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Dumbarton Green, Martland Mill and surrounding area
Dumbarton Green, Martland Mill and surrounding area
Photo: Stewart Parr
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Item #: 22148
Aerial photo that captured the delvelopment of the area in 1968

Comment by: RON HUNT on 21st December 2012 at 23:54

Are you sure it's 1968 I was told our house was built in 1966 and it isn't on the photograph. Can you send me a large scan of the photo? Thanks

Comment by: Dave Marsh on 22nd December 2012 at 10:10

The gantry passes over the canal and The Dougie.Anyone know what it carried? Very interesting photo Stewart.

Comment by: Cyril. on 22nd December 2012 at 10:31

This photo is later than 1968 as the lodge on the other side of the railway appears to have been filled in, which happened much later.

Comment by: fran on 22nd December 2012 at 11:49

I can see two lodges not filled in at bottom right. The bridge is th old Martland Bridge. No sign of the new road through to Beech Hill. When did this appear? The layout between the Douglas and the canal looks like the caravan site before any caravans.

Comment by: dave marsh on 22nd December 2012 at 11:52

I think the large pond is still there on google Earth.

Comment by: Neil Rigby on 22nd December 2012 at 11:54

Dave, there appears to be parch marks in the field from the gantry over the Douglas to the buildings on Martland Mill Lane. It could be a sewage pipe. If you type "Dumbarton Green, Wigan" into Google maps and put the "little man" at the junction of "Navigation Bank" and Woodhouse Lane, you can see a pipe going over the Canal.

Comment by: Roland Middleton on 22nd December 2012 at 12:25

Ron your house wasn't built in 1968, ours was completed in March 1969, that's when we moved in, this pic is about right most probablly early in the year.

Comment by: Keith Beckett on 22nd December 2012 at 13:00

Dave
The canal and river crossing is on what was the mineral line from the Orrell colliery which was on Walthew House lane.

Comment by: Dave Marsh on 22nd December 2012 at 13:37

Thanks for the info Keith and Neil.I spent a lot of time down The Cut in the fifties.

Comment by: Stewart Parr on 22nd December 2012 at 14:01

The photograph was took on the 28th May 1968.

Comment by: Dostaf on 22nd December 2012 at 16:43

Isn't the gantry carrying a water pipe to the Heinz factory?

Comment by: Tony G on 23rd December 2012 at 01:17

First maisonettes were Withnall House, Scholes. They were built in 1966. Years later, I lived in the same block. A big fire in same block, 1991 saw the demise of same. Following the fire, and the condemnation of same, they were all demolished!!!! I loved that maisonette

Comment by: James Rudd on 29th December 2012 at 09:57

Another blast from the past, i recall in the late 60,s there was another lodge to the north of the railway line which looks like its been filled in on this pic.Also i remember what i think was an old 2nd world war concrete pill box which was close to the canal on the waste ground mid way between Martland Mill bridge and the Locks.

Comment by: Peter Griffiths on 16th March 2014 at 13:00

The gantry over the canal is Maryland mill bridge which was part of the old road from beech hill to marsh green.

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