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Retlaw · 13-05-2009, 20:46

[quote=Bob Dobson;713458]There's no way they would be Yorkshire stone flags - almost certainly they would be quarried within ten miles of Accrington - perhaps as far away as Longridge.

Probably Ashlar from local quaries, there were quite a few in the local area that are now filled in and built over.
I can't see them stopping a train on Woodnook Bridge to off load paving flags. Yorkshre stone was used to face the old Fire Station and the cop shop, the bloke who had the contract for that went bankrupt.
Different colour altogether
Retlaw.

13-05-2009, 20:46	#7
Retlaw I am Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington. Posts: 4,627 Liked: 601 times Rep Power: 0	re: WOODNOOK MILL. [quote=Bob Dobson;713458]There's no way they would be Yorkshire stone flags - almost certainly they would be quarried within ten miles of Accrington - perhaps as far away as Longridge. Probably Ashlar from local quaries, there were quite a few in the local area that are now filled in and built over. I can't see them stopping a train on Woodnook Bridge to off load paving flags. Yorkshre stone was used to face the old Fire Station and the cop shop, the bloke who had the contract for that went bankrupt. Different colour altogether Retlaw.