I used to live in Walton when I was a kid but moved out of the city in the mid 90's. I used to be fascinated as a small kid by the disused railway tunnels at the bottom of Hartley ave. I used to ride my bike around there with my old man before going along the loop line.
I was wondering if they are still there or if they have been demolished for redevelopment? If you type:
53.459546,-2.95613 into google maps you will see where I mean (select satellite).
There also used to be a large pond/small lake which is visable to the right in the satellite image. I think it belonged to the Jacob's plant. I don't know if it is actually still there or if it's been redeveloped also. I know some of the google earth satellite images or getting on.
It was looking on google earth at where I lived as a kid that got me curious.
There was also a part of the loop line somewhere around Norris green way which looked like it used to be two large platforms with a big arch, and as I remember, really tall sides and lots of hanging avy etc growing all the way up. Id love to know what this was or used to be.
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Anyway if you can shed any light on this for me Id be made up. I might even take my bike all round there one day when I'm in town.
Cheers.
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