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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
There's a swing bridge over the canal down by Express Gifts bottom of Dill Hall Lane. Do you mean that one?
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No but, we used to play on that one too until they started locking it closed. This one ran from Jacksons farm(at the top of the hill on Dill Hall Lane(which interestingly started life as Drill Hall Lane on account of the drill hall that used to be near the bottom of the hill!) and what became GEC that I believe is now an industrial park. An unrelated piece of history that pertains to the farm would be that Mr Jackson used to deliver milk by horse and cart. One day while stepping of the cart on the hill of Dill Hall Lane he was struck by Mr Spencer from Spencers bike shop. Mr Spencer crashed his racing bike and, tragically, killed. Both men were nice guys and made contributions both to Accrington and its history.