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Alan Varrechia

18-03-2011 19:13

Re: Archaeological dig in Accy?

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf (Post 892619)

If I was a member of Time Team and given the opportunity to dig around Hyndburn, I would probably choose the river Hyndburn behind the Dunkenhalgh Hotel. It's not a natural watercourse; so what is it?

Have a look at google earth to see what I mean.

Looks like it may have been a spur off the canal.

Gremlin

18-03-2011 19:41

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Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 892418)

I too have an history with that stand, not a good one really, I pulled it down;)

Do you know what happened to the stand jaysay? I was unloading a tanker at Mansfield one day and the operator saw the Accrington on the cab door and told me Mansfield FC had bought the old Stanley stand. Any truth? Twas about 1974.

Tealeaf

18-03-2011 19:55

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Originally Posted by Alan Varrechia (Post 892633)

Looks like it may have been a spur off the canal.

Err...I think you're looking at the spur by Emerson & Renwicks. This is a couple of hundred feet below canal level, about 200yds S.W. of the Dunkenhalgh:

Alan Varrechia

18-03-2011 20:26

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Google Earth. Just to the left of Dunkalhaigh. Twisty water way, thats all i can see there apart from canal which is very close.

jaysay

19-03-2011 08:49

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Originally Posted by Gremlin (Post 892640)

Wasn't the wooden stand you see on the old photos Gremlin, that was definitely taken down and burned on sight as it was virtually all wood, there was some metal girders in it which were removed my a chap who's now my next door neighbour. Not sure but there was another stand on the burnley road side of the ground, which was a white elephant really of which many say that the purchase of was the start of the slippery slop to all their problems, I think it was bought originally bought from Aldershot, and was sold, but to whom I don't know, could well have been Mansfield Gremlin

heth	20-03-2011 09:04

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Well Sue at the Peel Park Pub let us down, she didnt know anything when my Dad asked!!
Still none the wiser............

jaysay

20-03-2011 09:57

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Originally Posted by heth (Post 892917)

Well Sue at the Peel Park Pub let us down, she don't know anything when my Dad asked!!
Still none the wiser............

Well I'm shocked and stunned and not a little amazed:D

Atarah

20-03-2011 11:40

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Oh but she does. She told me about the dig in the first place and I was only with her yesterday when she said "filming" has taken place this very week. OK, it may just be on behalf of the Uni in Preston, but ......

And .. if you go up and look .... 3 small sites have been "ear marked".
Watch this space!

MargaretR

20-03-2011 15:05

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Maybe these undergraduates need to learn 'how to dig' by practicing in places where there isn't anything valuable they might damage;)

Pudwoppa

15-04-2011 10:47

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An interesting link for those who were following this thread.

"The results will also be published in the forthcoming volume of the international journal World Archaeology which will have an archaeology of sport theme linked to the 2012 Olympics."

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