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Alan Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Ah, Spoggy Brook. An important part of my childhood - catching tiddlers next to Granddad's allotment and keeping them in jam-jars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 We called it "spoggy" brook also. Where does the name come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 Your mate in Russia, Woden, once hypothesised that the Brook was christened "Spray Stream", hence Spray Street etc and Spoggy was a childhood adaptation of Spray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bert Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Alan, Woden may be right. There's a map, posted somewhere on Connect that shows a bridge, part of Boundary Road, called Spray Bridge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Spray bridge is still were it always was in Boundary Road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Hort, is the bridge obvious? I don't recall a bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 No not obvious. The brook runs under Queen's Rec and under Boundary Road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizzy Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 There used to be bridge higher up Boundary Rd. near it's junction with Knowsley Rd. but it was knocked down years ago to widen the road. My Aunt lived virtually under the bridge in those terraced houses - which were eventually demolished, a tyre company is there today.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizzy Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Thanks! I didn't know that - must go have a look! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 55 minutes ago, kizzy said: There used to be bridge higher up Boundary Rd. near it's junction with Knowsley Rd. Wasn't that a railway bridge that joined a colliery, name escapes me at the moment, with the main St Helens line. It used to run past Triplex where there were sidings, between Saints old ground and Knowsley Road and on to main St Helens line 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobblybob Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Thats right Alan. There is now a linear park that was created on the site between Boundary Road and Dunriding Lane. It's called the Eccleston Branch Line Linear park. The main stand at Saints was a strange structure presumably because of proximity to the railway. added 9 minutes later Was it Gillars Green Colliery. I recall a house up Burrows Lane on the left towards Gillars Lane called "Colliery Cottage". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizzy Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Yes that's how I remember the track, running along the back of Knowsley Rd. and into Triplex. I don't remember if it was in use when I used to visit my relatives or when it closed. Maybe someone else might remember.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 When I first went to Saints, the line was there so at a guess, about 1951. When I started at Triplex in 1967 the lines had been stacked up in Triplex yard and the new Triplex boss arranged for them to be moved. Just remembered, the colliery it served was at Gillars Green 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Hort, did you ever venture down the tunnel under the Rec? Some of us did, but not as far as Boundary Rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 No. I went to the entrance near Dilloway Street but decided it was a bit dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Big_Jeff_Leo Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 Toll Bar 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alan Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Back o' t' market. Great memories 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Jeff_Leo Posted April 9 Author Share Posted April 9 Shops and flats in Burrows Lane, Eccleston, c1970 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Are you sure its Burrows Lane? Looks like Gillars Green Drve to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wobblybob Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Is this Pedantic Road ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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