Great post Dave. I spent many happy, sunny days around Park Bridge when I was a lad. Adventures with mi mates and kinfolk. Sally's hole was great fun. We'd dare each other to go through with a torch on our own. We often carried on to Hartshead Pike, then jam butties at Mrs Murphy's house on Abbeyhills Road. Thanks for the lovely memories 👍
Excellent Dave, the family home was on Honeywell Lane/corner of Belgrave Road, the train line was literally at the bottom of our garden. I'm 68 now spent all my formative years wandering & exploring this area, from Mumps good-station to the ten-arches and beyond, I'd could write a book on the subject. Cheers for the memories.
At around 1 minute I see you have just descended that path towards the old engine house. The engine house was associated with the old Rocher Pit and just beyond the building there are a couple of areas fenced off as hazardous areas where there were pit shafts. The little stretch of water you noticed and thought may have been part of the canal is actually the remnant of the engine house water leet where water for the engine boiler would have been collected. There was originally a narrow gauge tramroad from here to Fennyfield wharf on the far side of Park Bridge.
Cheers Dave - more interesting details to entertain us all. My great grand dad worked in the rolling mill at the bottom of the site. My mother (his grand daughter) carried his lunch there from Nugget Street, Gloddick. I've had many a stroll around the industrial site when I was a kid - along Roundthorn Road and through Alt.
Great post Dave. I spent many happy, sunny days around Park Bridge when I was a lad.
Adventures with mi mates and kinfolk. Sally's hole was great fun. We'd dare each other to go through with a torch on our own. We often carried on to Hartshead Pike, then jam butties at Mrs Murphy's house on Abbeyhills Road. Thanks for the lovely memories 👍
Sounds similar to my growing up too! 😬
Excellent Dave, the family home was on Honeywell Lane/corner of Belgrave Road, the train line was literally at the bottom of our garden. I'm 68 now spent all my formative years wandering & exploring this area, from Mumps good-station to the ten-arches and beyond, I'd could write a book on the subject.
Cheers for the memories.
You're welcome James. Great memories.
@@laticsfan You played football on Snipe clough who for ? I used to play on there Oldham Sunday league Mare & Foal Primson bank Ashton road.
That's really funny. Is that you, brother? I lived in the same house n everything. I don't remember James. Ireland calling 😂
@@Jack-hy1zq Yeh, George & Eddie live there as well, tracked you down Dame..
@@dudejames5681 I played for Parkside and Westbourne (Town House), both in the Oldham Sunday League/
WOW GREAT video & memories of my younger days !!! without Mobile phone & computers games
Thanks Trevor. Happy days indeed!
At around 1 minute I see you have just descended that path towards the old engine house. The engine house was associated with the old Rocher Pit and just beyond the building there are a couple of areas fenced off as hazardous areas where there were pit shafts. The little stretch of water you noticed and thought may have been part of the canal is actually the remnant of the engine house water leet where water for the engine boiler would have been collected. There was originally a narrow gauge tramroad from here to Fennyfield wharf on the far side of Park Bridge.
Thanks for the info. That clears up a lot.
Cheers Dave - more interesting details to entertain us all. My great grand dad worked in the rolling mill at the bottom of the site. My mother (his grand daughter) carried his lunch there from Nugget Street, Gloddick. I've had many a stroll around the industrial site when I was a kid - along Roundthorn Road and through Alt.
Ray - I used to play round there from Glodwick too when I was a kid. No computer screens for us as kids and I think we grew up all the better for it.
thats sunday night sorted , thanks mate from wigan lancs
You're welcome!
ta mate@@laticsfan