Photo-a-Day  (Thursday, 29th April, 2021)

Dying was a big thing around this area, this is why the bleach works factory was built nearby.
If I was a Standish councilor I would get the grinding stones removed and make a feature out of them in the Standish village centre.

Good photo Mick, good point too

Dyeing even affected the River Douglas and turned the Yellow Brook yellow!
There's a very important difference between dying and dyeing Mick.

Dying as always been a big thing Mick.

What a good idea Mick to make a feature out of the grinding stones in the Standish Village centre and I am sure the residents of Standish would be pleased too. Good photo David.

Yes, I agree with Mick. I like the idea of a village commemorating something of its manufacturing history. There will come a time when there is no-one left who remembers The Bleachworks and the surrounding industries.

They could then match the traffic through 'the village' as it comes to a grinding halt.

It would be nice to see them on the library lawn with a little plaque detailing their history . The only problem is their accessibility . It would need either a helicopter or a team of Ancient Britons from Stonehenge to get them out the wood .

Mick, now the tea leaf's know about the millstones they may get to them before the Standish City Councillors could blink an eye, never mind them thinking of a feature.

Anyhow if a feature was to be made from them then it should stand in the centre of Worthington Village, though the Villages of Haigh or even Blackrod could rightfully have claim to them with Arley Hall being in both Haigh and Blackrod according to their postal address, Arley Hall, Arley Ln, Haigh, Blackrod, Wigan WN1 2UH.

It would be easy to get them out, just drag them up to the golf course with a tractor, then a trailer to Standish, if they are left in the woods it wont be long until they have been grown over.
Ive just done a survey of Standish and I would put one near to the Boars head, one at the bottom of Rectory lane , one on Almond brook road and one down near the chisnal hall pit entrance.
Visitors to Standish would see them from which ever road they were approaching Standish from.
Once that was sorted I would dig up the old cross base outside of the bungalow on Standish wood lane, and put it on a new foundation, because its sunk so much there is only about 3 inch showing.

Standish 'city councillors'????,

Chisnall pit entrance is in Coppull Mick, definately not there,
Karen, with the amount of traffic passing through Standish it could be mistaken for a city
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Standish City Councillors is wry humour at the ever increasing size of Standish which now seems to have almost as many houses as there are in Salford, with yet even more planned to be built, so it makes one wonder when will they be renaming the church of St Wilfred as a Cathedral and extending the campus at Standish High to accommodate a University?

Oh yes, and if they can find any space left they can build a City Hall.

leave them were they are or the ten bob millionaires of the village will want them for there gardens. better still break em up so no one will get them.

Leave the stones to whoever owns them. They aren't yours!

In any case, the Standish boundary on that side is the river Douglas, so these stones are in Haigh parish.

Sorry, should have said "so aren't these stones in Haigh parish?"

Something tells me they're in Blackrod.

You are absolutely right Roy,but still they insist on referring to it as 'a village' ! You couldn't make it up !

It would be a desecration to move them after all this time. Clean them up and attach a plaque - sadly not everything from the past can be saved.

These stones are not in Haigh, Standish, or Worthington. They are over the Wigan Borough boundary and are in Blackrod which is in Bolton Borough. The fact that Arley Hall and the golf club have a Wigan postcode is irrelevant. Postcodes don't necessarily follow local authority boundaries, eg St Helens has a WA (Warrington) postcode.

If interested in home dyeing you can buy the natural plant and tree powders to dye cloth, wool and even hair.
https://www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk/natural-dyes-mordants.html

basil, what's with the fixation with 10 bob millionaires ?

It's not Basil's fixation,it's a fact.

Far too much anti Standish rancour going on here . Some people clearly have a huge chip on their shoulder .