.

There is a pub in the village called Grains Bar Hotel but the hotel derives it's name from the village so has no bearing on the village's name.

I can't add more to this fortunately. I live a mile and a half away from this village so I think my local knowledge of the area is fairly good, but can't add more except to say that up until the early 1970's it was on the historic boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire, now that boundary is 3 miles away.

For more info of the area check out this web site

Where is Grains Bar? Grains Bar on a map

www.getthedata.com

Again, I read that bar was a name for a "toll booth". It was on the boundary line there.

FlushVision · May 30, 2023

WV. Rootman said:
Again, I read that bar was a name for a "toll booth". It was on the boundary line there.

Yes. Up until the early 70's it was indeed on the boundary between Lancashire and West Yorkshire. Indeed even now there is a road sign in the village that says 'Historic boundary of West Yorkshire' (or words to that effect). I could have even caught that sign in my original source footage before the edit! In fact during the above flight I managed to get into the historic county of Yorkshire! I never thought about that!!

Trust an American to teach me about where I live (lol)

WV. Rootman · May 30, 2023

FlushVision said:
Yes. Up until the early 70's it was indeed on the boundary between Lancashire and West Yorkshire. Indeed even now there is a road sign in the village that says 'Historic boundary of West Yorkshire' (or words to that effect). I could have even caught that sign in my original source footage before the edit! In fact during the above flight I managed to get into the historic county of Yorkshire! I never thought about that!!

Trust an American to teach me about where I live (lol)

Yep, I'm done here. I have to fetch that poke out of the press. Lol.

FlushVision · Jun 2, 2023

WV. Rootman said:
Yep, I'm done here. I have to fetch that poke out of the press. Lol.

I just took a look at the source footage and, yes! I got the sign. You can't make out the text in the sign but this picture will give you a clue as to where it's positioned in the village.