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Blues Blast, the internet blues magazine, has announced the nominees for its 2016 Blues Blast Music Awards. Five Alligator Records artists received a total of eight nominations. Shemekia Copeland, Curtis Salgado and Toronzo Cannon each received two nominations. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials and Tommy Castro & The Painkillers each received one. Voting is free and open to the public at www.bluesblastmagazine.com beginning July 1 and running through August 15.
Moreland & Arbuckle's Promised Land Or Bust is as deep as Delta blues and heavy as thundering rock, as the band continues to wring hard-hitting, modern roots music from traditional forms. Their Alligator Records debut has received critical acclaim from a plethora of publications, music reviewers and fans alike. We previously released videos for two songs from the album – "Mean And Evil" and "When The Lights Are Burning Low." Now we present the video for the lead track "Take Me With You (When You Go)," which is their ode to going on a journey…physical, spiritual, or otherwise. Check out the visually stunning video here.
Toronzo Cannon Is a Travelin' Blues Man feature by Mark Guarino on Alligator's Toronzo Cannon in Chicago Magazine. The feature touches on life growing up in Chicago, his 24 –year day job as a CTA bus driver, his stroll through the crowd at last year's Chicago Blues Festival, his Alligator Records' debut, The Chicago Way, and his upcoming performances this Friday at Chicago Blues Fest with Tommy Castro & The Painkillers and a headlining performance on Saturday at Blues On Water Street in Batavia, IL.
This Thursday, June 2nd at 9:40 AM CT, Alligator founder and president Bruce Iglauer will be on Morning Shift on Chicago's WBEZ 91.5 FM to talk about the upcoming Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection, the 33rd Annual Chicago Blues Festival's salute to the label, and history past, present and future. Listen live on the radio or online at https://www.wbez.org.
Label mates Shemekia Copeland and Toronzo Cannon will be the featured performers at this year's 93XRT Blues Breakers Blues Fest Broadcast live from Buddy Guy's Legends on Thursday, June 9th from 6 – 7:30 PM CT. Hosted by 93XRT's Tom Marker, this special event takes place on the eve of the Chicago Blues Festival. Admission to the event is FREE for blues fans 21 and older on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who are not able to attend can tune in to 93.1FM or stream the broadcast live here.
Listen to WGN Radio's Nick Digilio's feature interview with Alligator Records president and founder Bruce Iglauer. They discuss the label's 45th Anniversary, the special 2CD 45th anniversary collection that will be released on June 10th, the same day that the Chicago Blues Festival launches with a day devoted to Alligator Records, and some other anecdotes from over the years.
Hound Dog Taylor was born 101 years ago today (4/12/1915)! It was Bruce Iglauer's burning desire to release an album by his favorite band – Hound Dog Taylor & The HouseRockers - that started Alligator Records in 1971. Take some time today and check out one of his foot-stomping shuffles, supercharged boogies or a searing slow blues on Spotify or Apple Music. Happy Birthday HDT!
One the nation's leading music tastemakers, Los Angeles, CA's NPR station KCRW-FM, has selected Tom Waits' "John The Revelator" from the critically-acclaimed tribute album God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson as Today's Top Tune. Download it today for free.It will only be available for download on Wednesday, March 9th. Following that, it will be streamed through KCRW's Today's Top Tune Postcast.
Chicago Tonight, a nightly news program on Chicago's primary public television station WTTW, ran a fascinating profile last night on one of the newest artists on the Alligator roster, Toronzo Cannon. Host Phil Ponce talks with Toronzo about his brand new release, The Chicago Way, his history, his influences and his day job as a CTA bus driver for the last 22 years. Also interviewed is Alligator president Bruce Iglauer and we find out what attracted Bruce to signing this longtime Chicago bluesman. Watch the video here.
REMEMBERING DAVID BOWIE: Late in 1985 or early in 1986 Alligator got a phone call from one of David Bowie's assistants. Bowie was recording music for the animated film "Labyrinth." He was looking for a blues guitar player to play on a song called "Underground" and had discovered one of Albert Collins' Alligator albums (apparently he hadn't heard of Albert before then). He wanted Albert to fly to New York the next day to record a guitar part. Albert was in the middle of a six-night stand at Albert's Hall in Toronto. I called him and persuaded him to get up at 6 a.m. and fly to New York. We met at the airport and took a cab to Atlantic Records' studio where Bowie was working on the soundtrack along with Arif Mardin, the famous producer/arranger. Bowie was a very gracious host, warmly greeting Albert and making both of us feel very welcome. In about an hour, Albert cut a selection of solos for the song on his famous Fender Telecaster. We took a moment to have our pictures taken (I'm the one who isn't David Bowie or Albert Collins) and then headed back for the airport so Albert could play in Toronto that night. If you listen to the song, you can hear Albert most clearly in the last 20 seconds of the song, though he's mixed pretty low. By the way, not only did David Bowie have no idea who Albert Collins was until the day before the session, but Albert had no idea who David Bowie was until I called him to come to New York. —Bruce Iglauer
Grammy-nominated blues/roots/R&B vocalist Shemekia Copeland will perform live and be the subject of a feature interview on PBS's nationally televised program, The Tavis Smiley Show, on Wednesday, November 4. Host Tavis Smiley talks to Copeland about her new CD, Outskirts Of Love, and her life as, according to the Wall Street Journal, "a fresh, gripping roots music performer." For broadcast times and stations, please click here.
Alligator Records is pleased to announce the signing of roots rock/blues band Moreland & Arbuckle. The self-described "roots and blues from the heartland" group (guitarist Aaron Moreland, harpist/vocalist Dustin Arbuckle and drummer Kendall Newby) will release their as yet untitled label debut -- produced by Matt Bayles (Mastodon, The Sword) -- in Spring, 2016. Read all about it here.
Alligator Records is proud to announce the first quarter 2016 release of God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson. The album (to be issued on CD and vinyl) features newly recorded versions of the iconic slide guitarist/vocalist's most seminal material. Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, Derek Trucks and *Susan Tedeschi*, Cowboy Junkies, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Sinead O'Connor, Luther Dickinson, Maria McKee, and Rickie Lee Jones all deliver deeply moving interpretations of Johnson's otherworldly "gospel blues" music. To read the whole story click here.
Shemekia Copeland was featured on NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday (10/10). In addition to performing two songs, Shemekia spoke with host Scott Simon about her brand new release, Outskirts Of Love, her father's influence and more. Weekend Edition Saturday is heard on NPR member stations across the United States and around the globe on NPR Worldwide and reaches an audience of nearly four million listeners each week. You can listen to the entire eight minute segment here.
Shemekia Copeland performed "Drivin' Out Of Nashville" from her brand new release, Outskirts Of Love, on Music City Roots - Live From The Factory in Franklin, TN (9/17) while she was in Nashville for the Americana Music Convention. Check it out here. More stellar video from this performance coming soon!
Check out Alligator Records on Spotify! The Genuine Houserockin' Blues From Alligator playlist features more than three hours of music from across our vast catalog and will be updated regularly.


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I think, that the fact, that password stays in cookies even after user closes browser window.. ...well sux.
This makes (at least for me) whole password protecting feature useless, because when someone connects to my blog from public computer (where it's sometimes not possible to delete cookies) and views password-protected post, than EVERYONE after him/her can see the (not anymore) password-protected post.
Even if it was everytime possible, the necessity to delete cookies after every visit to blog... ..well sux.
Don't take me wrong, I think that wordpress is great piece of software. It just seems to me, that this password protecting thing is not enough well-thoughtout.


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Can you help a guy out with tips/tricks/babyhacks? First kid (girl) is on the way... help?
My wife & I are expecting our first child (girl), due in late October. I am absolutely terrified and more excited than I can describe. Plus, this little girl that I haven't yet met has me wrapped around her finger already. So, I'm asking you, parents or caregivers, to tell me what you wish you could go back and tell yourself before your little bundle of joy arrived. Any little life-changing tips you wish to pass along?
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Congratulations !!
I'm an aunt, so I get to spoil the kids. You don't want my tips ;-)
Congratulations!!!! My little girl is 20 now. Time flies.
My 2¢:
While it might not take a whole village...It is nice to call up Mom and ask for help once in a while. She raised you, and you lived through it.
Do not be afraid to leave your child with a responsible adult and spend time with your wife.
