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These pictures are of "the river stink" taken late summer last year. The location is in the shadow of the motorway as it goes over the river.

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Great pictures davemac, sure does look better than the last time I saw it!

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Have to say, no young un would ever guess twas called River Stink these days, unless family or friends told em, Great pics Dave,:)

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thanks peeps, the shape of the river changes every time I visit, The bankings are full of pebbles and they wash out very easily, and get deposited on the other side.

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It's not pink,red or green!
Owd a thout it?

Looks lovely now.

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As per the pics posted by Urban Caveman on the Urban Exploration thread the cascade just behind the motorway bridge is aereating the water and helping to clean it up. :D

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Wasn't there a paper mill in Rishton that also dumped its waste into the Stink?

I remember it used to flow merrily along at the bottom of Swales's pasture where I used to go bird's nesting ... I could look out of my bedroom window accross the valley to Great Harwood. What a childhood! I lived next door to the paint works on Rishton Rd., downwind from Basil Brierly's pigs, and a couple of hundred yards from the Stink:theband:

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Back in the day pretty much any commercial premises next to the river allowed their "stuff" to run off into it. Luptons on Grange Lane used to leach their soluble oils and lubricants into it too. There was of course legislation but not too much policing. Have to say the water authorities have got their act together of late, that coupled with the lack of industry in the town. Silver linings and clouds in whatever order suits ;)

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But across from the park, tell it as it was.

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Your photos make Hyndburn look like the Garden of Eden . Brilliant !

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Sure ... but playing in Basil's junk yard was a helluva lot more fun than playing on the swings.:D

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the countryside around here can be very picturesque, and most of the time I am there on my own, with only occasionally another walker passing.

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Then there is also the cones to think about too Dave:rolleyes:

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I still cant sleep at nights thinking about them.

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Whereas I always dream about wafers.

There is also a River Hindburn in Lancashire. It rises on the fells SE of Lancaster