General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

jo anne, there is an ancient one that the stone wall of the RAEI on Wigan Lane was built around, it is that old that the inscriptions (if any were put on initially) have all eroded away to leave just a smooth faced arched stone, some local historians say that it dates back to the Roman times.

A few years ago I saw a van parked up close to the railway bridge at Boars Head and two young men were digging up the cast iron mile post, I phoned the council informing them and said they may be digging this up for scrap, as iron road gully covers were disappearing for scrap at the time, however a little while later I got a phone call back to say it was bona fide and that the mile post was being taken away for restoration, it looked very good too when replaced.

dustaf has put a photo on of this one.