Child sniffles are common. It isn't the plague. Most likely. I promise.
Most of the time people mean well when they give you advice. Remember to use what you can, and discard the rest.
Every child is different. What worked for your best friend/sibling/parent may not work for you.
Frustration, anger and helplessness goes with parenting. Then she (child) smiles at you, and it is all okay.
Sleep. Sleep every possible chance you get once she's born.
(This is a trick answer -- you will not get more than four hours sleep at a time for the next 4-6 months.)
Babies don't need nearly as much stuff as catalogs, emails, and TV commercials will insist they do. Really. Try not to get get crazy about it. More stuff = more cleaning and more laundry.
Don't buy much in the way of baby clothing until she arrives. "Newborn" sized clothing is remarkably often the wrong size for any given newborn. If friends ask what you need (besides more sleep), suggest 6-9 month size things if the weather then will be roughly appropriate. That was my mom's advice to me, and it was a real advantage when my son (who's now [cough] 44) grew just a bit and I didn't have to buy a bunch of clothing for him.
Hold her and cuddle her. A lot. Totally ignore people who tell you you're going to spoil her. It's not possible.
Enjoy every minute of her, and take lots of pictures.
P.S. My first grandchild is due in early September. You and I can swap baby stories!
@magic cave: Congrats on the upcoming grandbaby!
"Sleep. Sleep every possible chance you get once she's born. (This is a trick answer -- you will not get more than four hours sleep at a time for the next 4-6 months.)"
And once you can sleep again, sleep some more. You will need to save up for when she goes to her first sleepover, gets her drivers license, starts dating. Seriously.
The bit of advice I got that has stuck with me was from a friend who had her first baby just a couple of years before me. She said that she noticed that every time her daughter went through a cranky stage, shortly afterward the baby could do something new.
Turns over by herself
Sits up
Her theory was that the baby was cranky because she was trying to do something new and was soooo close but not quite there. After she put this theory together, it was easier to get through the cranky times because she chose to see them as the prelude to a new adventure!
@belyndag & @magic_cave speak wisdom from experience. Don't pass up a chance to sleep.
At first you will be alternately in awe and terrified. It gets better.
The one bit that held true for me was that tough times seem to take forever while you go through them, but as soon as they pass it will seem like the tough times went fast.
Speaking of going fast, all the little sayings about the young 'uns growing up before your eyes are true! Enjoy every minute of it, and don't let anything keep you from her.
If you get a baby swing that takes batteries and lacks a wall adapter, then do yourself a favor and check out this baby swing hack. It saved us $5 a week for 12-13 weeks each time we had a kid (3 kids).
Just get a DC adapter power charger between 4.5 and 6 volts (one from an old cell phone would work) that has at least 750 milliamps. Cut off the end off, and splice the wires directly to the battery contacts.
@belyndag: I love that theory -- and I'm sending it to my son. Thank you for the congrats; it's an exciting time.
Oh, and when someone tells you that girls are easier to raise than boys, rest assured that they didn't have any girls!
A nurse in the hospital when my first was born (40+ years ago) told me to give him everything he needs and half of what he wants. I still think it was good advice.
Disclaimer: I'm not a parent. I do have 15+ years experience working as a volunteer with youth/teenagers in various groups and settings.
My one piece of advice for parents is this: "Don't freak out!".
Remember, whatever is happening, you are not the first person to go through this. Others have dealt with this and lived. You probably aren't going to completely screw up your kid right away. And you won't make good decisions when you're crazy stressed/scared/freaked out. Take a deep breath (breathing is important, remember to do it often), calm down for half a second and then deal with it.
Also, as your kid grows up, not freaking out about things (at least not openly) will help keep the lines of communication open. And kids and teenagers who know you'll be cool about stuff are more likely to actually talk to you about stuff. I'm not saying don't discipline kids. You've got to do that. But do it calmly and rationally and explain the whats and whys to kids in terms they can understand.
When the baby cries in her crib, your first impulse will be to go to her and find out what is wrong. Go with that no matter how many people tell you, "You're just going to spoil her."
The whiny little "spoiled" brats that we see did not get that way because their parents were attentive. It is usually because their parents ignored them until they felt guilty enough to try to "pay off" the kid with some kind of reward. It is because these kids feel insecure, that they feel the need to test their parents love, constantly.
The child that feels confident that Mom and Dad will be there when they are needed is far more capable of soothing himself. Certainly, even the happiest child will test her limits and need to be reigned in. So, an occasional tantrum is to be expected. But, it won't be because you rocked them to sleep when they were an infant.
Looking ahead to solid food time (because time will FLY by): hide starches in vegetables -- starches like beans and rice.
Morning oatmeal is fine (and you can get lots of other good stuff into that), but don't give the kid a piece of bread or potato until she's over 2. Many (maybe most) kids between 1 and 2 go through a stage where all they're willing to eat is starches. If there are any with the meal, they'll eat those and refuse everything else. So that'll be it for that meal. Best to know in advance and prevent by just never putting chunks of starch on the plate to begin with.
Hey, congrats!
Ooh! I just remembered: hair. Never get into an argument with your child about she wants to do with her hair. (Translation: pick your battled, and hair ain't one of them) No matter what she wants to do with, it doesn't matter. It will grow out. Whether she wants to look like everyone else or totally individual, it's only hair. And it's on her head.
True story, from days when I worked in a juvenile-court system: Straight-A 16-year-old student kept running away from home. Her reason? Retired military daddy wouldn't let her date boys with long hair, and in Florida in 1970, all of them had long hair. My son was six months old, and I promised myself (and him) that I'd do my best never to argue about hair styles with him. There were some serious temptations (anyone remember that "shelf" haircut?), but I think I managed.
@capguncowboy: THAT is awesome, thanks!
I expected one or two replies... but you guys are awesome! I'm going to have to bookmark this to go back for the "don't freak out" stuff.
As far as sleep goes, my pregnant wife is having vivid dreams and LOVES to act them out at night, so 3-4 hours of sleep has been the norm. It is always wonderful when your wife yells, "OH NO! I need a haircut" in the middle of the night -- but is SOUND asleep (she just got a haircut). Practice I guess.
Only kidding, of course.
My tip, get yourself some Chux! Use them on the changing table for the first few months and you'll save yourself from changing the cover/pad in the middle of the night when she catches you off guard. Surprise!
Edit: oh, and make sure the nurse shows you how to swaddle the baby correctly.
@capguncowboy: That's a great tip, the only way to get my son to sleep for about 3 months was by having him in his swing, I wish I had converted it over. I can still hear the noise it made when I think about it now 6 years later. I'll blame my lack of initiative and inventiveness at the time on sleep deprivation.
@belowi: Clothes dryer or driving around in the car. We had a colicky period (three weeks, non-stop crying unless I was holding and jiggling him) in which I got totally desperate. And slightly crazy. Putting him in his little carrier and putting it on top of the empty but running clothes dryer helped, as did a few miles of driving around aimlessly.
@magic cave: Colic here, too. Even walking him didn't work. The only time in my life I was hysterical. First born, you think you're doing something wrong. Went to the pediatrician with double bags under both eyes. He told me to make a bottle of (can't remember the amounts) of bourbon and karo syrup. The first decent sleep either of us had and things were much better afterwards. Only used it once but it was a life saver. When the second one was born, a different pediatrician came in the hospital room and said he was fine except for a little bit of colic. I sat straight up and told him to tell the kid he better get over it or he was going to be an orphan. I think he even backed up a few steps.
@pooflady: [laughing] Your doc's "prescription" reminded me of something my internist told me a while back. His wife had just recently delivered their fourth child, the other three were under age seven, and the entire family was about to attend a military flight-school graduation for a friend and then attend the friend's wedding the very next day. The graduation was almost 200 miles from here, and the wedding was 300 miles from the graduation. (And all in the same state!)
I laughed about the lunacy of two adults, an infant, and kids aged 2, 4, and 6 all in the car for those long drives; he laughed back and said, "Yep, for the two-year-old it's gonna be a "Benadryl in the sippy cup" weekend."
