This is Bradshaw Brook, Bradshaw, Bolton , shot in 1985 on a Kodacolor slide film on my Olympus OM20 (which incidentally I still have and still use, in fact it has a Kodacolor ISO 200 35mm film in it at the moment).
Anyway, Bradshaw Brook, Bradshaw, in an area known as the Rigby's , a green space in the Northern suburb of Bolton.
I used to walk across the white bridge, every day to primary school. As primary school children (that's ages 5 to 11 for none UK readers) we would walk to school on our own, sometimes 'daring' to walk on the outer ridge of the bridge on the wrong side of the railings !!!
The trendy house used to be an abandoned church mission, great for exploring although scary.
The chimney belonged to the "bleach works " , it closed in 1963, but I vaguely remember a leak into the river killing wildlife and fish !
Looks like a nice area Phil. Your talk of walking on the outside of the railings, makes me think of how me & a friend used to hang upside down on a bridge over a brook, local to us!🤦🏼♀️😱
Yes, Peter was just the same, walking to the village school from age 5. His school was by a pond, and I'm sure he used to get up to all sorts of mischief there! Lovely memories
Nice composition and great memories Phil. It was a time when kids could play and be harmlessly adventurous, hoping not to get in trouble. It's not like that now, at least not here.
You made me smile this morning Phil thnking of you walking 'on the edge' en route to school. My dad used to shoot colour slides and I never realised there was special film for it - obvious really! Thanks for sharing this - and your extensive photographic knowledge.!
A nice shot & fun memories.