Recent content by George Shaw

Thanks for that. Not too surprised. The main station was so close to the Brewery that special infrastructure was possibly unjustified.

Being a local lad and being familiar with the area I would agree with all you have written. It makes total sense. When I researched the Brewery and its potential use of the canal network I was fortunate enough to find the old Canal Boat Registers for the Leigh area which listed boats dedicated...

Interesting stuff. Shows that it's not a black and white issue.

Thank you Springs Branch for your detailed and informative contribution. So, it seems that Beeching was the cause but that effect was delayed.

The Vantage guided busway is a reasonable substitute to be fair. I'd recommend it to those travelling between Manchester and Leigh.

From 1866, the Bedford Brewing & Malting Company of Leigh, Lancashire (renamed George Shaw & Co., Ltd., Leigh Brewery from 1902) and until the sale of the concern in 1931, would have variously used road, rail and canal networks to take in raw materials to the factory and to distribute the...

Thank you for the quick response. I've attached a reminder of what Leigh now lacks!

Good evening. Am looking for help to solve a query. There are several on-line documents which allude to Leigh Station closing directly because of the findings of the Beeching Report but the branch line serving said station doesn't seem to appear in the lists published in that report. My...