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Photo: Allan Greenwood
Photo: Allan Greenwood
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Item #: 8747
Item #: 8747
The hill in the middle of the picture was known as 'The Grey Hill' by the locals. If you look closely, the rightside of the hill (facing the canal) has been cut away. This was carried out by the 'authorities' to stop youngsters from riding their bycycles from the top of the hill and into the canal.
The hill was in fact a spoil heap from the pit on the opposite side of the canal. I think that they were known as the 'Kelly Pits' but I'm not absolutely sure about that.
The whole of that area was known as the 'Kimmic or Kimmick', though I have never seen any reference to that name, and I don't know of any significance to the name.
In the middle of the 'Kimmic' was an old ruined house (which was probably quite splendid in its day). The last inhabitant was said to have been a Mr Peter or Johnnie Walker. Not far from the house (probably within its grounds) was a marsh which again probably started its life as a pond because there were still patches of clear water to be seen. We used to go there to catch newts and lizards which we took home as pets, only for our parents to flush them down the loo after we had gone to bed.
The bridge under the railway (that ran across the 'Kimmic') and led to Lower Ince station was known as the 'Blackie Bridge'. I have no idea why other than it being very dark. It too used to have a railway running under there some years before.
The hill was in fact a spoil heap from the pit on the opposite side of the canal. I think that they were known as the 'Kelly Pits' but I'm not absolutely sure about that.
The whole of that area was known as the 'Kimmic or Kimmick', though I have never seen any reference to that name, and I don't know of any significance to the name.
In the middle of the 'Kimmic' was an old ruined house (which was probably quite splendid in its day). The last inhabitant was said to have been a Mr Peter or Johnnie Walker. Not far from the house (probably within its grounds) was a marsh which again probably started its life as a pond because there were still patches of clear water to be seen. We used to go there to catch newts and lizards which we took home as pets, only for our parents to flush them down the loo after we had gone to bed.
The bridge under the railway (that ran across the 'Kimmic') and led to Lower Ince station was known as the 'Blackie Bridge'. I have no idea why other than it being very dark. It too used to have a railway running under there some years before.
Comment by: aitch on 15th January 2009 at 16:14
the kimmic as you say was more to the right under the bridge you see and was a misnomer for chemic or the chemical fields as it came to be known, later fosters wood yard, which to day is known as william foster playing fields It seems like around 150 years ago the whole area was a chemicle works stretching from around rose Bridge to Brittania bridge, which is why at present the Ince central estate is in the final stages of having all their gardens and surrounding buildings excavated and rebuilt, due to the large measures of chemical contamination found in practically every garden, my own being one of them.
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