[Margaret Pilkington]

I suppose that we took risks when we were children too...running along the railway track behind Highams factory...asking the fireman to 'chuck us a cob of coal'...which they frequently did.
Walking along this embankment looking for coal that had fallen from trains.....we did this too.
It was not so dangerous..or that is what we told ourselves.....trains leaving Accrington or going into Accrington station had slowed down to a walking pace at that point.

Though the transport police who copped us one time would not agree.
He took us home...and Ma gave us a telling off.
Not for being near the line, but for getting caught...!