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Site of Bickershaw Colliery
The two green-painted cages contain, I assume, pipework associated with the colliery shafts which once stood proudly here. There is a proposal to build a marina here, leading off the canal which runs between the site and the distant trees.
Image: © David Long
Taken: 29 Jul 2009
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Canal by Bickershaw Colliery, 1990
The colliery closed in 1992.
Image: © Robin Webster
Taken: 23 Sep 1990
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New houses, Ackers Fold
Built on the site of Bickershaw Colliery, which closed in 1992.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 29 May 2021
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Plank Lane
The Leigh branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, between Plank Lane Bridge and Strange Common Bridge.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 19 Apr 2011
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The Diamond Jubilee Marina
Image: © Ian S
Taken: 18 Jul 2012
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Plank Lane
The Leigh branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, between Plank Lane Bridge and Strange Common Bridge.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 19 Apr 2011
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Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Plank Lane
Narrowboats on the Leigh branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, between Plank Lane Bridge and Strange Common Bridge.
Image: © David Dixon
Taken: 19 Apr 2011
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The site of Green's Bridge, Leigh branch
The bridge provided access to the cricket ground which was on the south side of the canal.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 29 May 2021
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Bickershaw Colliery, shortly before closure
Image: © David Long
Taken: Unknown
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The view East from Plank Lane Lift Bridge
The old map of the area shows numerous buildings in this area, most associated with Bickershaw Colliery, which lay to the right. All, including the three pubs (Packet, Grey Horse, Britannia), have gone.
Image: © David Long
Taken: 29 Jul 2009
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