When I was a lad, St Helens used to abound with disused quarries and ponds.
Just two at random:
Just up from where Hard Lane joins City Road there was a sandstone quarry on the town side of Hard Lane. At the side of it was a blue painted building housing crushing machinery to turn the sandstone into hardcore for building. On the other side of Hard Lane but a bit further up the hill was a pond where in the 1940s we used to catch newts
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Ponds and quarries in St Helens
Started By Alan, Nov 08 2011 06:56 PM
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