You can check out answers from a similar question posted here:
I would say to "remember the good times". What I mean by this is don't focus on the crappy parts of being a parent, like the no sleep, baby crying all night, no free time or worrying about the baby getting dropped or hurt. Instead remember the good things about being a parent. Like when they start to talk or how they get excited to see you after you come home from work. When they start crawling and then walking. (some of these will be a couple years away of course). Every time my 5 year old gets me angry I have to stop and remember how special he is and how many fun times we have had. The good really does outweigh the bad and as long as you remember that you will enjoy it more and be a little more tolerable of bad behavior.
Since I stared doing this the time I spend with my 2 year old is much better and I am really trying to enjoy it before he grows into his evil older brother... ;) Enjoy the ride because it will fly by!
Don't over react, and buy a bigger car than you need.
there was recently a good condition Taurus Wagon on my local CL.
Seller said " Need to get something bigger, Got a Kid on the way"
You don't need a Ford Expedition, or a Suburban for a kid or 2. a normal sedan will work just fine.
RE: Chux!
How do they differ from Puppy pads?
just going by the pic on amazon, they just look like Puppy pads.
@earlyre: I suppose not much except for shape and price. Puppy pads may be more absorbent. These are rectangular and fit a changing table nicely. Same as doctor office uses on the baby scale.
Learn to swaddle well - it makes a big difference in getting the kid off to sleep. We were having a hard time till we saw the Happiest Baby on the Block dvd from Harvey Karp's book of the same name.
Keep in mind the kid will probably get more upset as you swaddle them but will calm down quicker and sleep better+longer once it's done.
Love, of course.Don't try to be perfect. You'll make little mistakes and figure things out along the way.It will be ok, I promise. Never ever lay her down near the edge of anything, like when you're dressing her or changing her -- even babies who can't roll over, still wiggle and move. And fall off. Get a rocking chair and soothing music DVDs. Learn songs to sing. You'll be pacing the floor with her and those songs will help quiet her down. You'll probably sing the same one 100 times in a row as you walk her to sleep. Whatever works. :-) My little one had a fussy tummy, so something called "gripe water" was a godsend. Your sleep is important. Your wife's sleep is even more important. Super super super important. Moms are tuned into the baby 24/7 and it is very, very difficult to pull back from and rest. READ books to her, even when she's a baby in your arms. Goodnight Moon, Time for Bed (Time for bed little goose, little goose. The stars are out and on the loose...) is my favorite,
@earlyre: Chux cost more than puppy pads and they're shaped differently. There's no functional difference at all. Go where the price is best.
Always remember. You cannot make the world fit the child. You must find another way.
Mine is 7, and she's definitely daddy's little girl. Takes after him waaaaay more than me. Congratulations!!
--sleep while you can, all you can. It helps your patience exponentially. Make sure your wife does too. Women tend to use sleep time as 'time to get things done'...not necessary.
--she will be her own person. I'm a soldier...she is a princess. Don't even try to force her. It will frustrate you.
--don't be afraid to put her down. You're going to want to hold her every second...but you will get things done and she will learn to move and play and work by watching you do the same.
--keep having fun. Again, she will learn how to be a part of a healthy relationship by watching you be with your wife, with friends, etc.
--let her get dirty.
--let her get bumped and bruised.
--teach her to explore. The world is hers to learn.
--let her fail. And teach her how to take responsibility for those failures. (Once she's older)
--say no.
take care of yourself. Some people put everything into the child. She has time to save up for or pay for college...you need to save up for your retirement. Or you'll end up in her guest room when you're 80.
-- yes she's a girl...teach her how to be your self rescuing princess.
--love every second you have with her. It flies.
Remember, nobody knows how to deal with a tiny stranger perfectly. Love her and you will be a good parent. We all feel like we are messing the kids up...but step back and see how happy and healthy she is and remember you caused that. You're both going to do a great job. :)
@magic cave: Puppy Pads it is!
@nconnelly: Sage advice!
Buy used when appropriate, especially clothes. They grow fast
Be consistent. That is really the key.
And pick your battles carefully. Once you pick the battle, you HAVE to win. No exceptions.
@nconnelly: Great advice!
if you ever feel like "i'm such an awful parent" : there are ALWAYS examples of WAYYY Worse parents no further away than your TV, or Computer.
Watch, or remember an episode of some dreck like Jerry Springer.. most of those folks have kids. you've gotta be doing better than them.
and if that doesn't make you feel better about your parenting skills, there's this story out of france the other day:
trust me. You're fine.
Best advice I got was to let the baby stay overnight in the nursery while I was in the hospital after giving birth.
New parents often are so excited by the birth that they don't want to miss a moment which is understandable. But If you keep the baby in the room, the night feedings start on night one and especially for the mom she is exhausted from the birth experience. If you leave the baby to the nursery for the first night or two and you sleep you at least start out as a new mommy or daddy fully rested.
Your child will not know, remember or resent you for not keeping them in your room the first night or two while in the hospital.
You get all of the nights once you are home to make up for it. : )
Congrats on the baby!
Second the comments about swaddling. Very tight. Practice ahead of time. It seems like such a simple thing but it really does provide a newborn comfort.
You are right.
Consistency really matters. No wavering.
Mom and dad have to be the boss and must always show a unified front.
Children are smart. They know when they have the control and are adept manipulators from a very early age.
Time flies. As I've seen answered here before. Just remember each day. They go by so fast, and before long you'll find yourself missing your little girl. Save the little things, cards she makes for you, pictures she draws, notes she leaves. Those memories aren't re-lived later or something you can reproduce. Never loose those thoughts.
Do your best. She won't ask for anything more.
Immediate tips:
* Swaddling. Learn it; love it.
* "5 S's" from "Happiest Baby on the Block". Worked a treat on my daughter.
* BORROW the above from a friend or library - do NOT waste your own money on it because he took enough material for a 2-column pamphlet and expanded it out to a $20 book. Waste of cash, so just go read the summary someplace.
* "Burp Cloths" are generally worthless. Non-absorbant, far too small and too expensive. Get a couple packs of dirt-cheap traditional cotton cloth diapers - a 12-pack should be around $6 at BrU.
* Support your wife - after your wife's done her part for a middle-of-the-night feed, get up and change the diaper, re-swaddle and put your daughter back to sleep. Her job ain't easy. Be a man and help.
* Go to the Army surplus store and buy your OWN diaper bag so you don't have to schlep around those horrible Vera Bradley prints. Tactical is Tacticool.
* Enjoy the first couple of months where your daughter will sleep through anything.
@philmills: Continued.
* Swaddling blankets - we liked the 48x48 bamboo ones from Aden+Anais. BIG and STRETCHY is what you need. Anything smaller (hospital ones, most receiving blankets...) is useless after the first week or so.
* Save receipts. You will get more receiving blankets than you will ever find uses for. Keep a couple (5 max, IMO), return the rest and buy diapers/wipes. Ditto for cute newborn clothes. We never got a chance to wear 2/3 of what we were given - babies grow FAST.
* In a couple of months, the SwaddleMe sleep wraps w/ Velcro flaps will be VERY useful when she gets squiggly enough to break out of your best traditional swaddling wrap job. Own a couple of these because they will get pooped/peed/puked on a LOT.
* Start your diaper changes with a fresh diaper in place and ready to go underneath your daughter. Saves time and moves, adds an extra leak barrier under her for sneak-attack pee so you don't have to change out your changing pad as often.
@elemay: meant to write CD, not DVD. no need to encourage screen time for kids at any age ;-)
Baby Hacks: Secret of the Baby Whisperer- Tracy Hogg- Has several charts that describe why the newborn is doing what he/she is doing. Very good for diagnosing problems.
Hyland's colic pills for gassy fussy times. Side-to-side swing. Infant massage for gassy times too -- rub in large circles across the abdomen, left to right as you're looking at her. Gets things moving.
Read The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin, The Birth Book by Wm Sears, and Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way by Susan McCutcheon. Those are my three book recommendations to get you from here to baby.
And don't buy too much stuff. It will propagate on its own. You will be amazed.
Don't buy gifts for her. Give her your time instead. It is more valuable.
Babies cry because that is their only means of communication. Pick them up, feed them, change them. With my first we tried to religiously stick to the feeding schedule the hospital told us to. He cried all the time. We ran the vacuum, we rocked him, we let him sit. Finally, we decided to see if he wanted to eat. That was it. From then on if he cried, we fed him. Babies won't eat if their not hungry.
One of my sons was colicky. When he had troubles, I would place him on my lap, face up, feet toward me, hold his legs, and gently rock them up toward his belly. It seemed to help when he was fussy.
