User:Geotek



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

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
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 * 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)

Work in Progress

 * /sandbox
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