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i was brought up in this area they used to call the train from here the daubill rocket

living near the line when i was at school about 1949 lying in bed early on a monday morning about 530am you could hear the super d loco trying to get up daubill bank slipping with a full load of frieght sometimes it took them 25 to 30 min

Being born in 1987 I missed out on viewing this, I live 50 yards from this site and would of loved to have seen this in its day. I work on the railway, it is a shame its all gone! Would of loved to travel up through Hulton park to Bolton! Bring back the line to Leigh :)

at this time when the station was open daubill was very busy with trolley buses going from bolton to atherton and leigh and back the fare from the station in to bolton penny happeny threehapenceyou felt well off with half crown then

I lived in Smethurst Lane as a young boy in the late 1950's
when Daubhill Station had already been knocked down and the site covered by advertising hoardings.I also remember playing football on Hulton Lane playing fields and once saw the steam
from the engine and heard the noise of clacking carriages.It seems that this could have a holiday train to North Wales destinations or a rugby special to Leigh or Wigan.Happy days from an era which has long disappeared sadly.