[Perran]

Ok I stand corrected in the "lad" sentence although im pretty sure there was an incident involving a young lad. Everything else is true, 5 arches and the area around was my hunting ground although i havent visited for about 2 years. I used to live at the top of Hill Street on Manchester Road. I am talking late 70s early 80s to give a timescale. I would say the viaduct itself went about 83 and the first proper footbridge was built about 18mths later. Before that it was as stated, the path/railbed sloped steeply down to the where the middle arch would have been. A piece of iron was placed across this gap. It was the side of a bridge and had rivets and was welded with raised up edges. Unsafe to ride your bike across and about 7 foot wide.

Many many hours were spent down there.