Dingle Bank Colliery Garston
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Originally Posted by
Kev
AN old colliery could hold the key to the multi-million pound regeneration of a struggling Liverpool community.
The council is putting the final touches to a deal to sell off
former colliery Dingle Bank, a 10-acre site in Garston which it bought 10 years ago for less than £1m.
(where is this land?)
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nick.coligan@liverpool.com
There never was a colliery in Garston. Good old Nick Colligan has got it wrong again. What I think he's refering to is the raised railway embankment mound ( Dingle Bank) above Dale St. This was used to store/ shunt coal carrying railway wagons waiting to be sent to the coal tipping hoists in the Docks. Garston Docks were built as a major coal exporting port in the 1850s and undergoing a series of further expansions into the 20th C with the Stalbridge Docks
More on Railway St Garston
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Originally Posted by
Kev
Spot-on Taffy, thanks for the pics and info. I never knew that despite knocking around the area for years as a kid playing there. There was a little rd amongst that lot called Railway Street that was supposed to be the oldest rd/ street in Garston, can u confirm?
Cheers :)
Further to my earlier reply to this query, I've just located my copy of Garston and District Historical Society's monograph on Garston Mill entitled " The 800 years of Garston Mill", published Feb 2004. The mill was sited almost opposite St Michael's Church and close to Railway St.
The monograph says that Railway St was built around 1875 or so. It was built on the site of the infilled mill pond which had originally stored water for the undershot waterwheel at the mill. The water came from a stream variously known as Garston Brook or Allerton Brook which flowed down to the River Mersey past St Michael's Church and formed the gently sloping valley causing the slight inclines at the beginning of Speke Rd , St Mary's Rd and Church Rd.
Garston Old Mill site 1850s map
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Originally Posted by
Kev
Taffy, excavation work starts next week on the mill site.
Kev, if you want to see a map of Garston showing the old mill and mill pond in the 1850s go to
http://www.old-maps.co.uk
and type in Garston in the search box. Select the Lancashire one and then select the enlarged map. All will be revealed.
Garston Under the Bridge new Houses
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Originally Posted by
Kev
FOOTBALL legend John Aldridge joined civic leaders to celebrate the first bricks being laid in a brand-new Liverpool community.
The former Reds striker and Tranmere manager met Lord Mayor Joan Lang to launch building work at Garston Under-The-Bridge.
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Hasn't this building work been going on for months