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Forum: Questions and Answers 19-12-2016, 07:26
Replies: 20
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Posted By Gremlin
Re: Martholme viaduct path update

We dug a deep ditch between the path and the viaduct a long while ago and filled it with bushes and thorny branches to stop people who had managed to get on the viaduct from getting into the caravan...
Forum: Questions and Answers 17-12-2016, 20:53
Replies: 20
Views: 21
Posted By Gremlin
Re: Martholme viaduct path update

A few weeks ago a miniature railway was set on the viaduct with people paying to ride on it.
It obviously only went as far as the end of the viaduct at the Caravan park end.
The money collected...
Forum: Questions and Answers 16-12-2016, 20:40
Replies: 20
Views: 21
Posted By Gremlin
Re: Martholme viaduct path update

He has certainly not changed his mind Accyexplorer.
We had a drink together in Read Con two weeks ago and as usual the subject cropped up.
He's still adamant it won't happen while he's still around...
Forum: Questions and Answers 16-12-2016, 19:16
Replies: 20
Views: 21
Posted By Gremlin
Re: Martholme viaduct path update

We will have to wait for the court hearing Taddy. There are a lot of other people on the Padiham side of the viaduct who own the section of the track bed at the bottom of their land plus Mr Gee who...
Forum: Questions and Answers 16-12-2016, 18:59
Replies: 20
Views: 21
Posted By Gremlin
Re: Martholme viaduct path update

I don't think the right of way extends to the old rail-track bed through the farm otherwise there wouldn't be a need for continuous action to try to get it open.
There wasn't a right of way when the...
Forum: Questions and Answers 16-12-2016, 18:54
Replies: 20
Views: 21
Posted By Gremlin
Re: Martholme viaduct path update

Because people pay 40 or 50 thousand pounds to have a holiday home on the park with nice river views and some homes back up to the old track bed which is about roof height. They bought the homes on...
Forum: Questions and Answers 16-12-2016, 17:41
Replies: 20
Views: 21
Posted By Gremlin
Re: Martholme viaduct path update

I'm a very good friend of the Hanson family and ran the caravan park for 11 years.

Phillip Hanson will fight tooth and nail to keep the path through his land from becoming a public footpath.
Forum: Questions and Answers 14-12-2016, 11:03
Replies: 20
Views: 21
Posted By Gremlin
Re: Martholme viaduct path update

I suggest you contact the owner of the adjacent land on the Padiham side of the viaduct, Mr Phillip Hanson (or Richard Hanson who is on Read Council) at Dunkirk Farm Read.
He has owned the old...
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