Photos of Wigan
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Ref to #29814 of the River Douglas. Comparison was taken 2007 & 2008.
Photo: Barrie
Photo: Barrie
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Item #: 29817
Item #: 29817
Taken from roughly the same spot as in #29814 view. Morrison Construction(now Galliford Try) was constructing flood protection works to the River for the EA. As H &S adviser for the company, this was one of my contracts to visit.Much has changed since the 1950's. Douglas Terrace must be where the Asda Car park is shown.
Comment by: Stuart Naylor on 25th October 2017 at 22:33
Yoo know when you think about it, in terms of the fact that the location there, is probably the lowest point in Wigan, geographically speaking and it is at the side of a river and rivers flood when there as been a lot of rain falling, it really was a stupid place to build a big Asda and Retail Shopping Park ...
Comment by: Cyril on 27th October 2017 at 11:45
Coming round from Asda the original Adam Bridge now facing Southgate is undergoing essential structural work with cones making the four lane road down to two lanes, you'd have thought the council would have sorted that out when the new road layout was being put into place.
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