The most important tip- if you get frustrated, put them down and walk away. Take a minute for yourself, Put on headphones and crank music while you walk them. Take a drive with them. Hand them to your partner and say "Your turn!"
I had 4 boys, my youngest is 8. I can't even remember my life before kids. If it were possible, I'd have more. Every day with a baby is a new milestone! Enjoy!
Accept any help anyone offers. If someone offers to go grocery shopping for you, hand them a list. If they offer to help with laundry, give them sorted piles of dirty clothes. If they offer to cook, give them a list of foods you're allergic to.
And best of all, if they offer to babysit, jump on that offer before they change their mind.
Mazel Tov and good luck!


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In the tradition of City of Thieves and Child 44, a troubled World War I veteran races across the frozen steppe of 1930's Ukraine to save a child from a shadowy killer with unthinkable plans.
Luka is a war veteran who now wants nothing more than to have a quiet life with his family. His village has, so far, remained hidden from the advancing Soviet brutality. But everything changes the day a stranger arrives, pulling a sled bearing a terrible cargo. When the villagers' fear turns deadly, they think they have saved themselves. But their anger has cursed them. In the chaos, a little girl has vanished, and Luka is the only man with the skills to find the stolen child and her kidnapper in these frozen lands. Besides, the missing girl is the best friend of Luka's daughter, and he swears he will find her. Together, with his sons, Luka sets out across lands ravaged by war and gripped by treachery. Soon they realize that the man they are tracking is no ordinary criminal, but a skillful hunter using the child as bait in his twisted game. It will take all of Luka's strength to battle the harshest of conditions and all of his wit to stay a step ahead of Soviet authorities. And though his toughest enemy is the man he tracks, his strongest bond is a promise to his family back home.
©2013 Dan Smith (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
Say something about yourself!
"Terror In 1930's Ukraine"
I chose this book because other reviewers compared it favorably to Norwegian By Night--another book I really enjoyed. I can't agree completely with those comparisons. To me, the flavor and tone of The Child Thief had very little in common with Norwegian By Night. Instead, this title reminded me of Solzhenitsyn's One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich crossed with a healthy dose of the thriller by Sam Eastland--Eye Of the Red Tsar. A fairly complex--but intriguing and interesting mix.
At first I was disarmed by Pinchot's narration. It was so soft and quiet that I wasn't sure I would be able to tolerate being whispered at for 13+ hours. After about 15 minutes it all clicked, I adjusted to the voice and thought it was perfect for the story being told. It makes you feel almost as though you are inside Luka's head hearing his thoughts. An excellent narration that added positively to the book and the listening experience. Always a good thing.
Heart pounding storytelling, gruesome detail, edge of your seat action and thoughtful commentary on personal perspective, soldiers and war made this a wild ride. The book is definitely a thriller but at the same time it is much more than that. There is a strong thread of self-reliance and gratitude for the tiny bits of "luck" you find in your life. A tale of love and duty in a harsh, cruel and loveless time in Russia. I listened captivated absolutely every chance I had and recommend this book if you want to be swept up into a different world entirely. A winner.
"Cold, Subtle, and Full of Suspense"
Smith could have chosen any of the characters in his story to be his main character. He might have made it a "coming of age" tale and chosen one of the sons. Or a sinister tale of desperation and sorrow by choosing one of the children who were stolen. These days, it's become popular to have an "anti-hero" and make the villain the protagonist; in which case he might have picked the Baba Yaga to tell the story.
All of those plot lines have been done before, however, and some of them are getting quite tired. Instead, Smith chose to tell the story from the perspective of Luka, a father and retired Russian soldier living in the Ukraine- the result surprised me. Luka is one of the most well written characters I've ever come across.
Still, it's not just Luka's story. There is tremendous depth and subtlety everywhere you look here. It's clear how much thought Smith put into crafting this. Even the setting cold, quiet, and dangerous- is given a personality. The result is an utterly unique tale that is haunting me days after finishing it.
As for Bronson Pinchot- I fell in love with him as a narrator while listening to Larry Correia's Grimnoir Chronicles (for which I hear he's been nominated for an Audie- well done, sir). I cannot imagine a better actor to voice this story. In the beginning, the thick Ukrainian accent threw me. By the end, however, I could not help but marvel at how absorbed I became in the story- completely thanks to Pinchot's abilities. He successfully creates distinct men, teenagers, soldiers, women's and children's voices without distracting you. He voiced both the bark of command and the choked crack of despair during this novel- I really can't praise his work enough.
You will want to listen to this book. You will want to re-listen to this book. It is that good.
Actor/director/teacher. Split my time between Beijing and Seattle now. Listen to Audible on the subway and while driving or riding my bike.
"Brilliant--both the writing and the narration"
The opening scene in The Child Thief, the slow, portentous approach of a mysterious stranger across a frozen landscape, is riveting and absolutely perfect. Incredibly, the book manages to sustain the same mesmerizing, understated quality throughout until the last words of the story, prepared for and half-expected and yet still immensely powerful, leave the listener breathless.
Even as I was drawn inexorably into Dan Smith's dark, harrowing narrative, I had initial misgivings. It seemed to me that some of his characters acted in ways which were too foolish or ignorant for me to credit them even in a remote Ukrainian village paralyzed by fear of the imminent arrival of Stalin's GPU. Before long, however, these considerations had become irrelevant. Even though I occasionally doubted an action, I always believed and understood the emotional truth of the character, and the irresistible momentum of the events established their own logic and carried me along, completely fascinated and captive to the storyteller's voice. The result was the briefest thirteen hours I have ever spent listening to a book
There are a few author/narrator pairings which strike me as extraordinarily "right." Richard Ferrone reading John Sandford's "Prey" novels; Jo Nesbo's work read by Robin Sachs; Steven Pacey's masterful command of Joe Abercrombie's fantasy novels all come to mind. Bronson Pinchot's hypnotic, absolutely bone true first person voice telling Luka's story belongs in that company. It is as fine an example of voice acting as I have ever heard-- restrained, measured, almost painfully quiet and richly expressive of the man and his profoundly moving experience.
It is difficult for me to imagine a listener who would not be caught, entertained and often thrilled by this recording. I strongly recommend that you add it to your wish list, and I suggest you begin it when you have a nice stretch of free time so that you can savor it with few interruptions.
Rating scale: 5=Loved it, 4=Liked it, 3=Ok, 2=Disappointed, 1=Hated it. I look for well developed characters, compelling stories.
"A steadfast hero"
If you want to capture someone's attention, don't shout – whisper. In the midst of so many thrillers that shout – with fast action, chases, violence and gore - The Child Thief is all the more riveting because it is so quiet. Even Bronson Pinchot's narration is hushed, compelling you to hang onto every word. The search for the kidnapper is quiet in a landscape muffled with deep snow that silences footsteps, but captures footprints, and the chase is a dangerous chess game of "come and get me if you dare".
While the landscape is vast, the viewpoint is small and detailed, as if even a person's soul can be seen through the sniper's scope on Luka's rifle. A study of good and evil and of individuals struggling to save what is human in themselves through the search to save someone else. To me Luka is heroic in the best sense – someone who stays true to himself and his family in the face of mob madness, danger from the Red Army, and unthinkable evil from the child thief. One of the strongest characters I have read in a very long time.
Addicted to books, both print and audio-.
"Breathtaking story and narration"
This book is simply mesmerizing. I bought this based on the positive review of one of the reviewers I follow, and am so glad I did. The setting is bleak: Ukraine, Winter, 1930. Soviet repression, neighbor turning on neighbor. But Luka, whose viewpoint we inhabit, is, in his imperfect way, ultimately compassionate and humane, and he fosters this humanity in the people he loves and in those he comes across by chance and misfortune. It's a remarkable book, and Bronson Pinchot more than does it justice. The narration is some of the best in the Audible universe. Take a good, long, deep breath before you begin listening, because you may not be able to exhale until it's finished. Very, very highly recommended.
Avid audible listener for over 10 years.
"Epic thriller set in Ukraine"
This is both a great thriller as well as historical thriller. Set in the Ukraine during WWI and WWII it is much about the child thief as it is about the terror of living in Stalinist Russia. This was the period of collectivization, where peasants were forced off the land they had sometime worked for generations. The hero of the book spends as much time hunting the child thief as he does dodging the Stalinist officials. It also can be considered as a survivalist book because the hunt takes place in the frozen forest of Russia in the middle of winter. The story does bog down for a few chapters with page after page of torture scenes. This is one of my more favorite listens of the year.
