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[splus]

Good for you Nimrod.

[NIMROD]

Thanks : Nimrod

[Dave]

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I see that the proposed housing development on the burgies has been unanamously rejected. Well done!

[NIMROD]

MANY THANKS DAVE,FOR GUIDANCE WILL TAKE NOTE!

NIMROD

[NIMROD]

ji744

I have an extensive report , in reference to the SOIL MECHANICS and MINE WORKINGS

on the ISLANDS BROW burghy bank,if these would be of help to you ,I would loan

them to you.

NIMROD

[andyr00]

can you not post this?

NIMROD, on Jun 23 2005, 08:22 PM, said:

I do not wish to remain anonymous.I have been involved with
stopping any form of building on the BURGHY BANKS since 1981

NIMROD

so have i
actively sabbotaging

[NIMROD]

"SABOTAGING"
I HOPE YOU MEAN THAT IN A HYPOTHETICAL SENSE

REGARDS NIMROD

[jimrimmer]

Acording to T.C.Barker and J.R.Harris burgie was the name given to coal which was toopoor to sell and was dumped, this was the begining of the burgie banks i.e. the rubbish dumpted from the Russhie Park seam however over the years, in St Helens, it has become the name for the wast sand from the glass polishing process,

Jim Rimmer

[NIMROD]

Thank you for the Reply:

Can you tell me which of the BARKER / HARRIS Books etc

you read this in.

Regards Nimrod

[norman]

ive also heard a rumor that an plane crashed on the burggys in the second world war and was never recovered is any groups willing to research i have lived in sight of the burggys all my life an would miss them if they was allowed to build on them

Edited by norman, 16 July 2006 - 02:04 PM.

[eddiedunc]

I think you can discount that rumour Norman

[kes]

i remember ray french ,being interviewd by peter west, about his sking holiday down the burgy banks. he asked ray could he go with him the next time ,he went as it seems a nice place?.

[PRV]

Ray has also "confessed" to sliding down the Broken Bottle banks on a tin tray. I do not think that we should take Ray French literally, he usually exaggerates a little for effect. Look at his wonderful foreword to Dennis Whittle's book on Duggie Greenall.

There are is an Environmental Factsheet E/08 produced by the St Helens Council some years ago, which is headed Sites of Community Wildlife Interest. The Haresfinch Burgy Bank is listed 2W5 as being 16.07 hecacres.

For those who would like to read about "Emerging Ecosystems in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas" by Ian Douglas. University of Manchester, it can be downloaded from the Council site.



For those who want a laugh, and why not, read Ray French. Uni. of Leeds foreword on Duggie Greenall.

[Graham]

norman, on Jul 16 2006, 02:02 PM, said:

ive also heard a rumor that an plane crashed on the burggys in the second world war and was never recovered is any groups willing to research i have lived in sight of the burggys all my life an would miss them if they was allowed to build on them

There's also a roumour that there's a farmhouse underneath them somewhere. That seems more feasable

[NIMROD]

Graham, on Jan 26 2007, 11:15 AM, said:

There's also a roumour that there's a farmhouse underneath them somewhere. That seems more feasable

I believe the farm belonged to Sandiland Farnworth,who was a farmer and coal dealer.

Regards Nimrod