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[Irene Swaine]

2 minutes ago, Longcol said:

Think we've found out where Irene's been soliciting...........................must be kinda desperate.

The only blowy on that bridge is the wind blowing off elder gentlemen's toupes!

[Longcol]

24 minutes ago, Irene Swaine said:

The only blowy on that bridge is the wind blowing off elder gentlemen's toupes!

Can see the the kind of clientele you're after 😉

[Padders]

10 hours ago, Irene Swaine said:

I get around Padders! Is the old railway line the path that starts at Meadowhall Travelodge and runs behind the Blackburn Industrial Estate and then parallel with Wooley Wood Road to Ecclesfield Industrial Estate? I did that walk once, was nice and surprisingly flat!

 

You didn't find that bridge scary as a child?

Do you mean the one that's near where The Foundry pub used to be? 

Morning Irene, not a very nice one!

Yes, its the old railway line that used to carry coal up to the old coking plant at Thorpe Hesley.(long gone)

As you say a very flat walk from Wincobank to Ecclesfield.

If the weather is nice, I take my car down to Wincobank and run all the way to Ecclesfield and back, about 5/6 miles, can't manage the hills anymore..

 

The bridge I'm on about,

Not the Foundry pub one!

If you start at Wincobank and walk along Ecclesfield Rd. about half a mile, on your left hand side is the bridge I was referring too.

(commonly known as the Basket Bridge) very popular back in the day for the Arthur Lee employees.

 

No we didn't find the bridge scary, us Shiregreen mob were hard.

The Thames-Clyde express used to thunder past at 3-30 pm. we used to put an old penny on the line, when we retrieved it, it was as big as a bin lid.

Happy daze Irene......

[gaz 786]

19 hours ago, Irene Swaine said:

Has anyone walked on the footbridge that leads from Old Droppingwell Road to Whitley View Road in Blackburn? I did last night, it's certainly one for adrenaline junkies. I was suspended 50 feet in the air with merely 4 foot of metal railing to stop me falling on to the bypass. I wonder what do the locals think, do you still find it nerve-wracking or are you used to it? I looked up on Google, apparently it dates back to the 1960s but little more info is available. I reckon there must have been some accidents on there over the years. It's a good job I didn't have my high heels on, one trip and I could have toppled over on to the motorway! I've never seen a railing so low on such a high bridge.

Just off fishing with my mate swainsy ....the mind boggles ? Yes crossed that bridge many times walking home from Dallas bar 🍸 😀 

[Padders]

1 hour ago, gaz 786 said:

Just off fishing with my mate swainsy ....the mind boggles ? Yes crossed that bridge many times walking home from Dallas bar 🍸 😀 

Ruddy hell,  "The Dallas Bar"

Spent some happy hours in there I'll tell thi.

[Padders]

20 hours ago, Resident said:

You don't half talk some nonsense

Tell you what Mr. Resident, I'm brassed off with the War threads, Political threads, Brexit threads ETC.

Irene does bring a bit of 💡 entertainment to the Forum.

 

 

[hackey lad]

2 hours ago, gaz 786 said:

Just off fishing with my mate swainsy ....the mind boggles ? Yes crossed that bridge many times walking home from Dallas bar 🍸 😀 

Tight lines  

[francypants]

21 hours ago, Padders said:

Just realized Thirsty, I've got the wrong bridge, it's not the one over the railway line,, IE. the basket bridge.

I played on Basket Bridge many times when I lived at Shiregreen.

[Irene Swaine]

6 hours ago, Padders said:

Morning Irene, not a very nice one!

Yes, its the old railway line that used to carry coal up to the old coking plant at Thorpe Hesley.(long gone)

As you say a very flat walk from Wincobank to Ecclesfield.

If the weather is nice, I take my car down to Wincobank and run all the way to Ecclesfield and back, about 5/6 miles, can't manage the hills anymore..

 

The bridge I'm on about,

Not the Foundry pub one!

If you start at Wincobank and walk along Ecclesfield Rd. about half a mile, on your left hand side is the bridge I was referring too.

(commonly known as the Basket Bridge) very popular back in the day for the Arthur Lee employees.

 

No we didn't find the bridge scary, us Shiregreen mob were hard.

The Thames-Clyde express used to thunder past at 3-30 pm. we used to put an old penny on the line, when we retrieved it, it was as big as a bin lid.

Happy daze Irene......

Sounds very idyllic. To run 5 miles too! The basket bridge used to lead to where the gas container was IIRC.

[Padders]

2 hours ago, Irene Swaine said:

Sounds very idyllic. To run 5 miles too! The basket bridge used to lead to where the gas container was IIRC.

No Irene, the gas containers were in Wincobank.

The "Basket Bridge"  was further up Ecclesfield Rd. it led into the Arthur Lee works. 

It must have been a public highway, cus you could walk through, crossing the railway line, and coming out where the long gone Crown public house was.

Adjacent to the bridge is a footpath that leads through Woolley Woods to the Golf course...

Incidentally, the bridge was in Sheffield, the other side is Rotherham.

[hackey lad]

28 minutes ago, Padders said:

No Irene, the gas containers were in Wincobank.

The "Basket Bridge"  was further up Ecclesfield Rd. it led into the Arthur Lee works. 

It must have been a public highway, cus you could walk through, crossing the railway line, and coming out where the long gone Crown public house was.

Adjacent to the bridge is a footpath that leads through Woolley Woods to the Golf course...

Incidentally, the bridge was in Sheffield, the other side is Rotherham.

"adjacent" Good word 

[Padders]

47 minutes ago, hackey lad said:

"adjacent" Good word 

Pretty simple word which anybody can understand.

There's no need to use large words when singularly unloquacious and diminutive linguistic expression can just as succinctly convey the intent of my utterance.