Speaker, Coach, Author - in Reno, NV (A GREAT place!) I've been an avid Audible fan for several years. Listen on my iPhone many hours each week.
"Stunning - Would Rate This 6 Stars If I Could"
I have been telling people about this book ever since I started listening - and have told everyone to LISTEN rather than read it. This narrator was brilliant and brought Dan Smith's amazing story up to another level. I didn't want to miss a sentence in this book and if I thought I had, I went back. Tragic and yet hopeful. Painful and yet inspiring. One of the best books EVER from Audible.
Myst/thrillers, some contemporary and ✨fun fantasies✨are my favorites but always open for a good story.
"Baba Yaga"
This is out of my usual genre, I normally don't choose anything that is about war or holocaust. There were parts that surrounded the Russian Purge of the 1930's that were disturbing but helped to set the scene surrounding the story. I connected and cared about the characters from the very beginning, and the hunt for "The Child Thief" was interesting and exciting. The mystery behind the missing child, the tempered bonding between father and sons, and the rigorous tracking, made this listen fascinating and worth the credit. Dan Smith's illustration of the Ukrainian tundra was elegant. The images he brought to mind were beautiful but at the same time harsh and unforgiving.
Bronson Pinchot's narration was genius as usual, each voice was distinct and the characters personalities were brought to the forefront. All in all this was a good listen and memorable in its uniqueness.
"What a Find!"
What a find!
First I was unfamiliar with the author. Second the story was unique and about a time and place I knew little about (Ukraine about 1930). Third the characters seemed to really care about each other. There was genuine affection between family members. None of the drunken beatings common in many stories of that area.
Smith's writing is delightful. The details are so vivid, it's hard to believe he didn't live the experience.
Bronson Pinchot's performance is stunning. It just couldn't be better.
Retired CFO, Army wife, Mom of five, Grandma of six, two sons who served in combat, love to read books that reflect my values and faith, love mysteries, historical, military stories, and books that don't waste my time . . . if it doesn't have an ending that was worth the wait, I'm not a happy camper.
"1930s Ukraine Tale of Unspeakable Terror & Horror"
Historical story of a time in the Ukraine that I'd not known about . . . when Stalin's Soviet regime oppressed, overtook and starved millions of Ukrainians, running them from their own farms, not allowing them to eat their own grain or animals, a horror as great as or greater than the Holocaust, it has come to be known as Holodomor . . . and driven mad by starvation, some people did the unthinkable . . . they ate their dying children . . . I had to look all this up, after listening to The Child Thief . . . I had to research the horror . . . and it's true . . . but the story of The Child Thief is much, much more . . . It IS about a time in history and a place that is so different than I could have ever imagined . . . but it's also about the fears, the depth of emotions, the GOOD that exists, FOR ALL TIME . . . and IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES . . . that which we all must draw upon to remain human beings . . . to remain connected to one another and to our God . . . a spark of paranoia, a spark of fear, a taste for a "rush", a taste for blood . . . oh, where it leads a weaker man . . . In the coldest of winters, starving and pursued, Luka treks in search of The Child Thief . . . almost giving up, almost ready to close his eyes and surrender to the cold . . .
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Bothriechis aurifer
|Bothriechis aurifer
|Scientific classification
|B. aurifer
|Binomial name
|Bothriechis aurifer
(Salvin, 1860)
Bothriechis aurifer is a venomous pit viper species found in Mexico and Guatemala. No subspecies are currently recognized.[4]
Adults generally grow to less than 70 centimetres (28 in) in length, but sometimes to over 1 metre (3 ft 3 in). The body is relatively slender with a prehensile tail.[2]
The scalation includes 1-5 intersupraocular scales, 8-12 supralabials, 9-13 infralabials and 18-21 (mode 19) rows of dorsal scales at midbody. The second supralabial is fused with the prelacunal to form a lacunolabial and the interrictals number 16-21. Males have 148-167 ventral scales and 58-64 subcaudals (mostly undivided), while females have 152-162 ventrals and 48-61 subcaudal scales.[2]
The color pattern consists of a green ground color overlaid dorsally with a series of yellow blotches that are bordered in black. Between the botches, an irregular, often broken, dorsal stripe can be seen. The yellowish green belly is often lighter than the dorsum. On the head, a dark postocular stripe is present. The iris is usually yellowish-green, sometimes bronze, with black specks or reticulations. Over 90% of all specimens have the usual dark dorsal pattern, but a few are uniform green and have no postocular stripes. The juvenile coloration includes a pale lime green ground color and a colorful tail tip.[2]
Geographic range[edit]
Found in Mexico in the mountains of eastern Chiapas, and in northern Guatemala. Occurs in cloud forest at 1200–2300 m altitude. The type locality given is "Cobán, [Alta] Vera Paz, Guatemala."[1]
Conservation status[edit]
This species is classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species with the following criteria: B1ab(iii,v) (v3.1, 2001).[5] A species is listed as such when the best available evidence indicates that the extent of occurrence is estimated to be less than 20,000 km², the population to be severely fragmented or known to exist at no more than 10 locations, and that a continuing decline has been observed, inferred or projected in the area, extent and/or quality of habitat and in the number of mature individuals. It is therefore considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. The population trend is down. Year assessed: 2007.[6]
See also[edit]
- List of crotaline species and subspecies
- Crotalinae by common name
- Crotalinae by taxonomic synonyms
- Snakebite
- ^ a b McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, vol. 1. Herpetologists' League. 511 pp. ISBN 1-893777-00-6 (series). ISBN 1-893777-01-4 (volume).
- ^ a b c d Campbell JA, Lamar WW. 2004. The Venomous Reptiles of the Western Hemisphere. 2 volumes. Comstock Publishing Associates, Ithaca and London. 870 pp. 1500 plates. ISBN 0-8014-4141-2.
- ^ Mehrtens JM. 1987. Living Snakes of the World in Color. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. ISBN 0-8069-6460-X.
- ^ "Bothriechis aurifer". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ Bothriechis aurifer at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 14 September 2007.
- ^ 2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1) at the IUCN Red List. Accessed 14 September 2007.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bothriechis aurifer.
- Bothriechis aurifer at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 14 September 2007.


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Lug ends are reduced by filing square, then octagon, then hexadecagon, then round!
Need to put tyre clearance dents in chainstays.
Not enough tyre clearance.
Cold setting dropout lug angles using a squeezer yoke because it fits and it wont bend!
Head tube cut to length.
Showing 22mm holes in head tube.
Roselli chro-mo fork bought from Paul Hillbrick. Steerer has been cut to size and is ready for thread cutting.
Drilling bidon mount holes in downtube and seat tube. Hole started with centre drill to make sure hole exactly on same line.
Pic to show mitering of seat and down tubes at bottom bracket. Pretty happy with the result.
Inside head tube you can see the mitre joint of the down tube has no gap to the head tube.
Same with top tube junction. It's a debated topic, whether lugged joints need good mitres, but I think the fillet of weld on the inside will make the frame nice and stiff.
Frame in the jig. It fits!
Bottom bracket mitre without the BB lug.
Naked BB again.
Top tube to seat tube mitre.
Front derailleur braze-on trial fit.
Seat stays initial shortening.
Rear axle jig which sets chainstay length, BB drop and seat stay length. Seat stay initial miteing.
Bottom bracket trial fit. Cranks fitted and chainstay clearance relief checked. Going to use 10 speed Campag Record alloy cranks with Chorus square taper BB. Rest of groupset is Athena 11 speed.
My "fastback" seatstays
Squeezer yoke with rounded and smoothed section to form indentations in chainstays. The "drift" is actually a Hillman Imp kingpin.
This is how the indentations were formed - though the chainstays were out of the frame and supported on a bench when I hit it with a hammer.
Headtube lugs polished. Started with 6" single cut file, then jeweler's files, followed by progressive wet & dry 400, 600, 800,1200 & 2000. Then buffed with Sisal wheel and compound before polishing with cloth wheel and wax. Shouldn't take too much to clean them back up after brazing... I hope!
For Dan R. A typical pour!
