'Off the rails' - performance piece
Having been working with Bolton North East Wildlife Trail, unearthing and restoring the footings of an old railway footbridge, I wondered...
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Come fly with us - NEWT Fly day!
Interview with Chris Banks, Bolton NEWT's Chair and the man in the sky with a camera. What was the purpose of the Fly day? "It was an...
Dig and sniff - the smell of history
The work revealing the footings of the railway foot-bridge continued today, overseen by Pixie who was unearthed early on this morning....
Filming, photos and dirty books
Filming Today the Bolton NEWT group were in Bolton Library shooting a short film for the Bolton Family History Society. The society will...
Where Barbie lost her head.....and it wasn't to Ken
Today we worked on Bolton NEWT's second project - the clearing of rubbish and fly-tipping from Blackshaw Brook. Over the years plastic...
"We came here when the war had ended and danced."
More clearing of the iron bridge footings today. A multitude of moss laden logs were relocated and general undergrowth was removed. From...
Ideas for landmark art #1
Once the bridge footings are cleared, the idea is to make it into a landmark to visit and/or a tranquil place to sit. It would be lovely...
King and Queen of the bridge footing
A great morning with volunteers uncovering a landmark location along the Bolton to Bury Cycle lane: the footings of an old wooden...
A hidden world beneath Bolton
There's a hidden world underneath Bolton if you explore the River Croal. Pictures organized by location, travelling from Churchgate,...
Flipping the tipping
On Sunday the 9th April, a collaborative effort led by the Darcy Lever Residents Association (DLRA) to remove litter and fly-tipping from...
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