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I would think this is Scowcroft Colliery, Hindley Green.
I don't remember Grange Colliery in Hindley.

Grange pit closed in 1927.

From what I can remember it just out side of the North West corner of the park.
The railway line was a branch off the Central line near Hindley South station.

You're right Winder. Grange Pit was 300 yards west of the Grammar pit.

Garry`s wrong again. Why don`t you make use of your browser before commenting?
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Ernest your an April fool yesterday and all.

Typical Garry, avoiding the question with a silly remark.

When I was younger there was evidence of a slag heap where Grange Pit was located ,The local kids used to call it Cowboys hat ,it resembled an hat like Hoss Cartwrights in Bonaza,During the late sixties early seventies there was some red slate and stone quarrying taking place in that area too.

Their used be 2 very large dirt rucks at the back of Leyland
park they were both on fire the Eli Brindle red shale Co used to grade the red shale and sell it to put down in Tennis Courts, 2 lads from Hindley Motor Cycle Club used to
ride up and down the rucks on motorbikes I will not name
their names D.C.

We used to call the two pit rucks at the Grange pit Jack Harts.I do not know why? .They were always on fire and stunk of sulphur

In front of The Grange their used to be a air shaft it was
about 16ft square and about 14ft high it was open at the
top and a few hundred feet deep about 6ft on the inside of
the shaft there was a 18inch thick baulk of wood going across my sons and their mates used to walk across this wood
how dangerous was that I was always moving the lads on but
luckily no one fell down the shaft D.C.

DC.I always seem to remember there were two shafts,but I could be wrong.I do remember sitting on top of the wall lobbing bricks done the shaft and listening for the splash.How stupid was that!
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We all dis stupid things when we were younger pw, I used to walk across canal locks with my eyes shut. I shudder with fright thinking about it.

Ernest I am the kid stood on top of the Grange slag heap or cowboy hat around 1966! The shafts were open back then and we used to climb up on the wall to look down them. Grammar pit was another old colliery which was on the east side of Leyland Park, some small slag heaps and reservoirs still there, the shafts were just to the south of the roundabout on Close Lane / Glossop Way near the footpath to the old mine reservoirs