Framebuilding fuel!
I'm going to use this stem off my track bike on the Velorini. Got another polished alloy 3TTT stem, but it's nowhere near as nice as this one.
I'm re-doing the seat stays to move the mitre up onto the seat lug. Darrell McCulloch of Llewellyn Bicycles has given me a mountain of great advice and encouragement. One of the things Darrell advised was the way I had my seat stays done before would eventually crack the seat tube. Consequently, I've ordered some new seatstays and will mitre them like this piece of tube.
Should look ok, I reckon.
Still a nice "fastback" rear triangle.
Bracket on jig to hold front derailleur braze-on bracket in place for brazing.
Another shot of braze-on bracket holder jig. Pretty pleased with this solution.
My beautiful STI bosses arrived today. Thanks Dazza. They will look incredible when polished. Perfect.
New seat stays mitred onto seat lug as per Dazza's advice. Much better now.
Close up of mitre on new, longer seat stays.
I think the frame looks nicer with the longer seat stays - should be stronger too.
New chain stays with new clearance dents. Really glad I remade these too. They look much neater.
Left chainstay needs to be rotated down a little. Tyre clearance now not a problem.
Rear stays should look ok, I reckon.
Trammel attached to face of bottom bracket. Using this to set BB straight before pinning. An adjustment bolt at the top of the trammel sets it parallel with seat tube.
A second piece of angle off the top of the trammel is checked to be parallel with the top tube. This ensures the BB is set nice and square to the frame.
View of the top angle
Forward pin hole drill #40 and clecoed. Cleco will be replaced by a steel pin when the BB is welded.
Same deal on the aft side of the BB.
Close-up of trammel bar attach and clecos.
Some finishing work on the drop-outs. Very happy with the line from chainstay to seatstay.
My Harris oxy-propane torch.
Seat stays (and seat lug to seat tube) drilled ready for pinning.
Another shot of top of seatstays.
After the frame is brazed together, I thought my chances of drilling straight holes for the bidon cages would be pretty difficult, even with pilot holes pre-drilled. Because I'm using the bidon holes to help hold the frame in my jig I decided to drill the seat and down tubes for the bidon bosses. These will be the 1st items to braze on, then I'll bolt the tubes back into the jig. This needed cutouts in the jig and a new strip rivetted over the cutouts on the jig to take the bidon bolts.
Like so...
STI bosses and cable stop "Limpets" filed and sanded smooth, ready for brazing.
Test piece ready for brazing. This will be the 2nd test piece.
1st test piece seat lug joint fluxed and ready to go. Harris "Black" flux.
Oxy-propane flame. This seems about right...
Brazed with 56% silver. (31/7 edit - too much heat on this one. 2nd trial boss was much better - see the pics of the bidon mounts for better results.)
Flux cleaned off RHS.
Flux off post brazing LHS.
Test piece #1 disected to show silver penetration. Very happy with the fillet between the tubes and the flow out of the hole next to the pin. The wetting of the joint under the lug seems pretty complete.
Trial piece #2 with cable stop being held in place, ready to braze.
Seat tube bidon mount with flux washed off and wire brushed. Yet to be cleaned further with emery cloth.
Down tube bidon bosses freshly cooked.
Brazing the 2nd STI boss in place.
STI boss freshly cooked.
STI boss washed and brushed.
Llewellyn STI bosses will look sensational when polished on the painted down tube.
Both STI bosses with flux washed off and a light wire brushing.
Non-driveside dropout brazed.
Non-driveside chainstay cleaned up. Silver solder line visible.
Front derailleur mount brazed to seat tube. Limpets brased to top tube.
Right chainstay with dropout and derailleur cable Limpet silver brazed in place.
BB brazed.
Close up of silver on seat lug after flux washed off.
BB alignment moved during brazing. I reheated the joint and straightened. I refluxed the joint and ran some more silver in to be sure...
This was the amount of misalignment.
Good flow of silver into the BB except maybe at the back of the seat tube between the chainstays. This was corrected in the second alignment and reheating.
Fluxed and ready to realign.
Unwashed, realigned BB.
Because of the BB needing adjustment, the seat lug needed a small tweek too.
Extra straight edge to check alignment of the chainstays.
BB cleaned up.
BB done. Seat stays not brazed yet.
Inside BB cleaned. Note improved silver flow at back of seat tube. I heard this was a common area of failure if not brazed correctly.
Beautiful Nitto forged aluminium seat post and Fizik Arione saddle.
I burnt the flux on the seat stays a little because I didn't want to put too much heat into the seat lug and the seat stays heated so easily by comparison. You only had to look at them with the torch and they would glow red...
Looks like a frame!
Nice tight rear, eh?
Look out Mr Merckx!
Everybody's a critic!
Rear brake bridge.
Bare frame weight. Some cleaning up to do, so it will get a little bit lighter...
Head tube lug ready for polishing (again!).
Seat stay joint filed with some sanding left to do before painting. Top of seat lug finished.
Lower head lug. Space at top of fork is equivalent of bearing and cap to be fitted.
Finished brake bridge.
Ouch! Not happy with a few aspects of the head tube, so it is going to be rebuilt.
Not a good day...
On the bright side, the silver penetration under the top lug was really good...
New lugs and head tube. Now exactly 73 degrees. Finishing started on top lug. Bottom lug pretty much as brazed. Head tube has been cut to top of lugs - was 10mm oversize either end to aid solder feed.
Shorelines of lugs are sharper because they weren't polished beforehand.
Front derailleur mount polished.
Added a stainless washer to brake bridge - to stop paint chipping and rust at pivot bolt.
Polishing setup. Head tube and seat tube have been reamed to final size. BB has been faced and threads retapped. Work done by Paul Hillbrick.
Polished head lugs and STI bosses.
Part way through polishing head lugs.
Polished STI bosses.
Pretty much finished polishing bottom head lug. A couple of touch ups to do.
Finished top head lug.
Seat binder slot cut now that seat tube has been reamed.
"Ultra Blue" paint looks nice and will show up polished parts well.
Nice and glossy around seat lug.
Doesn't look too bad. A few small blemishes, but on sanding to recoat I found some adhesion issues so...
... I completely stripped it back to bare metal, reprimed and (after nearly throwing the frame in the rubbish bin) thought "Ultra Blue" had it in for me - at least on this bike. Hence it now has the first coat of "Delicious Red". Should look even better with the polished and silver anodised components.
BB detail after 2nd coat.
After 2nd coat is tack-free with masking removed.
Blue hearts in STI bosses.
Front pretty much ready for final polish and steering head bearings.
Finished! BTW, the name on the top tube, "Sagitta" is the name of a constellation. It is latin for "arrow".
This pic was taken after the first ride. Goes better than I expected! Nice ride, tracks straight, stable at speed. Cornering is pretty neutral - it's not twitchy, nor do you have to push in through corners.
Just a little something I cooked up....


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Oldham Loop Line
|Oldham Loop Line
The Oldham Loop Line was a local railway route in Greater Manchester, England, used by trains that ran from Manchester Victoria station to Rochdale railway station via Oldham Mumps. Services on the line at the time of its closure were operated by Northern Rail.
The line closed on 3 October 2009[1] for conversion during 2009–2012 to light rail use for Metrolink services;[2][3] the route now carries trams and is known as the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL).[4]
The Oldham Loop diverged from the Caldervale Line at Thorpes Bridge Junction in Newton Heath, Manchester and re-joined it at Rochdale East Junction. The line was 12 1⁄8 miles (19.5 km) long, and was double-track from Thorpes Bridge Junction to Shaw and Crompton railway station, and single-line from Shaw and Crompton to Rochdale East Junction. There were two tunnels on the route between Oldham Werneth and Oldham Mumps railway stations. There were nine intermediate stations on the route. It's wasn't until the early 1970's that the line from Shaw to Rochdale was reduced to single track working. This was due to save money on maintenence when services were much reduced.
The history of the Oldham Loop Line was intertwined with the early history of railways in the Manchester and Oldham area, and to some extent also with the geography of Oldham which meant that there was no direct Manchester to Oldham line until quite late in the 19th century.
