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Douglas Valley

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Douglas Valley near Arley Hall
Douglas Valley near Arley Hall
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 33606
Photograph taken c.1950

Comment by: Cyril on 21st March 2022 at 14:12

Before reading Ron's location description I imagined the photo to have been taken at the bottom of Coppull Lane, though many years ago as it was then very similar scenery - now there's a concrete dam.

Comment by: Poet on 21st March 2022 at 16:30

Difficult to pin point this location . I'm thinking the canal could be on top of the slope to the right and the children between the cut and the rough of the golf course . The hall would then be hidden in the trees on the left .
Or maybe it's been taken beyond the hall a little further towards Adlington , the hall then being behind the camera to the right .
An idyllic feel to the picture wherever it is .

Comment by: James Hanson on 21st March 2022 at 19:34

What's a picture of Bolton doing in Wigan Album?

Comment by: Philip C on 21st March 2022 at 20:48

James Hanson. The area has seemed sufficiently important to the Wigan Archaeological Society to investigate the area. The golf club has a WN1 postcode. Thank you Ron

Comment by: WIGANER on 22nd March 2022 at 09:17

Phillip you are wasting your time mate. The guy is a COMPLETE IDIOT. He is obsessed by what is and what is not, in Wigan.

Comment by: George (Hindley) on 22nd March 2022 at 10:18

I'm in Hindley and I go to Wigan occasionally.

Comment by: e on 22nd March 2022 at 17:24

Better than the words I’ve learned ,
Schooled and trained or merits earned ,
Can never match the simple truth ,
The spell of moments
in days of youth ,
When cast upon a Summer cloud ,
We reached to joy with cries out loud ,
To days that lingered on and on ,
when innocence and Nature ,
came cast as one ..

Comment by: Ian. on 22nd March 2022 at 21:16

I'm with Cyril on this. It looks very similar to the "Scroggs" what used to be on the left hand side as you go down Coppull Lane.
You can see the dip where the River Douglas flows and also you can make out the path at the back of the photo which ran to the plantations between the River and the bottom end of Bottling Wood.

Comment by: Veronica on 22nd March 2022 at 23:04

I agree Cyril my first thought this scene was at the bottom of Coppul Lane. Just how I remember it in those halcyon days of the 50's and early sixties.

Comment by: Philip C on 23rd March 2022 at 21:17

I would go for Coppul Lane. I could be wrong but I don’t think the valley sides are as high in the Arley area

Comment by: RON HUNT on 23rd March 2022 at 21:43

Definitely the Douglas Valley near Arley Hall Arley hall would be in the top right area but a few hundred yards back. I was over there last year and apart from more trees it hasn't changed much

Comment by: Philip C on 23rd March 2022 at 23:34

I would go for Coppul Lane. I could be wrong but I don’t think the valley sides are as high in the Arley area

Comment by: Philip C on 23rd March 2022 at 23:46

No more needs to be added !
Slightly different topic but connected. I am often surprised at talking to people who don’t know the location of the 20 Bridges further down.

Comment by: Philip C on 24th March 2022 at 08:01

No more needs to be added !
Slightly different topic but connected. I am often surprised at talking to people who don’t know the location of the 20 Bridges further down.

Comment by: Cyril on 27th March 2022 at 14:17

Thanks for sharing the photo Ron, even though affirmed to be Arley and not The Scroggs, it has brought back memories as to how idyllic the area off Coppull Lane once was.

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