Login   |   Register   |   
Photos of Wigan
Photos of Wigan



Wigan Album

Standish Lower Ground

7 Comments

Red Bridge, demolished in 1966.
Red Bridge, demolished in 1966.
Photo: Christine Reddington
Views: 4,618
Item #: 1847
Red Bridge over the Shevington - Wigan Road. The bridge used to carry the railway line from John Pit to the canal basin at Crooke. Photo taken shortly before demolition in 1966.

Comment by: Maureen Taulty on 14th November 2009 at 17:30

I can't work out where the picture is taken from. Is the car headed towards Shevington?

Comment by: al on 2nd January 2010 at 20:20

yes maureen the car is headindg towards shevy, just to the left of the pic is the turning for crooke village

Comment by: Michael Taylor on 15th March 2010 at 00:16

So is this where the planned road from M6 junction 27 would have passed over Wigan Road to connect with WoodHouse Drive?

Comment by: Margaret Cunliffe on 15th September 2011 at 16:33

Sorry to contradict the previous poster but I think he is mistaking this stretch of water for the "Royal Oak Pond". The Red Bridge was further along the road past Butterrow and if this is a photo of the bridge, which I am not convinced, I would say it was taken from the area of Lawns Wood but the area is much more wooded now so it is difficult to be sure.

Comment by: Valerie Southam on 18th February 2012 at 15:39

This was indeed The Red Bridge as it was known. I have travelled over this many times on the footplate of the trains which carried coal from John Pit to the barges in Crooke. It is taken from the opposite side of the road from where Mr DeRoma now lives at the foot of what we used to call "the rook". I have a newspaper cutting of the bridge just before it was demolished (sadly) taken from the opposite direction. We used to play on the railway line, jumping from sleeper to sleeper.

Comment by: Valerie Southam on 18th February 2012 at 15:42

By the way Margaret, Royal Oak pond that you commented on was actually Ted Balls lodge. I have no idea how it got its name. On the other side of the Royal Oak was a bowling green.

Comment by: Art on 28th October 2012 at 01:49

Ted Balls Lodge, was named sfter Ted Balls Brewery, on the canal bank behind the Royal Oak. Just past the toll lock (Bootles) heading towards Wigan, was the "Glassworks", a bottle works where most of the kids from SLG (including me) learned to swim

Leave a comment?

* Enter the 5 digit code to the right of the input box. Don't worry if you make a mistake, you will get another chance. Your comments won't be lost.