The first railway line to be built in the area was the Manchester and Leeds Railway (M&LR) which opened on 4 July 1839 to Littleborough and throughout on 1 March 1841. Although this line ran close to Rochdale, it missed out Middleton and more importantly Oldham as well. A station was built at Mills Hill to provide a railhead for Middleton and Oldham. This was only intended as a short time measure given that Oldham was already a substantial manufacturing centre by this date. The first railway into Oldham was a branch from Middleton Junction to Oldham Werneth which opened on 31 March 1842. This line included the Werneth Incline which had a gradient of 1 in 27 and was one of the steepest lines in the country regularly used by passenger trains.[5] The situation of the first station in Oldham on the outskirts of town was not entirely satisfactory, and in 1847 the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, the successor to the M&LR, extended the line from Oldham Werneth railway station to a new station at Oldham Mumps. There was also an intermediate station at Oldham Central. The line and the two new stations opened on 1 November 1847.[6]
There was a further extension of the line from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale East Junction on 1 November 1863. This line included stations at Milnrow, New Hey and Shaw & Crompton. A branch off this line to Royton was opened on 21 March 1864, followed on 1 July 1864 by Royton Junction railway station.
The operational problems of the Werneth Incline had led to the consideration of a more direct route from Oldham Werneth to Manchester to bypass it as early as 1848, but it was not until August 1876 that construction of the line began. It took nearly four years to complete, opening on 17 May 1880 along with the stations at Hollinwood and Dean Lane. Failsworth station opened slightly later on 26 April 1881.[7] With the construction of this section of line the whole route from Rochdale East Junction to Thorpes Bridge Junction, Newton Heath was complete and it became known as the Oldham Loop Line.
The Royton to Royton Junction line was listed for closure by the Beeching Axe of the 1960s. Royton closed to goods services on 2 November 1964 and passenger services on 18 April 1966.[8] Although not mentioned by Beeching, a further closure in the 1960s was Oldham Central railway station which also closed on 18 April 1966.[9]
Royton Junction Station, renamed as Royton, stayed open but by the 1980s a replacement for it was being considered. Derker opened on 30 August 1985.[10] For a short period trains stopped at either Derker or Royton, but eventually Royton (formerly Royton Junction) railway station was closed on 8 May 1987.[11] This was the last station closure before the whole of the Oldham Loop Line was closed for conversion to Metrolink.
Passenger train services[edit]
The pattern of passenger services over the line was always that all trains from Manchester ran to Oldham Mumps, but fewer continued on to terminate in a bay platform at Rochdale. It was not usual for trains to terminate at Oldham Mumps and instead they ran on to Royton (until its closure in 1966), and subsequently to Shaw and Crompton. While the Middleton Junction to Oldham Werneth line was open there were a few services over that route to Oldham Mumps, Royton or Rochdale. By 1950 this had reduced to a handful of trains per day, and the services over the line reduced further until its closure in early 1963.[5]
During the late 1960s and early 1970s only slightly fewer trains ran from Oldham Mumps to Rochdale, but in May 1972 the Secretary of State for Transport announced that this part of the Oldham Loop would be closed. The closure did not go ahead because what later became the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) agreed to fund the continuation of services. The involvement of the GMPTE also led to a more frequent pattern of trains serving the Oldham Mumps to Rochdale section.[6]
In the period immediately prior to closure trains were timetabled to connect with the Caldervale Line services to Leeds via Hebden Bridge and Bradford Interchange. All stations and all scheduled train services were operated by Northern Rail. During the week, trains ran every 15 minutes on the route, with express trains leaving Manchester at 00 and 30 minutes past the hour calling at Oldham Mumps, Shaw and Crompton and all stations to Rochdale, and stopping trains calling at all stations between Manchester and Shaw and Crompton, leaving at 15 and 45 minutes past the hour. During the evenings and on Sundays services were less frequent with an hourly service calling at all stations.
Freight services[edit]
At the time of closure the line's sole regular freight service was to the waste management plant next to Dean Lane railway station at the southern end of the Oldham Loop. Usually only a single train a day used this facility. Its current operation is unaffected by the conversion to Metrolink.[12]
Rolling stock[edit]
In the period up to closure all passenger services were operated by diesel multiple units, as the line was not electrified. The most common types of unit were Class 142 and Class 150 with occasional Class 153 and Class 156.
Last Day events[edit]
Events held on 3 October 2009, the last day of operation, included the naming of Class 156 unit no 156 466 as Gracie Fields to commemorate the Oldham Loop Line's 146 years of history. A steam special hauled by locomotive no 45231 was the last steam train over the line. It was followed later in the day by a heritage diesel railtour. The last train from Manchester Victoria to Rochdale departed at 11.25 pm.[13]
Metrolink conversion[edit]
Manchester Metrolink
Manchester to Rochdale
The Oldham Loop was included in proposals in 1984 for conversion to light rail operation. The proposed Light Rapid Transit system was intended to run from Rochdale via Oldham through Manchester Victoria and across Manchester City Centre via on-street tram lines.[14] The system eventually came into operation in 1992 as Manchester Metrolink. While the Oldham loop line was not included in the first phase of Metrolink, the line is now open, having been converted to Metrolink operation as part of its Phase 3 development.
Work started on the conversion in 2009, after the heavy rail services ceased on 3 October 2009.[2][3] Replacement bus services were planned to operate until the tram service commenced, but lack of patronage led to their withdrawal within months. Pending completion, former rail users have the choice between normal bus services, none of which run along the complete length of the loop line, or driving to an alternative rail head. The latter occurred immediately after the Oldham Loop closure, leading to severe overcrowding on the Caldervale line.[15]
GMPTE originally announced that Metrolink services would be introduced as follows [16]
- Manchester to Central Park (Monsall) – spring 2011
- Manchester to Oldham Mumps – autumn 2011
- Manchester to Rochdale station – spring 2012
By summer 2011, the project was running several months behind schedule. The reasons include diversion of resources to other Metrolink extensions to Chorlton and Ashton (themselves badly behind schedule) and issues with the new signalling system proposed for systemwide use. No section of Metrolink has opened as originally scheduled since the tram system's inception. Announced dates for Oldham loop openings were shown on Metrolink's own site as follows on August 11, 2011 [17]
- Manchester to Central Park – winter 2011
- Manchester to Oldham Mumps via former railway line – spring 2012
- Manchester to Rochdale station – summer 2012
- Oldham/ Rochdale street sections – 2014
TfGM announced during the week commencing 4 June 2012 that the line as far as Oldham Mumps will open to passenger services as an extension of the Manchester Victoria to St Werburgh's Road service on Wednesday 13 June 2012.
Trams finally began running through to Shaw on 16 December 2012 and through to Rochdale on 28 February 2013, almost a year later than originally planned. This section has two new stops (at Kingsway and Newbold) and has been re-doubled from Shaw to Rochdale, except for the flyover which takes it across the Calder Valley main line to the temporary terminus at the front of Rochdale main line station. Trams also began running through to East Didsbury in May 2013, with the commissioning of the South Manchester Line extension from St Werburgh's Road.[18]
The local press have reported a series of complaints about the conversion project and, latterly, the delayed opening dates.[19][20][21][22]
Phase 3B of the expansion project involves constructing a branch between Werneth and Oldham Mumps into Oldham town centre.[23] This was fully operational in 2014. The line between the heavy-rail Oldham Mumps and Oldham Werneth stations has been lifted for re-use in other areas.
Places served[edit]
The places served by the Oldham Loop Line in the period immediately before closure were as follows:
- Dean Lane: for Newton Heath
- Failsworth
- Hollinwood
- Oldham Werneth: for Werneth and Chadderton
- Oldham Mumps: for Oldham Town Centre
- Derker
- Shaw and Crompton
- Newhey
- Milnrow
- ^ "Oldham Loop Line Closure". Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive. Retrieved 2009-10-04.
