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Forum: General Community Talk 15-10-2009, 13:35

Replies: 55 Pollution of the river Hyndburn Views: 5,606 Posted By Retlaw Re: Pollution of the river Hyndburn Margaret. I've spent the morning in my 2nd home, and found an old map (1900) which shows where the Antley Syke comes above ground, the first showing was a well near Knowles buildings, (now gone)...

Forum: General Community Talk 14-10-2009, 13:06

Replies: 55 Pollution of the river Hyndburn Views: 5,606 Posted By Retlaw Re: Pollution of the river Hyndburn [quote=MargaretR;753439]I failed Latin GCE but can see the relevance of that document. Margaret, your lucky there were no GCE's when I left school, I knew nowt, all I got from the headmaster was...

Forum: General Community Talk 14-10-2009, 11:59

Replies: 55 Pollution of the river Hyndburn Views: 5,606 Posted By Retlaw Re: Pollution of the river Hyndburn I think people are getting mixed up between the stream that Margaret and I were discussing, and Antley Brook. Attached is the first recorded reference to Antley Brook, from the Coucher Book of...

Forum: General Community Talk 13-10-2009, 14:45

Replies: 55 Pollution of the river Hyndburn Views: 5,606 Posted By Retlaw Re: Pollution of the river Hyndburn Seems to start at a small lodge near Bottoms Farm, may be we should call it Bums Rush. There is very little detail of the stream on large scale ordnance survey maps, but lower down there is a foot...

Forum: General Community Talk 13-10-2009, 11:46

Replies: 55 Pollution of the river Hyndburn Views: 5,606 Posted By Retlaw Re: Pollution of the river Hyndburn Its starts of somewhere round the top of Green Haworth, runs down behind Fern Gore, under High St, then between Laburnum and Pendleton, the disappears underground near Mayfield. Can't find a name...

Forum: General Community Talk 13-10-2009, 10:56

Replies: 55 Pollution of the river Hyndburn Views: 5,606 Posted By Retlaw Re: Pollution of the river Hyndburn The stream/river that comes down through Priestly Clough starts up above Stonefold, comes down alongside Northfield Rd, then under Manchester Rd near Bash Post office and down towards Shoe Mill and...

Forum: General Community Talk 12-10-2009, 22:27

Replies: 55 Pollution of the river Hyndburn Views: 5,606 Posted By Retlaw Re: Pollution of the river Hyndburn Near Church Kirk. Retlaw

Forum: General Community Talk 12-10-2009, 19:25

Replies: 55 Pollution of the river Hyndburn Views: 5,606 Posted By Retlaw Re: Pollution of the river Hyndburn The water in the Hyndburn flowing thro Accy is now clean enough to support wild life. Its after it leaves Accy when it get polluted again. Retlaw

Forum: General Community Talk 11-10-2009, 21:49

Replies: 55 Pollution of the river Hyndburn Views: 5,606 Posted By Retlaw Re: Pollution of the river Hyndburn The river Hyndburn is just the joining of Warmden Water and Woodnook Water, they meet under Cross St, in Acc at the Black Abbey St end. Woodnook Water comes under the old Ritz Cinema across Church...

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