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railway and long wall view
railway and long wall view
Photo: tommy c
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Item #: 18715
photo taken from footpath to winstanley wood the field in between is now being built on.

Comment by: Colin Harlow on 19th October 2011 at 15:18

Any idea of the year Tommy?

Comment by: tommy c on 19th October 2011 at 17:20

its about 20 years ago colin

Comment by: Ron Hunt on 19th October 2011 at 19:50

Oh no!!! they're not building on that field now??? Who is buying all these new houses they're building? How have they got planning permission? I'll have to get up there to get a last look at one of my Happy Hunting Grounds before it's gone.

Comment by: greenfingers on 19th October 2011 at 23:07

their not biulding on this field there putting reed beds in with ponds all fenced off to the public the idear is it will filter the water so it does not have the rusty red that turns the brook that colour how it will work i don,t no its futher down brook were it comes out of the ground at the side of summersales. they are biulding on the field right behind were the photo was took thore. the field you can see has not been grown on for over 10 tears

Comment by: Jarvo on 20th October 2011 at 21:38

Spent many happy hours in this sacred place. Now they're building on the field opposite the Valve...How dare they!

Comment by: Fred Mason on 23rd November 2011 at 20:38

Right on, jarvo,

That is our stomping ground in the 1950's....

Keep off our memories or suffer the consequencies....

Comment by: Mjalcolm on 23rd October 2015 at 18:19

Spent a lot of time here during our school holiday set off early with a jam butty and bottle of water good old days

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