- ^ a b "Oldham – Rochdale Line". Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ^ a b "Oldham and Rochdale line — conversion work start date announced". Light Rail Transit Association. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
- ^ "Oldham and Rochdale line". metrolink.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- ^ a b "Oldham Werneth Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ a b "Oldham Mumps Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Failsworth Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Royton Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Oldham Central Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Derker Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Royton Junction Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Dean Lane Station". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ http://gbrailwayworld.fotopic.net/c1764186.html. Retrieved September 10, 2010. Missing or empty
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- ^ Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (1984), Light Rapid Transit in Greater Manchester, GMPTE – publicity brochure
- ^ "Oldham News | News Headlines | More carriages to ease overcrowding – Chronicle Online". Oldham-chronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ [1] Archived March 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Metrolink – Oldham and Rochdale Line
- ^ Metrolink – South Manchester Line Metrolink website; Retrieved 2013-08-23
- ^ "Oldham News | News Headlines | Jay is driven off the rails – Chronicle Online". Oldham-chronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Oldham News | News Headlines | Revenge of the lawnmower man – Chronicle Online". Oldham-chronicle.co.uk. 2011-08-05. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Rochdale News | News Headlines | Opening of Rochdale Metrolink line delayed". Rochdale Online. 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Oldham News | News Headlines | Trams delay – Chronicle Online". Oldham-chronicle.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
- ^ "Metrolink future Network" (PDF). GMPTE. 2006. Retrieved 2009-03-21.


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I have been a nurse in pediatric units of a large mid-west hospital for 15 years. We see EDS (Ehlers-Danlos syndrome) patients rarely because they are handled mostly on outpatient services. One of the continuing problems has always been pain management which I note is the issue with adults as well. The other issue we see is mobility problems affecting getting around at school. The best predictor of success seems to be parental involvement and the kid's personality; the more upbeat the kid, the better they do.
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My 16 year old daughter went to a pain specialist the other day, and he said that she probably has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). He has requested a referral to the children's hospital to see a specialist, but that will take at least 6 months or more. She was told that she has fibromyalgia and hypermobile joints when she was 12. She has fibromyalgia and now we believe she also has EDS. This makes it hard to treat since what is good for one is not good for the other. They changed some of her medications and gave her tramadol for the pain. Hopefully we can get this under control so that she can live a semi-normal life.
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Bigger than Old Mondoro and therefore not as much to my liking , although I could not fault the staff and facilities.
The ornate baths were a bit over the top and I suspect little used as showers are the order of the day. Daytime temps up to 45C and elephant spending literally hours just standing in the Zambesi almost totally submerged. Sadly , the lower Zambesi was suffering one of its worst anthrax outbreaks , with several elephant , hippo and buffalo succumbing.
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We really enjoyed Chiawa though, compared with some of the luxurious Sabi Sand camps, it is a little difficult to see Chiawa as the best in Africa. The rooms were the best of the 4 camps we visited. The water activities were enjoyable and the walking safaris great. As with the other Zambia lodges we visited, the game on the game drives was not as good or plentiful as Sabi Sand.
We understand about cultural matters but it was irritating to be told not to put ladies underwear in the laundry particularly since neither the website nor the Expert Africa information (including the Brandt book) gave advance notice of this.
Chiawa Camp review
Set in a well shaded area looking out over the Zambezi. Tented rooms on platforms relatively close to one another but spacious. Indoor and outdoor shower plus bath a bit OTT. Food excellent but just too much throughout the day finished by a 4 course dinner and a ferrero-rocher on your pillow when you get back to your room - enough!!! Superb range of activities: game drives, walking, boat trip, canoeing and fishing. We did all bar the fishing but the canoeing was a real highlight which is generally not available on safaris: working your way round an obstacle course of hippo, buffalo, elephant and lion along a channel of the Zambezi was one of the best things we've ever done in Africa. Guiding is first-class and guides are assigned based on activity so you experience a mix during your visit rather than the usual single guide - a good thing. New management couple for 2011 who have recently moved from the superb Beho Beho in Tanzania so I'd expect Chiawa to improve even further. One amazing touch was to arrange a candlelight dinner on a boat moored out on the river for my wife's birthday - how good is that?!!Read more about the whole safari
Another great time at Chiawa
Chiawa was known to us – but under different management – and the camp has been very successfully upgraded without losing its unique atmosphere. Loved the dinner on the island at full moon, brilliant idea and well managed. The canoeing was a great experience. All the guides v knowledgeable and good company. Well done Steve and Lyn.
The bath was badly positioned in the room- you couldn't get past it from that side of the bed. The outside shower not easy to get to – because the netting of the tent needed to be secured at all times and that was also difficult to open.
5-Star Safari
Our arrival by boat along the Zambezi was a suitably impressive introduction to this outstanding camp and its stunning location. The greeting from our hosts, Steve and Lyn, was warm and welcoming and their friendly, good-humoured presence and attention to detail was in evidence throughout our stay.
The accommodation (to call it a 'tent' redefines the meaning of the word) was luxurious beyond expectation; the staff, service and food outstanding.
A wide range of water and land-based activities were available. We particularly enjoyed the walks, with elephant encounters, guided by Paul who has a truly encyclopaedic knowledge and the ability to impart that knowledge in an accessible and interesting way.
This was a truly memorable, luxurious and relaxing way to end our holiday in Africa.
"Simply messing about in boats"
For us, Chiawa is all about the river. The vegetation ashore is thicker than elsewhere, but we had great elephant sightings. Good guides (particularly Paul) do make the most of it, but it's the river that is special.
We spent most of our time on canoe trips and river cruises. There are two very different canoe trips which bring the river to life and give a different perspective on hippo in particular! The so called "river cruises" were the highlight for us. We had a boat to ourselves with very obliging guides (Clement and Ruben) and were able to get very close to photograph birds, reptiles and mammals. While not specialist birders, close up views of beeeaters with food for their chicks and malachite and giant kingfishers with their catches provide some of our best memories.
Steve and Lynn are great camp managers, who show constant enthusiasm and try their hardest to meet individual needs. This is very important as Chiawa is a relatively large camp that might lose intimacy, while it has been upgraded to a luxurious level which erodes some of its bush feel. It's also a hotspot for anglers in Sept/Oct and this can be an issue - we saw several couples who were trapped on a fishing table listening to the merits of a blue fly etc.
We very much enjoyed our time there, but the camp needs the strong management it currently has.
Wonderful Warblers
Chiawa is a really fine camp, wonderfully located on the Lower Zambezi and therefore specialising in waterborne activities. Our canoe trips were rich in wildlife and relaxing (despite the hippos) and our steel pontoon birding among the reeds revealed an incredible richness of birdlife (including those illusive warblers!).
Although we are not into fishing we did try it and would recommend that other guests do too, as this is something at which Chiawa clearly excells. We also enjoyed three excellent walks and some interesting drives. All of these activities were greatly enriched by the quality of the guides, expertly led by Paul Grobler who is right up there with the very best.
Our stay was at the end of the camp's 2010 season and we understand that the two "aspects" where we had some reservations - service and food - are being addressed for the 2011 season.
Chiawa - luxury by the Zambezi
Chiawa is a very luxurious camp in a spectacular location. The Lower Zambezi with its ephemeral sandbanks and well established islands provides many additional activities - sunset cruises, thrilling canoe excursions etc.
The guiding was superb and highly professional, and we had excellent sightings of lions. The camp managers Steve and Lynn took great pride in making our stay in Chiawa a very special experience and together with the whole camp team they delivered a truly unique experience. We were bowled over by a very special dinner on a sandbank in the middle of the Zambezi - a very memorable evening.
The camp is relatively large with 9 tents and up to 18 guests, but game drives, bush walks, boat excursions etc were never crowded.
Chiawa Camp review
this was our third visit to Chiawa so we knew what to expect
the camp was extremely well run but compared to the other two camps we stayed at did seem much larger, but we could do the water activities which we could not in South Luagana
Chiawa Camp review
A totally different camp to that of Tena Tena and Kaingo, much more opulent and in an ideal location to finish off a 10 day safari in that it is relatively close to Lusaka for the flights home. However should add that this does not imply any criticism of either Tena Tena or Kaingo, just that Chiawa is a different style.
The tents are much larger than that at Tena Tena with both indoor and outdoor showers, a bath plus his/her washbasins. Again ample hot water all through the day. As with the other camps the standard of food was extremely good, down to having a choice of two main courses for the evening meal.
The wildlife have free run of the camp which can make for some interesting journeys between the main camp area back to the rooms, especially in the evenings !! Certainly the game viewing was very good and the two pairs of mating lions of the last morning was quite an experience.
A wide variety of activities were on offer, fishing, canoeing, walking as well as the normal game drives, and our only criticism would be that as result of this wide variety we ended up with different guides over the three days which was different to what we have been used to in the past.
A nice touch from the camp team was an e-mail on our return home hoping that we had enjoyed our stay and had a safe trip home.


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