Pendlebury Railway Station? Also about the Acme Mill

[millymcb]

Finnbo99
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[finnbo99]

Thanks Milly does Elsie also need to make 3 posts or will I be able to make contact by PM?

[millymcb]

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[gordwill]

Dont know if this thread is still live - Ive just recently renewed my interest in Pendlebury since I was born there and keen to renew my memories of the area. Pendlebury station did exist in 1960 when I left the area. Perhaps someone can recall whether the walkway leading down to the steps to the platform was made up of sleeper type wooden beams as I  seem to recall. Also what happened to the other pair of lines which I believe formed some sort of station bypass. We, as kids, used to refer to the two pairs of lines as fast and shunt lines. Living in Shirley ave. at the top of Agecroft hill we spent most of our spare time train spotting from the sand-hills now built up with a housing development. The Acme mill we walked past when using a footpath which led to the Victoria Park and park Clinic. Any other recollections would be very interesting.

[summer76]

i worked at the acme mill in about 1977 it had been taken over at that point by cussons packing gift sets there and there was a company that made suitcases on the other floors , i worked for cussons there as a young 16 year old on the belts putting the bottle openers ( remember them!  ) golf ball soaps , soap on the ropes and golf tees in the golf set which included 2 golf ball soaps !! lol to name but a few, have very fond memories of some of the other young kids i worked with was quite upset to see it had gone so pleased that someone has put a photo on here thank you for that

[Saxlingham]

Revisiting my Pendlebury connection with a new but related query. 

My GGGrandfather William Royle lived in Pendlebury/Swinton in the late 19th century.  A while ago I posted a pic of his daughters on a bench on Pendlebury station on this thread. 
Anyway he was a publican, on a baptism he gives his address as Hall Street.  Would this be the same or different to Swinton Hall road?  He also lived off Bolton Road and in Station rd.  The old pubs of Salford mentions the Spinners pub where ACMe mill workers used to drink, also known as the stinking stocking.

Might any of these be connected or is it all wishful thinking

thanks
L

[Saxlingham]

Found it!  The Showboat, 3 Hall street.
L

[peteKilvert]

There was a railway station called Pendlebury which was alongside Bolton Road A666 not far from the mill.

[MeadeJ]

The link below is a list of closed railway stations in the Salford Area. I believe Pendlebury was between Swinton & Salford Crescent. There are a lot more though. If you look at Google maps in satellite view you can see old railway line track beds especially around Walkden, that are now walking paths or guided bus corridors.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_closed_railway_stations_in_Greater_Manchester#Salford

I used to live off Station road a few metres from the house L.S. Lowry lived at. There's also a real life Coronation street near by. I believe Acme mill was demolished in 1984.