User:Geotek
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My name is Phil, from the UK (Manchester), now living in Upstate New York. My main subject interests are
- Fire service history (UK)
- Geology (UK and US)
- Mining history (UK)
- Food and drink
- Folk music (UK)
- Walking and back-packing
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I have degrees in Geology (OU) and Fire Engineering (UCLAN). Now retired after doing 31 years in the UK Fire Service (GMCFRS). I am a UK Amateur Radio licence holder with the callsign G6HDD.
Articles I created
- William Boyd Dawkins - scientist (UK)
- Oxlow Cavern - cave system, Derbyshire (UK)
- The Limey Way - long distance walk, Derbyshire (UK)
- The White Rose Walk - long distance walk, Yorkshire (UK)
- The Geology of Alderley Edge - Cheshire (UK)
- Charles Roe - businessman (UK)
- Wet earth colliery - coal mine, Salford (UK)
- Pickled Walnuts - food item
- Historical Fire Brigades of the United Kingdom
- History of fire safety legislation in the United Kingdom
- The Best of The Pogues - album details
- JSD Band - Folk Rock group
- Great Flats Nature Trail - Rotterdam NY (USA)
- Cape Cod Highland Lighthouse - Massachusetts (USA)
- Marblehead Light - Massachusetts (USA)
- Tongue Mountain Range trail - New York (USA)
- Manchester, Bolton and Bury reservoir - Greater Manchester (UK)
- Green Flag award - Conservation (UK)
- Burrs Country Park - Bury (UK)
- Moses Gate Country Park - Bolton (UK)
- List of collieries in Lancashire 1854-present - Coal mining (UK)
- Plotter Kill Preserve - Rotterdam NY (USA)
- Top Storey Club - Night club fire in Bolton (UK)
Articles created from stubs
- Kearsley - town in NW England
- John Boyd Thacher State Park - (NY USA)
- Little Lever - town in NW England
- Darcy Lever - town in NW England
Articles I have done major edits on
- Alderley Edge - (UK)
- Rotterdam Square - NY (USA)
- Vale Cemetery, Schenectady- NY (USA)
- Sweet and sour - food item
- Fire Service College - UK Fire College
- Quavers - British snack food
Articles that I have assisted
- Bleaklow - hiking area, Derbyshire (UK)
- Brown sauce - food item
- Branston Pickle - food item
- Horkstow Grange (album) - folk group (UK)
- Time (Steeleye Span album) - folk group (UK)
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| Awarded for the detailed, logical, clearly laid out and impressive page on the Geology of Alderley Edge, as a particular example of your work on geology. Even if the page gets moved or merged, I think the work is worth the award. Reynardo (talk) 02:02, 17 September 2009 (UTC) |