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Bamfurlong

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bandits seen in bamfurlong
bandits seen in bamfurlong
Photo: derek
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Item #: 5339
stick em up
1954
red rocks,and bryn gates

Comment by: MARK CALTER on 3rd March 2008 at 19:57

THEM RED ROCKS WAS MADE FOR COWBOYS & INDIANS THEY COULD HAVE MADE ANY SPAGETTIE WESTERN THERE AND IT WOULD'NT HAVE COST AS MUCH

Comment by: derek on 3rd March 2008 at 20:14

it could be texas
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Comment by: Dave Marsh on 4th March 2008 at 11:18

Roy Rogers is riding tonight!

Comment by: gary brown on 1st March 2013 at 14:49

where were the red rocks? where they the slag rocks behind mains pit?

Comment by: derek on 4th February 2016 at 18:45

The red rocks were the red shale heaps near what we called the Blue waters. The Blue waters was right by the side of the canal about half a mile from Bamfurlong bridge towards Wigan on the left. Its all gone now. The Blue waters was very popular in summer with kids swimming and paddling.

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