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Doug · 23-07-2004, 13:18

There is John, if it's the one I remember it's at the foot of the path just below Nelsons Farm. Their it formed a small pool on the wooknock side of the Bridge. The water was quite fast at that point and fell away under ground as well as the surface flow.....

Wynonie, try this. Stand on top of Black rock as it was and out towards the track. You are looking at an almost horse shoe type cleft. On the other side of the track the ground rises and the falls away down to woodnook water. there slightly higher ground in front of you, to the life there’s a small hillock in between the hill and the higher ground there’s a path that splits just behind the hill, the left fork work down to the water past some old Coile cuttings (we Use to go and collect this Unmade coal has my dad called it, when we couldn't afford the real stuff) it was like oily shale and burnt with a smelly yellow flame.

The right fork work is way down behind the higher ground to another cleft, here there where stables made up of about five aged and rough made loose boxes.

Sadly these stable where brunt to the ground c1968/69 with the lost of all the horses there.

The guy that owned them was gutted, he was never the same after that. The problem was that the only road acess was Miller Fold, then down by Bill Brindell's (Chicken & Egg Man) and then left, the made up track ran out a little past Black Rock so they where limited to one pump engine. The track over from/to Hollins lane was then a rough cart track and did allow for traffic.

23-07-2004, 13:18	#20
Doug Member. Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Bispham Posts: 9,477 Liked: 71 times Rep Power: 3502	Re: In search of an old viaduct There is John, if it's the one I remember it's at the foot of the path just below Nelsons Farm. Their it formed a small pool on the wooknock side of the Bridge. The water was quite fast at that point and fell away under ground as well as the surface flow..... Wynonie, try this. Stand on top of Black rock as it was and out towards the track. You are looking at an almost horse shoe type cleft. On the other side of the track the ground rises and the falls away down to woodnook water. there slightly higher ground in front of you, to the life there’s a small hillock in between the hill and the higher ground there’s a path that splits just behind the hill, the left fork work down to the water past some old Coile cuttings (we Use to go and collect this Unmade coal has my dad called it, when we couldn't afford the real stuff) it was like oily shale and burnt with a smelly yellow flame. The right fork work is way down behind the higher ground to another cleft, here there where stables made up of about five aged and rough made loose boxes. Sadly these stable where brunt to the ground c1968/69 with the lost of all the horses there. The guy that owned them was gutted, he was never the same after that. The problem was that the only road acess was Miller Fold, then down by Bill Brindell's (Chicken & Egg Man) and then left, the made up track ran out a little past Black Rock so they where limited to one pump engine. The track over from/to Hollins lane was then a rough cart track and did allow for traffic.