Places   (Help with places, streets and buildings in Wigan.)

the problem with that shaft locally called owd nat,s ,it was,nt capped, just a wall around you could easily climb to the top of.i well remember mick waddington and a mate dancing on the timber across the shaft,about 18inch wide,above that dark abyss.when mother found out she hit the roof barred us from going down ,t lane.tippings bridge being the divide between up laners worsley mesnes and down laners poolstockers.it was another iron curtain,that bridge.st judes pitch ,parsons meadow was never red,it was blue pit spoil.red pond had shale deposits from worsley mesnes iron foundry,gaffer will have a map to show whats what.brookhouse is built over owd nat,s pit.