Mounts Kipper Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Fantastic website for folk like me who love old stuff like this old football stadiums and a massive catalogue of old high quality images of Britain from above, amazing to see old industrial sites etc. http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 Should have put this on the behind the terrace can one of the mods put it there please.???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Great website that Mounts. I always like looking at pictures like this to see how places have changed in a relatively short period of time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 8, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted December 8, 2016 Great website that Mounts. I always like looking at pictures like this to see how places have changed in a relatively short period of time Met a bloke the other day on the cycle track near here. It was formerly the railway (the one that went past the embankemant) and he remembered it having footbridges and all sorts. Amazing just how quickly stuff does change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 There is something similar on facemither 'old photos of Atherton', there have been some belters recently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 8, 2016 Moderators Share Posted December 8, 2016 some fantastic stuff on there shame the quality is relatively poor and you cant zoom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 some fantastic stuff on there shame the quality is relatively poor and you cant zoom If you register and login you can zoom in.???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonk Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Is there not a Europefromabove site so we can see tha advanced industrial landscape of our near neighbours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whites man Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 If you register and login you can zoom in.???? Peeping Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgoefc Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Met a bloke the other day on the cycle track near here. It was formerly the railway (the one that went past the embankemant) and he remembered it having footbridges and all sorts. Amazing just how quickly stuff does change. Used to play on that railway line in the 1960's on the stretch from Darcy Lever to Bradley Fold station. Sometimes the goods steam trains would lay up overnight in a siding which allowed us to climb aboard and mess about. It was pretty countrified along the stretch at that time, mostly housing estates now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little whitt Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Fantastic website for folk like me who love old stuff like this old football stadiums and a massive catalogue of old high quality images of Britain from above, amazing to see old industrial sites etc. http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ I go on 28Dayslater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 8, 2016 Author Share Posted December 8, 2016 I go on 28Dayslater I'll check that out.???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 I'll check that out.????Great site, gutted to see the state the horncliffe mansion where our wedding reception was held. ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 9, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2016 Used to play on that railway line in the 1960's on the stretch from Darcy Lever to Bradley Fold station. Sometimes the goods steam trains would lay up overnight in a siding which allowed us to climb aboard and mess about. It was pretty countrified along the stretch at that time, mostly housing estates now. Presumably that siding will have been at Bradley fold near the queens? Used to play on the open ground myself before I bought my first house there. Talking seventies here. Used to go into the farmers field getting conkers, just off the track behind the queens. Also played in the fields adjacent to blackshaw brook- out with brothers one day, remember hiding from them in a 'bunker', poked my head out and looked down towards the stream only to see a couple hard at it in the grass. Quality! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgoefc Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 Presumably that siding will have been at Bradley fold near the queens? Used to play on the open ground myself before I bought my first house there. Talking seventies here. Used to go into the farmers field getting conkers, just off the track behind the queens. Also played in the fields adjacent to blackshaw brook- out with brothers one day, remember hiding from them in a 'bunker', poked my head out and looked down towards the stream only to see a couple hard at it in the grass. Quality! Aye just before the Queens on the side that the old remnants of a coal mine stood. I used to look for conkers at that very same spot too. We lived on the estate adjacent to the old Lomax Bank paper mill and we used to muck around there and all the way up Blackshaw Brook to Ainsworth finishing dye works on Bury New Road. The Somerton Rd housing used to be farmers fields all the way to the New House Farm football fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 9, 2016 Moderators Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) Big girl, dobson and barlows, mather and plant, plant saco lowell Were these three separate businesses or was PSL a later incarnation of one of the other 2 As a teenager I used to walk past them to catch the bus for school Now, all gone and houses I knew the bloke who had the cottage that would be the corner of the garden store, now Edited December 9, 2016 by Casino Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgoefc Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 (edited) Big girl, dobson and barlows, mather and plant, plant saco lowell Were these three separate businesses or was PSL a later incarnation of one of the other 2 As a teenager I used to walk past them to catch the bus for school Now, all gone and houses I knew the bloke who had the cottage that would be the corner of the garden store, now All separate in the 50's as far as my limited knowledge goes. They gradually amalgamated into Platt International by the early 70's. But boy that was some massive engineering works. As a kid in the mid 1960's, if I found myself going to Billy Howes supermarket on Tong rd around tea time I found i had to wait 15 mins before i could find a gap in the traffic from workers going home, and this was only the lot heading for the A666. Cant remember the cottage TBH. Though i used to walk to school with one of the Jackson brothers who used to own the farm and farm butchers shop on Bradley Fold Road. He had a three mile walk to school in the village. Used to buy meat from his farm in the early eighties before EU rules shut his local slaughterhouse down. Edited December 9, 2016 by bgoefc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 All separate in the 50's as far as my limited knowledge goes. They gradually amalgamated into Platt International by the early 70's. But boy that was some massive engineering works. As a kid in the mid 1960's, if I found myself going to Billy Howes supermarket on Tong rd around tea time I found i had to wait 15 mins before i could find a gap in the traffic from workers going home, and this was only the lot heading for the A666. Cant remember the cottage TBH. Though i used to walk to school with one of the Jackson brothers who used to own the farm and farm butchers shop on Bradley Fold Road. He had a three mile walk to school in the village. Used to buy meat from his farm in the early eighties before EU rules shut his local slaughterhouse down. My dad worked for platt international for years. Did stints in Germany and Romania installing their machines till the early 1980's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgoefc Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 (edited) My dad worked for platt international for years. Did stints in Germany and Romania installing their machines till the early 1980's. My best mate from the 70's dad used to be the chauffeur for them. They had a Roller or Bentley or some other flash black car and his job was to clean it and to pick up buyers from Ringway. Never allowed him to take it home though. Edited December 10, 2016 by bgoefc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 10, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2016 My best mate from the 70's dad used to be the chauffeur for them. They had a Roller or Bentley or some other flash black car and his job was to clean it and to pick up buyers from Ringway. Never allowed him to take it home though. My brother lives on the site of mather and platt. There is a tree on the road that was planted by field Marshall montgomery. When the estate was being built someone realised and the tree was saved from destruction and now has its own plaque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted December 10, 2016 Moderators Share Posted December 10, 2016 ahh, montgomery way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 10, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2016 ahh, montgomery way Indeed. Place made tanks so it made sense him visiting. Plaque could do with a wash though, can easily miss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgoefc Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 My brother lives on the site of mather and platt. There is a tree on the road that was planted by field Marshall montgomery. When the estate was being built someone realised and the tree was saved from destruction and now has its own plaque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mounts Kipper Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 My brother lives on the site of mather and platt. There is a tree on the road that was planted by field Marshall montgomery. When the estate was being built someone realised and the tree was saved from destruction and now has its own plaque. I like this great local knowledge shared to a wider audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted December 10, 2016 Site Supporter Share Posted December 10, 2016 I like this great local knowledge shared to a wider audience. Many moons ago across the tracks, there was a tank turret in the yard. Bury council keep their wheelie bins on it now. There is a story in the family, that in the war, my grandad couldn't get a train after bombing in manc. He was walking through and saw a pack of butter floating along the gutter in the wash of firemen's hoses. He paused and just as he thought about picking it up, a policeman said "keep on walking soldier!" He did as he was told and walked all the way back to Mather and platt area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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