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Pendlebury Railway Station? Also about the Acme Mill
« on: Tuesday 28 June 05 10:46 BST (UK) »
I'm back again, to ask more irritating questions about the geography of the Salford area...
Did Pendlebury ever have a railway station?  It's just that I've now read that the painter L.S.Lowry lived at 117, Station Rd., Pendlebury in 1916, and indeed for most of his working life.  He was said to have stated that on coming out of the Station he could see the Acme Spinning Mill, or would he have been talking about what is now Swinton station?
I am trying to pinpoint 30, Railway Terrace, Pendlebury, where a branch of my Dyson family lived in the 1901 Census.
Another question would be - where would I be able to find details of the history of this Acme Mill.  Does it still exist today...?
Very best wishes,
Keith

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Re: Pendlebury Railway Station? Also about the Acme Mill
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 28 June 05 11:25 BST (UK) »
Keith
Have you tried Salford Local History Library?
Claudia
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Re: Pendlebury Railway Station? Also about the Acme Mill
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 28 June 05 11:26 BST (UK) »
It's about 250 yards from 117 Station Rd to Swinton railway station. I don't think that Pendlebury had any other station named after it.
Looking at ALSTON in south Ribble area, ALSTEAD and DONBAVAND/DUNBABIN etc. everywhere, HOWCROFT and MARSH in Bolton and Westhoughton, PICKERING in the Whitehaven area.

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Re: Pendlebury Railway Station? Also about the Acme Mill
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 28 June 05 11:34 BST (UK) »
The mill's address was Swinton Hall Road, which is parallel with the railway on the other side from 117.
It is claimed to have been the UK's first electrically driven cotton spinning mill.

Anyone know if it still stands?
Looking at ALSTON in south Ribble area, ALSTEAD and DONBAVAND/DUNBABIN etc. everywhere, HOWCROFT and MARSH in Bolton and Westhoughton, PICKERING in the Whitehaven area.

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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 28 June 05 12:38 BST (UK) »
Claudia and Andrew,
Thanks for these replies - it's on the rare occasions when someone who was very famous comes into the equation that the personal family history thing becomes so much more illuminated.  Who needs black and white photos of a location, when you've got Lowry's amazing paintings of the industrial landscapes of Salford, where he lived...as did the Dyson's.
Keith

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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 28 June 05 15:11 BST (UK) »
I envy you the artistic illustrations. The best I can come up with for lots in my tree are photos of the places where their houses USED to be. Even one of the places where I lived has gone!
Looking at ALSTON in south Ribble area, ALSTEAD and DONBAVAND/DUNBABIN etc. everywhere, HOWCROFT and MARSH in Bolton and Westhoughton, PICKERING in the Whitehaven area.

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Re: Pendlebury Railway Station? Also about the Acme Mill
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 28 June 05 19:26 BST (UK) »
Hi i have a pic of the acme mill which has now been demolished.regards henry
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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 28 June 05 22:22 BST (UK) »
Hi, Henry,
Thanks very much for that lovely clear picture of the Acme Mill.  I don't suppose you know how recently it was demolished, do you?
And I take it now that a station called Pendlebury never existed, that Swinton station was/is  the only one in the area...
Very best wishes,
Keith

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Re: Pendlebury Railway Station? Also about the Acme Mill
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 29 June 05 13:28 BST (UK) »
I've just found a 1924 OS 1-inch map which shows another station between the current Swinton station and Irlams o'th Height (love that name!). DOesn't say what it was called though.

However that would have been more than 1/2 mile further away. The station on Lowry's Station Rd (Swinton) is definitely the right one. I've not found any reference to it having a different name in the past.
Looking at ALSTON in south Ribble area, ALSTEAD and DONBAVAND/DUNBABIN etc. everywhere, HOWCROFT and MARSH in Bolton and Westhoughton, PICKERING in the Whitehaven area.

Census information is Crown Copyright. See www.nationalarchives.gov.uk for details.
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