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Dist:0.2km<br/>This large, red brick and sandstone church was consecrated in 1881. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter's_Church,_Westleigh,_Greater_Manchester#cite_note-nhl-1 - St Peter's Church Westleigh (Wikipedia) http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1068481 - Church of St Peter (National Heritage List for England)
©David Dixon
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Great War Memorial in front of [[[2868810]]].
©David Dixon
Dist:0.2km<br/>This large, red brick and sandstone church was consecrated in 1881. It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter's_Church,_Westleigh,_Greater_Manchester#cite_note-nhl-1 - St Peter's Church Westleigh (Wikipedia) http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1068481 - Church of St Peter (National Heritage List for England)
©David Dixon
Dist:0.2km<br/>The War Memorial outside [[[2868810]]], inscribed: To the glorious memory of Our fallen heroes 1914-1918
©David Dixon
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©Ian Greig
Dist:0.2km<br/>1881, Architects Paley & Austin. New pointing has left the lower part of the tower looking oddly different.
©S Parish
Dist:0.3km<br/>Public house on Firs Lane.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>The church is Leigh St. Peter's Church of England
©Ian Greig
Dist:0.4km<br/>Public house at the corner of Leigh Street and Firs Lane.
©David Dixon
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©David Long
Dist:0.6km<br/>Lancashire boilers burning coal on chain grates. The firing aisle is covered but the rest of the boilers are in the open air with insulation over the top of the shells. Colliery boiler houses were not always the tidiest of environments. At this time these boilers were out of use and steam was being raised in a pair of oil fired boilers out of shot.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>First off, I must apologise that this is less than good. The original was dark and equalising it to improve it has revealed defects in the emulsion. The engine was a unique W & J Galloway horizontal duplex with drop valve cylinders 40" bore x 72" stroke and of about 3000 horsepower. Built 1923 and scrapped in 1981 (the drum was retained and driven by a motor). The driver was in the elevated cabin on the left and the circular dial showed where the cages where in the shaft, with final landing by lining up marks on the drum with a pointer.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>All long since gone. Only part of the boiler house is visibble and by this date the coal fired boilers were out of use and steam was being raised in a couple of boilers converted to burn oil. The oil was supplied by gravity from the tank seen at some elevation on the right hand edge of the photograph. This tank was a converted boiler obtained from another pit.
©Chris Allen
Dist:0.6km<br/>The square building on the left with wisps of steam housed a unique steam winding engine by W & J Galloway - No. W1. It was soon to be electrified and the whole pit has since gone. Nearby Bickershaw Colliery lasted longer but has also now gone. My slightly younger colleague (19) asked a bemused local "where is the coal place?". PS - I was 21 that day. (Dr Neil clifton's shots knock spots off these).
©Chris Allen
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©Ian Greig

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