Burnden Park

[perth_white]

7 minutes ago, bolty58 said:

Brilliant photo that. Was that station somewhere near Castle Street? Must have been not far from the viaduct at Darcy Lever or have I got my wires crossed?

Exact location marked. My Grandparents lived on Leaf St. He had a fair stretch of land there next to the old tracks. If memory serves his garden was reclaimed and sat directly below a part of the station, then the was a substation, his garage and then his chickens all bordering where the tracks used to be.

Clayton St was the last street before the muddy walk to the St Peter's Way underpass.

Edited December 31, 2023 by perth_white
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[MickyD]

Was the station The Haugh or Darcy Lever?

I can’t find any reference to a station called Haulgh.

[perth_white]

4 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Was the station The Haugh or Darcy Lever?

I can’t find any reference to a station called Haulgh.

I thought it was the Haugh but could be wrong, would be weird if it was called Darcy Lever as that's not correct, the whole area kind of gets called Darcy Lever but it's definitely the Haugh. Irritating that the satellite map doesn't show but I've circled my Grandads garden, the foundations of the building in the pic form parts of it.

[perth_white]

13 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Was the station The Haugh or Darcy Lever?

I can’t find any reference to a station called Haulgh.

I'm trying to picture in my mind where else a Darcy Lever station could be and it must be that one actually. Straight after that is the bridge over Radcliffe Road and then the Gorses then Newhouse Farm and there's no old stations there so it must be Darcy Lever.

[perth_white]

@MickyD correct

[Whitestar]

Can anyone do a similar job on the lines through Daubhill and under Deane Church Lane please??

[MickyD]

Rumworth l& l)♧dlaubhill lstation. I think the bridge is Derby St/St Helens Rd.

[MickyD]

Don't know how I've done that

[Whitestar]

Nice one👍

[little whitt]

33 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Rumworth l& l)♧dlaubhill lstation. I think the bridge is Derby St/St Helens Rd.

The banking under the bridge on your right 

I lived there 74/87 

the old Railway and the Bridge where my Playground

[Tonge moor green jacket]

1 hour ago, perth_white said:

I thought it was the Haugh but could be wrong, would be weird if it was called Darcy Lever as that's not correct, the whole area kind of gets called Darcy Lever but it's definitely the Haugh. Irritating that the satellite map doesn't show but I've circled my Grandads garden, the foundations of the building in the pic form parts of it.

Without knowing for sure, I'd always thought of the Haugh as being the other side of Radclifde Road. Including Bradford Park, The Ukrainian Club, Dibnah's House and across Bury Road around Leigh's Paints.

[globaldiver]

56 minutes ago, MickyD said:

Don't know how I've done that

For @bolty58

[MickyD]

[Traf]

11 minutes ago, MickyD said:

A railway through Leigh?

Now, you're being silly.

[MickyD]

1 minute ago, Traf said:

A railway through Leigh?

Now, you're being silly.

Are you quoting Dr Beeching?

[Traf]

Just now, MickyD said:

Are you quoting Dr Beeching?

paraphrasing

[ErnestTurnip]

Is the L in Haulgh that silent these days that it no longer even gets written down?

[Tonge moor green jacket]

18 minutes ago, ErnestTurnip said:

Is the L in Haulgh that silent these days that it no longer even gets written down?

Fair point. 

[Casino]

Im surely getting old

I dont even remember all these train lines, but it makes me really want em back

 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

19 minutes ago, Casino said:

Im surely getting old

I dont even remember all these train lines, but it makes me really want em back

 

Need to start knocking plenty of houses down!

[perth_white]

8 hours ago, ErnestTurnip said:

Is the L in Haulgh that silent these days that it no longer even gets written down?

Amazed I managed to dredge it up from memory, was debating about the L, at least I didn't go with Hoff.

[perth_white]

10 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Without knowing for sure, I'd always thought of the Haugh as being the other side of Radclifde Road. Including Bradford Park, The Ukrainian Club, Dibnah's House and across Bury Road around Leigh's Paints.

Could be, I was just going off what my Grandad said. He was a stubborn old sod and if he was wrong would have stuck to his story regardless.

[bolty58]

11 hours ago, MickyD said:

Rumworth l& l)♧dlaubhill lstation. I think the bridge is Derby St/St Helens Rd.

It's a gift. That will throw them off the scent.

You didn't drive the fire engine did you? "How the fuck have we ended up South East? We should have been North West".

Great photo Micky. Has me pining for a pint of that Oaty Stout at Bury Bolton Street. There in a flash when I am over next.

Edited December 31, 2023 by bolty58

[ErnestTurnip]

16 minutes ago, perth_white said:

Amazed I managed to dredge it up from memory, was debating about the L, at least I didn't go with Hoff.

You did well, my dad was born and raised there but can't pronounce his aitches and can't spell so even he would have only got as far as "Off".

Edited December 31, 2023 by ErnestTurnip

[Mounts Kipper]

7 hours ago, Casino said:

Im surely getting old

I dont even remember all these train lines, but it makes me really want em back

 

Rail links gone backwards over my lifetime, even the old mineral railways could have be saved and developed into tram routes and linked to the proper rail network.