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Originally Posted by wadey
Thanks Gremlin, this afternoon I noticed they were clearing the land between the old railway line and Blackburn Road at Simonstone, West side of Simonstone Lane
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Right Bob,
You will remember the land was once where the buildings stood when Mullards/Phillips made glass TV tubes there.
It has been knocked down for quite a while now and a lot of old stone was put through the crusher and piled up there, it maybe that they have found a buyer for some crush stone for a base for a road or building.
I came down Simmy lane today and the same machine was there which was in your photo.
Just on the subject on Simmy lane, did you notice the old Simonstone Hotel? It is being converted into a private house for an Asian who is a Euro MP and lives in the village.
He has had the cheek to build a small garden in front of his high wall and the garden is blocking all of the footpath. I asked my Councilor friend how he got away with it and he tells me that the Ribble Valley planning people passed it without seeing it and didn't know until he brought it to their attention. They have now been told and have written a very polite letter asking him if he would consider moving it and reinstating the footpath.
Answer yet to come.