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I was reading last weeks accy observer and there was a piece about the railway line how they'd put willow sculptures up .... anyway had a walk down there today .. all the way to accy and back .. and yes im aching ... anyway i have a question .. found the dogwalker, the man on the bench .. but where are the dragonflies, butterflies and owls .. couldnt see them ... anyway heres some pics ...

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some good uns yon, cracker of spugs in pic 4.:D

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after the week hes had cashy .... i wouldnt be surprised!!!:D:D:D

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I don't know call me a nostalgic old fool but i hate to see these disused railway lines.
Excellent piccies though.:D

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That sounds really good, Shill ... where do you pick it up both in Accrigton and Baxenden ? Didn't say in the paper.

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You would have loved the lecture tonight then on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in East Lancashire. Lots of shots of Baxenden and other local stations, sheds and engines. Great stuff.

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It starts on Mount street/Nuttall street where there used to be a bridge over the road, from Baxenden if you go down Hill Street and through the allotments there is a path down to it, you can also get down to it down the road at teh side of Bash Con club and down alliance street, it "ends " at Hollands Pies ( There is a road down the side of a detached house that leads to it)



At the right time of year there is an absolute cart load of blackberries growing nearly full length of the path. We took Siobhan blackberrying there last year

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Trying again to put a link in as Mick reckons they didn;t work last time and my edit time has run out

Manchester rd acc, Accrington - Google Maps

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&so...,0.008186&z=17

Tested, seem to be fine now Mick! ;)

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yep fine now :D

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Some great pics Jen thanks for sharing

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Great pics..all look familar and seems like it's been done up since my days up there rabbitin at dawn... but did sneak over to have some pies away from the hollands vans when I was stationed at Rising Bridge :D

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You might like this exploration of the tunnels and drains, very interesting

“Tom Doole" mill leats and mine drain, Baxenden - October 2010 - NorthWest Exploration Forum

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if you wanted to swipe the pies from the hollands vans now you best have springs on the bottom of your shoes :D:D:D ....theres 6ft fencing and security guards and cctv now round hollands .... bash chemicals has it as well ...

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I know shillelagh.. them fences were put up at least 30yrs ago.. but when we were kids it was open... you could sneak up there in the dark and nick a few pies.. mind you we were starving up Rising Bridge in them days.:D

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i know ... i was chased my the security guards enough going down to the lodges ...

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You pie stealing person you...:eek:.. you can jion the pie steelers of Rising Bridge Crew.. (AKA PSRBC) :D

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nope ... i never nicked the pies ... we got chased going down to the lodges cos we'd sneak through hollands rather than going the long way round .... my mother would have killed me if id nicked the pies .:D:D:D

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And they had no fence in them days!.. meat n potato were my favorite!

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Great pics. Love railway lines-old or new. Be over soon for a look for real. Not too fond of hlolland's pies though.

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Hey!!!!! I worked there on the evening shift for 18 years. Nowt wrong wi Hollands Pies! Trust me!

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you sure about that atarah ... i got taught this little rhyme when i was a kid .....

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I used to deliver chemicals in a tanker to Baxenden Chemicals. I was told the building were originally the old railway yards. Do you know if they were engine sheds, warehoues or part of the station? It seems a way off any railway line, I am sure the old station was down the Grane road which is much lower than Baxenden.

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have a look at this gremlin ....

Disused Stations: Baxenden Station

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Don't know whether this helps too. This map (I think) 1890.

Attachment 17563

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There are a couple of pictures here of the location of Baxenden Chemicals to the railway.

In the first 2 the line runs between the warehouses and the caravans and on the 3rd and 4th picture you can see the railway line in perspective to the Hollands Chimney

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Thanks for all the info, I was getting my Baxenden mixed up with Haslingden. Now I can understand the layout of the railway.

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walked the line again on tuesday to the end again .. anyway took better pics of the accy end ....and a couple more from elsewhere along the line ....

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Just wondered, Shill, is it safe for a woman to do this walk on her own ?

Perhaps, best to wait until I am looking after my friend's chocolate labrador again ?

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http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/a...e-imgp6476.jpg

Did a train really have to climb those steps Shill?

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No but my my heart's in my mouth when I have to come down them .

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kate when ive been down i went with my nieces mum and her dog but we see a lot of women down there walking dogs on their own ... but if you want to walk it you are quite welcome to come with us ...

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i reckon mancie used to pinch pies from hollands by order.
thieving manc ;)

did that train line go to rawtenstall ?

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The train line used to go through Bury to Clifton Junction just North of Manchester, then connected up with another line and went into Victoria.

As for Mancie, he ain't no Manc, he's a Blackburnian. ;)

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No it went through Stubbins, a mile from Ramsbottom, where it joined the Rawtenstall, Bury line.
There is still a trace of the platform at Stubbins and bits of old bridge girders which you can see when you ride the East Lancs railway steam trains. I suppose you could change at Stubbins and double back to Rawtenstall. The East lancs line now finishes at Rawtenstall but once went through to Bacup or over New Line to Whitworth and Rochdale.

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This is what to look out for if you have a trip on the East Lancs railway, it is where the line from Accrington joined the line from Rawtenstall. The line closed in 1972 when it was in the hands of British Rail.

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m...ns-Station.jpg

If you are on the train to Rawtenstall from Bury keep a look out for it just after Ramsbottom and to your left you can see the outline of the old track bed and bridge as it curves off to Accrington.

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Can you please tell me where those steps are and is there a hi res version Pic 3 in thread 25 available as it shows the house where my wife grew up.

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The 3rd picture in thread 25 is a copy of the original given to me by someone who I was helping with a family tree some years ago.
Next time I am in contact with her I will ask if she could provide a better copy.

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The steps are at the end of the path next to King George's playing fields . They lead down to the path where the railway went under the bridge .

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Thanks Anzac - much appreciated.
I have a rough idea where the steps are but when I lived near Bullogh Park, according to my Dad, there were monsters and demons down that end of the park so we never went down there. I assume the steps took you up the other side, where Icky the Bare Bum Fire Bobby lived :)

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Any idea what year pics 1 & 2 are from?

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Those pictures were in a collection of over 200 slides I bought last year from around the Haslingden Area but non of them are dated unfortunately. The dates of some of the others we have managed to pin around the early 70's but don't know for sure.

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went down last week ... saw the blackberries were out ... and id forgotten to take a placcy bag with me ...:D

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Great photos again . Thanks . Where is the lodge in the 9th photo ? Good reflection of the trees in it . At a guess I'd say the lodge near the horse riding school , but probably wrong .

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it is ... its the fishing clubs lodge .. forgotten the name of it ...

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Thanks . I've never noticed it from that angle . I usually see it from Miller Fold direction when taking dog for walkies .